we went round neighbours house boxing night for few drinks etc and watched film, the person had surround sound system and have to say it was like being in the cinema, jsut awesome, so much so that i brought my own surround sound kit today from argos, just cheap one at under £60 quid ..reviews were very good, and have to say was taken aback by such great value, and fantastic sound, just would be without it, watched matrix and wow ...for anyone who dosent have home cinema sound ...id fully recommend it...
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surround sound system
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burrish-gull
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I've got one of these, creates 5.1 surround sound from 2 speakers. Saves on the mess of all those wires and its pretty good virtual surround sound
Xitel Soundaround Home Theater Sound from two speakers: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics Photo
Xitel Soundaround Home Theater Sound from two speakers: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics Photo
Mine is a bottom of the range LG system that cost me £90 a year back. has been very good value. I have a blu ray player arriving in morning and i dont believe i can connect it to the LG system. So will have to look out for cheap receiever and speakers, but until can afford them my little budget theatre will be fine
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Does your LG surround have an optical connection port at the back ? (very small, square, might have a bit of plastic in it that you pull out).
If so, your blu-ray player should also have an optical connection. An optical lead costs less than a tenner, you can use that to connect them up. And believe me, blu-ray 5.1 ramps up the surround something ROTTEN. Its stupendous. I've got an old Acoustic Solutions 5.1 surround which I was considering replacing, until I heard blu-ray through it.
Bluejuice
Lazy as a rug on Valium
I have half a surround sound system, I think it's neat
dont think it has but will take a look later. The manual says/shows only scart, component video out terminals,aux audio input coonectors. thats all. a pain but i shall look for a av receiver and speakers some time
'sladegull
fat boy fat
I eventually went for separates ......not the cheapest option I know but at least then you can swap/upgrade each individually. For example you may go blu-ray at some point and all you will need to do is upgrade the player .I have gone Denon(DVD) , Sony (AV amp) and KEF surround speakers , mindblowing and would recommend them all VFM wise , but not cheap and luckily I got them before I was made redundant or I couldnt have justified it !
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Dirty Dave
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is it this one....?
Buy Alba AS122 100W 3.1 Silver Home Theatre Speaker Kit. at Argos.co.uk
was thinking of getting it myself
S'hampton Seagull
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Well said Easy. I also have my Sky+HD box connected via optical to my 5.1 system, and it really makes a difference. I'd like to see more content broadcast in Dolby Digital though.
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yeah you got it.... yes id recommend it... for the money its top value, and so simple to wire up... fantastic sound, never be without surround sound again..esp good for action films... your prob have to reserve it, as only shop argos i could get it from was horsham !!!
Taybha
Whalewhine
i have the other half you didnt want and its neaterer
TWOCHOICEStom
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anyone wired up their xbox360 to a surround system? i'd be interested to hear how/what you used...
Blu ray player arrived today, will not be able to connect it to my current home movie system as no optical connection. a shame but will save for a av receiver then speakers. first thing to buy though is a blu-ray disc!!! as band of brothers set is still to arrive
S'hampton Seagull
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Does the player have any other connections? You may still be able to connect it, even if you can't get the 5.1.
component terminalls which i think i can use.
S'hampton Seagull
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That will do it. You'll get the sound coming out of all speakers at the same time instead of the different channels (speach, background noise etc) but it it's better than the speakers on the TV!
S'hampton Seagull
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Shouldn't have to, the player will do that for you. Sounds like it already is from what you say.