In this article we explain how to install a wireless home cinema in your student house, what equipment you need for this and what solutions there are for possible problems.

Unless you’re just planning on watching a DVD or Blu-ray in your dorm room, you’ll need to set up a Wi-Fi connection. A wireless Wi-Fi signal is required to stream media from one device to another, such as from your iPhone to an Apple TV, and it’s required to download or stream digital movies and TV shows from a service like Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon.

Chances are your student house already has wifi, in which case you will need to ask management for the password. If the internet in your student house is wired, you will need to create a wifi hotspot with your Mac or Windows computer.

Once you have your Wi-Fi set up, decide which service you’re going to use for wireless streaming in your dorm room. Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon are by far the most popular, but there are several niche streaming services, like Crunchyroll for streaming anime, that you might want to try.