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Surround Sound recommendation
Jasper - 27/12/04 at 05:25 PM

OK, so I bought us a fab 28inch wide/flat screen tv for Chrissie, and we have Sky/DVD etc.

If I want 5.1 surround sound from them do I have to spend mega-bucks? And what do I need? Can I just buy a 5.1 amp and speaker system - like the £100 Goodmans one - or is that boll*xs and not worth spending the money on?

[Edited on 27/12/04 by Jasper]

mangogrooveworkshop - 27/12/04 at 05:44 PM

Take a look at richer sounds they do good deals richer sounds link

bob - 27/12/04 at 05:44 PM

Jasper

Dont get the goodmans its pants,i bought the goodmans last year then took it back.
Went to curry's and got the LG that was worse,took that back and told them to stick to fridges.

I just turn the volume up its cheaper

andylancaster3000 - 27/12/04 at 05:57 PM

Sounds a bit like what we got.. We've got a flat 28" 100hz Panasonic with a samsung 5.1 'cinema system.' There's no seperate amp for the 5.1, its built into the DVD player I think.

I believe that was under £100 for the system. No complaints with that at all, other then somtimes wishing it went that little louder, but that may just be me with duff ears! Its great with a TOCA on the playstion because you can hear where the other cars are coming from!

Andy

andylancaster3000 - 27/12/04 at 06:08 PM

Just found it online. Its the samsung HTDB120, 200w home cinema system. Wrong about the price though...Its £101.01.

http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/dvd-home-cinema-systems/samsung-htdb120.asp

Andy

Jon Ison - 27/12/04 at 06:40 PM

there just up road from you M8, B&W, the place i was working at when you picked up the NOS.

wev'e got a Sony one, it blows the windows out, could,nt aford the £60k B&W one, there should be some cheap ones on your local car boots though, they was robbed recently, thought it was you when they showed me the cctv footage..

Kelvin - 27/12/04 at 06:44 PM

unfortunately you do get what you pay for.

Having abused my ears with years of fireworks, i do tend to spend a bit more!

Currently running a Denon 7.1 receiver and multitude of other black boxes and must say, the neighbours do enjoy my film watching ocasionally

Have a look at AV Forums for some reviews of different solutions.

Kelvin

[Edited on 27/12/04 by Kelvin]

stephen_gusterson - 27/12/04 at 11:56 PM

amazon uk were doing a dvd player with full 5.1 and speakers for...........


50 quid!!!!!!!!

before xmas.




when I bought my sony widescreen 6 years ago, it was the sound system with it that was more impressive than the picture itself. You do tend to get used to it after a while. A decent sized base speaker really adds to the effects!



atb

steve

Jasper - 28/12/04 at 10:19 AM

Cheers chaps - I'll head down Richer sounds tomorrow