Home Cinema`s?

[s8n]

Grundig Elegance 82cm TV
Rotel RSP-1066 7.1 Processor
Rotel RMB-1075 5Ch PowerAmp
Denon DVD-1600 DVD player (multiregion and RGB scart out)
B&W DM603 S3 Mains
B&W LCR600 S3 Center Channel
B&W DM601 S2 Rears
XBOX Gaming Console
SoundStyle Platnium HiFi Rack/Speakers Stands
Velodyne HGS-10 Sub (In the pipeline)

[Riz_RS4]

B&W DM603 S3 Mains
B&W LCR600 S3 Center Channel
B&W DM601 S2 Rears

Cool i`ve got some B&W`s in my room! [img]images/graemlins/tung2.gif[/img]

[s8n]

I love B&W gear, and it works very well with the Rotel!

[img]images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Great combination, Ill get my digi cam out tomorrow and take some snaps of my setup @ home and my Yellow Terror for the Gallery!

[Riz_RS4]

Cool, i`ll do the same of both my setups [img]images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [img]images/graemlins/jump.gif[/img]

[Riz_RS4]

quickly did these photo`s.... this one is of the setup in my room...
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29" Sony tv
Yamaha amp
Yamaha sub
Yamaha centre speaker
B&W fronts and rears
xbox & ps2
pc connected for dvd and audio

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[Riz_RS4]

Heres the real home cinema..... [img]images/graemlins/jump.gif[/img]

[Riz_RS4]

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[Riz_RS4]

last pic for the day.... lol [img]images/graemlins/jump.gif[/img]

[B5DOM]

LG Flatron 32" Widescreen TV
Pioneer DV737 DVD Player Multiregion
Pioneer VSX 859 - THX Amp
Pioneer M10-X Amp
Pioneer CT-W606DR Dual Cassette Deck
Sony SL-720 Video
Sony Playstation 2
X-Box
Wharefdale Pacific Speakers
Floorstanding pi40
Rears pi10 x 2
Centre pi-Centre
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[s2driver]

I was considering a budget all-in-one system. I can get the Sony DAVS880 multiregion system with the speakers for about £550 inc from a web-based retailer. Anyone know how good this system really is? I have heard that it is good but I suppose it would be way off a separates setup. I am not an audiofile and only run through a 32" Widescreen Sony CRT.

Lee

[Riz_RS4]

I think the new all-in-one dvd/amp/surround kits are very good value for money, sony have been around for ages and you should have any problems with them.

Have you had a demostration of a dolby digital home cinema setup? if not then you will find this as a first system very good indeed, but if you have heard of some systems and have high expectations you may want something more upmarket.

Its all about what you want. [img]images/graemlins/clap.gif[/img] [img]images/graemlins/s3addict.gif[/img]

[s2driver]

They certainly are good value! I have dolby pro logic at the moment but while the fidelity is quite good, it does lack bass and punch in the mid-range. Playing DVDs through the Playstation 2 is getting on my tits too as I have to do a swap trick to play multiregion. I didn't manage to get the super mod chip frm www.playstatiomods.com before Sony forced them to stop marketing it.

Can't afford to get a decent separates system! I am an Engineer so my wages are quite naff [img]images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] and most of my residual income goes into the car [img]images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Riz_RS4]

am an Engineer so my wages are quite naff and most of my residual income goes into the car

Snap.... same here mate! wages are crap, i work in the epos retail side (electronic point of sales). [img]images/graemlins/s3addict.gif[/img] [img]images/graemlins/clap.gif[/img]

[Taipan]

One of my mates just bought the "Sony DAVS880 multiregion system with the speakers".

Looks real neat, the image appears good on a Toshiba projector + big screen and no prob with the sound.
Although it's not in the league of systems made of dedicated components from Yamaha/Onkyo/JBL/etc.

Just like my own Boston Acoustics Dolby Digital pack (amplifier built-in in the subwoofer, remote control panel in the central speaker) : it's just a different world than any normal TV sound and you do get the dolby digital effect, and plenty of power to annoy the whole street.
The money I saved from a large dedicated Dolby Digital system, I put in buying a Philips 42" Plasma which really blows over a standard TV.

FYI, the Sony DAVS880 or Boston Acoustics aren't good as a real hi-fi system if your music collection is important to you (nor any of these integrated systems).
HINT : you'll need to spend a hell of money in a 5.1 system if you want it to be superb in standard hi-fi stereo music.

So don't plan to throw away your old system if it's a good one. Which means you'll be keeping the speakers from both systems in the living room.
Thus small systems with Bose-size speakers are cool : they can fit around the room quite discretly, and for less than 500 GBP (and down to 300 GBP for decent entry-level), they're just plug-and-play on top of your current DVD player, and there you go.
No hassle.
Let's shop around, a good shopping therapy always makes wonders [img]images/graemlins/thumbs.gif[/img]

Eric

[s8n]

Go and check out B&O's TV CRT offerings, I think you may take back the Plasma TV blowing on CRT's comment

Sure B&O aint cheap, but after seeing a friends I've concluded its the best possible picture from ANY TV i've seen, plasma inc.

OH, and nearlly as thin as a plasma [img]images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]