By: Hand87_5 - 19th June 2003 at 11:59
Got a philips 8000 . Very good stuff.
By: sullivan_myers - 18th June 2003 at 20:54
I personally, found a little treasure… It’s a Goodmans DVD3500. It comes all boxed with the player (obviously), 1 centre, 1 each of left and right, 2 surround and a sub-woofer with all the cables you need for 5.1 set-up. Got mine in Comet, about a year ago and so dunno if it’ll still be in their range but worth a try!
As for keeping it all hooked up for surround all the time, yes and no….
Yes- There is no need to disconnect any speakers from any machine whatever you are watching/listening to…
No- Only DVD software which are has a 5.1 soundtrack will enable the full benefit of the system (and it is excellent on some loud war films like Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down).
If a DVD does not have the 5.1 soundtrack it’ll only use the speaker channels it’s programmed to do so (mostly TV DVD’s which are not originally recorded in Dolby 5.1).
There are other systems like buying a full spec player and then amping it up to stereo equipment, but this in the long run can be tiresome and expensive.
Hope this helps.
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June 15, 2003 at 3:20 pm