Sound & Vision

The Coming Boom in Home Theater

I have a theory. Well, it’s not really a theory. It’s more of a hunch. Actually, it’s not even a hunch. Just a tingling. But sometimes my tinglings are surprisingly prescient. Here’s my tingle: Thanks to societal shifts, in the coming years there will be a huge resurgence—a boom—in the popularity of home theater.

A home theater resurgence? Why? I’ll list my reasons. You

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