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presenting... no glare!

You made popcorn, started the movie and got comfortable only to realize there's a terrible glare on your television - sound familiar? Whether you have the TV in the living room or a dedicated home theater, the right window treatment can make all the difference. Here are some window treatment ideas to help complete your home theater experience.

You'll first need to decide if you just want to cut the glare or if you want to go for the darkened theater experience. That will determine the opacity of the window shade you'll need. Solar screen shades and semi-opaque cellular shades will uniformly soften the light coming into the room and minimize the glare. To completely darken a room, consider a blackout shade. Either way, a solid shade is more effective at reducing glare than a horizontal blind with slats and holes that light can easily pass through.

things to consider:

When ordering a blackout shade, keep in mind that the blackout quality of the shade applies only to light trying to pass through the fabric - you will also need to consider light going around the shade. For tips on how to minimize any light seepage, read our Blackout and Room Darkening window treatments page. By the same token, you'll want to order the flat panel style instead of the hobbled or "looped" style if you are choosing a roman shade.

To give yourself more flexibility, consider layering your window treatments. A light filtering shade combined with a room-darkening drapery, for example, lets you control how much light you have in the room. Enjoy the movie!

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