Today's TV broadcasts will be turned off on February 19th 2009, do you know what you'll need to do? Learn about HDTV and the DTV transition in "The Home Electronics Survival Guide."

Do you know what kind of TV you will want to buy?

Where will you put your new TV or your home theater?

Where do you put the speakers?

How can you stay organized not frustrated?- you'll find step-by-step instructions from planning to actually hooking it up.

Hook up guides and home theater instructions
Why other books have failed to help you understand:
(Or who wants to do all that reading in a dummies book?)

There are many books on the market about Home Theater.  It seems that those people with technological knowledge and passion recognize that the audio/visual world has become complex and there is a need to explain it to the consumers. These books are filled with long paragraphs of reading and few photos or illustrations. They make assumptions that you only want to know about home theater if you are an enthusiast.

What's missing are explanations to the consumers who feel left behind from the very basic idea of using their televisions, VCRs, DVDs and home theater amplifiers.  Remote controls, with their vast array of buttons appear like the control panel on a fighter jet.  Installing a new DVD player feels beyond the reach of people who fear the technology. And yet, they are faced with either hooking up their system, or having someone else hook it up. Later they face the fear of using their equipment.  The growing options of sources, from digital cable and satellite, to adding a hard disc recorder or DVD, complicates the old ideas of simply turning on a TV and changing channels.

A fun, fresh format...

Easy to understand explanations, illustrations on every page (over 300 comic "how to" illustrations!)
How this book will help you understand technology once and for all by
learning the basics of HDTV, learn about your DVD, DVR, and Home Theater

With many years experience, selling, training and installing audio/video equipment while working at the good guys!, I have learned to explain, in very basic language, how to choose, use, and install TVs and their myriad components.  I have learned which concepts the basic consumer struggles to understand, and what they need to know to work their equipment.  Sometimes an explanation of the "why" behind the "how" helps people to grasp concepts.  Years of providing patient phone support has given many customers the confidence and knowledge they need to do basic functions and put together simple systems.

And now, I am marrying my in-depth knowledge of how to simplify complex ideas with my lifelong pursuit of cartooning.  The result is a simple-to-understand book on home electronics, The "The Home Electronics Survival Guide", The simple guide to understanding, hooking up and buying TVs, HDTVs, DVDs, Home Theater, Remote Controls and more! ".  It is dedicated to giving consumers confidence and self-reliance in working with their audio/visual systems.  It is for anyone who owns a television.  The book also provides a good foundation of knowledge to anyone who wants to maximize his or her system. 

The Home Electronics Survival Guide is available through this website, Amazon.com and a number of other places on the web and local bookstores. Also, ask for it at your local library.  

A How-to hook up home theater book for everyone.

There has been an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response to the Home Electronics Survival Guide.  It seems everyone knows a friend or family member, spouse or other who needs help with using their TV, remotes and related components.  Finally, the needs for basic knowledge of today's technology will be met.

Barb Gonzalez, Author & Illustrator