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"5.1 Surround for Xbox/DVD's"

I'm wanting a decent sound system for my Xbox and my DVD's to go along with my 28" Widescreen TV in my room. However I don't know too much about them. Could anyone recommend me some decent kit for £200 max? I take it for the Xbox I need an optical cable? Also my JVC tv has a built in dolby pro logic II surround decoder. Is this any use? Thanks.

Cheers mate will take a look.

sPiKeCaSt wrote:
> I also noticed the one you mentioned is a 2001 product. Is there
> anything newer for £300?

Have a look on RGBDirect.co.uk for a Sony 6.1/DTS EX/Pro Logic 2 system. They have one for around £260 I believe which is also highly recommended. If you are unsure which one send me the link and I will confirm (just don't want to get assed at work for having loads of interent windows open :D)

Yamaha TSS-1 systems are pretty hard to find these days as they are an older system. I know they did an upgrade for Pro Logic 2 (as the original only supported 5.1/DTS/Pro Logic) and I remember finding one through google for someone else a while back but I really can't remember where.

For all audio/visual cable head over to [URL]http://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/dynamic/home.html[/URL]

Excellent company, item will be with you within 2 days, competitive costs and they range from cheap to really expensive depending on what you want. I paid £45 for a 1M Optical cable but you will find them there from around £10. [URL]http://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/dynamic/eshop_categories.set/ref/7/digital-optical-cables/browse.html[/URL] for their optical cable range.

I also noticed the one you mentioned is a 2001 product. Is there anything newer for £300?

Suicide Soldier wrote:
> Oh yeah and for Xbox use Optical. If you can try to find one with a
> HDMI input/output for future proofing. If this is just a stop gap for
> a better one just make sure it has Optical, I have never used Coaxial
> for 5.1, poorer quality connection.

Any Idea where is best to get the cable and that Yamaha TSS-1 one from? :D Thanks mate.

I like the way you neatly arranged the remote controls before taking the picture.

[URL]http://img114.echo.cx/my.php?image=tv14qc.jpg[/URL]

Thats from about 6M, I lie down for the other 4 :D

Hang on a second, I will get a picture of it and upload it from where I sit to watch it, you will get the idea...

But yeah 32" is excellent at 10m, I watch mine from about 10m. Also if you get an uploading DVD player (before true HDDVD comes out) you can get a picture that makes you do a sex wee every time you turn it on :D

Can the Sharp Aquos 32" LCD be seen comfortably from 10m away? The high street stores group them in corridors, so I can't get a proper distance view for it.

By comfortable I mean, "Wow, what a view". I want to be constantly amazed whenever stuff is onscreen, y'see.

Also, how heavy is it?

Depends what make/model etc, in general no they are identical cosmetically. Plasma's tend to handle black images better as LCD runs on a back light where as Plasma uses gases.

Plasmas are also generally cheaper than LCD, I know I could have had a top end Sony 42" Plasma for the same price I paid for my Sharp Aquos 32" LCD TV. Life span on Plasma TV's is also a hell of a lot shorter, on average 20,000 hours as opposed to 60,000 hours on Sharp Aquos.

Never owned a Plasma but have watched a fair few s**tuff on them. Read a sh*t load about both though so I am aware of the pros > cons etc.

Depends on your budget. I know the Tiny ones are cheap but I think they only do some like 856 x 486 pixels and don't have DVI support etc.