Home cinema, also called home theater, seeks to reproduce cinema quality video and audio in a dedicated room in the home.

Technically, a home cinema could be as basic as a simple arrangement of a television , DVD , and a set of speakers. It is therefore difficult to specify exactly what distinguishes a "home cinema" from a "television and stereo". Most people in the consumer electronics industry would agree that a "home theater" is really the integration of a relatively high-quality video output with surround sound.