What is THX

    Some of you have been wondering about the THX logo you sometimes find on home theater equipment.  It can be seen on everything from home theater cables to receivers and speakers.  Knowing what the logo means will give you a leg up when choosing your home theater equipment.

What is THX

    THX are a George Lucas company which focuses on the area of movies, music, and gaming.  The company has exacting standards for production in these areas.  The THX logo you find on home theater equipment is a certification that the device or accessory meets the company's standards in delivering a quality reproduction of the source material.  Whether this is transmitting a video signal through a cable or decoding a surround sound source in a receiver, this certification can be obtained if THX feel that the quality is sufficient.

What THX isn't

    THX is not a sound format, like Dolby Digital or DTS.  Just because you have a receiver that is THX certified, it does not mean that you must get cables that are similarly certified for everything to work properly.  Some unethical sales people will try to convince you otherwise.  Now you know and can easily avoid their trap.

    The truth is that there are many great cables out there that, for one reason or another, do not carry the THX certification.  This should not deter you from investigating these products.