HOME CINEMA ON A BUDGET? TRY THESE.

Advantages: Small,unobtrusive satellite speakers.
Disadvantages: Not as good as larger speakers.

...I brought my set of tannoys 15 months ago and, at the time,they cost £300.Now,with a little searching around,they can be obtained for under £200. What you get in the box is five satellite speakers(two front,two rear and a centre speaker) plus a seperate powered subwoofer. You also get wall mounted supports for the two front and two rear speakers and all the speaker cables(i changed the cables to 79 stand q.e.d. speaker cable to improve the sound). Setting up the system is relatively easy:you just need an electric drill for the the wall mounted stands and once fitted,you just connect the cables to your home cinema amp. Easy!! Once you have connected everything,it is time to try out the system. My first reaction and i am sure yours will be the same was one of complete disbelief!! The sound quality for such small speakers...

iiyama1000 19.08.2004 (13.02.2005) · Read review
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Review of Tannoy FX 5.1 Home Cinema Speaker System

home cinema for your viewing

Advantages: stylish, reliable, clear sound
Disadvantages: none

...or even your PC. The price is now around £495, so quite reasonable, I think. The cinema pack is good value for anyone who wants to integrate hi-fi and DVD sound systems at the same as upgrading their stereo....

kamfisa 22.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of JVC QP-112AL Home Cinema Packages

Home Cinema Heaven!

Advantages: Big screen, great picture, surround sound, sleek
Disadvantages: Need persuading to leave the sofa!

...! How to The instruction book is lengthy and detailed and even I managed to comprehend it! The 2 scart plugs on the rear are easily accessibleAlso on the back: the antennae; pcmcia card slot; 2 x hdmi slots; 1 digital audio out; 1 rs232c in; 1pc in; 1 audio in; component in slots; s video slot; 3 coloured inputs for dvd / gamimg etc all labelled and accessible should you so desire! Listen The speaker sound is fantastic. The speaker runs along the front of the screen along the base. It has surround sound and is very vivid. Cinema Without dominating the room in its off position, when in use this TV is like having the cinema at home. The picture has strong colours, there is no picture fade anywhere on the screen and the small frame around the edge means that the picture seems really big. Can it get better? This huge TV...

Cutecandy 06.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of LG 42 LF 66

Credo - I believe in cinema

Advantages: Beautiful, artistic, accessible
Disadvantages: Some may be put off by the subtitling

...FILM ONLY (with brief reference to the Director's Cut) Foreign language films are rarely top of my watch list although I have seen some cracking examples. Invariably those that I like tend to the arty side of cinema. Occasionally there'll be a foreign language breakthrough like Amelié which brings this genre to the attention of a wider audience whereas films such as Tous les Matins du Monde will remain forever in the background. Cinema Paradiso is, however, a film that is both accessible and beautiful and cannot fail to be appreciated by anyone with a love of cinema. That it is subtitled is far from distracting, the photography taking care of the story for the most part and one is quickly subsumed into a world that is all encompassing. Post-war Italy was a very different place to the society in which we live...

CareBear 15.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Cinema Paradiso (DVD)

Value for money Home Cinema System

Advantages: Design, style, quality, options
Disadvantages: can not see any

...) music from CD's directly to USB drive. It is useful when computer is not working or is busy. Only one minus is that it goes with maximum bit rate of 128kbs. It is very easy in use and to do it press rec button on your remote controller. DVD reader works perfectly and reads most of DVD's within 2-5 seconds. Since I have it, did not happen to jam or image to freeze when watching movie. Works as it should. Altogether LG HT353SD is a good Home Cinema System for a reasonable price. It is not easy to find another set with competitive properties for such a price. It is a bargain I would say. I can recommend it to anyone as it is a good product and is worth recommendation. Please rate and leave a comment possible Thank you...

panther23 23.09.2008 (01.12.2008) · Read review
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Review of LG HT353SD

Home cinema disappointment

Advantages: Ease of controls, smart black speakers and player with blue light, good quality sound.
Disadvantages: Home cinema deliverance limited unless using a DVD.

...Having finally said goodbye to an old DVD player and separate CD and radio player, we decided to opt for the home cinema system from Samsung. Having already recently purchased a Samsung TV which we were very pleased with the value for money of the Samsung Home Cinema TZ215 tempted us to carry on with the brand. I hate to admit that in my opinion I am disappointed in the 'home cinema' aspect in that I expected more and now having read the other reviews wonder if I actually connected it up properly, but we have checked everything and all seems ok. Firstly, with four tall speakers dotted correctly around the room and set up as per the instruction manual for distance etc, I was disappointed in that the four all do not work at the same time. If you have a film with thunder or a loud crash, yes you get the effect (and the cat jumps!) but...

Phweeter 05.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Samsung HT-TZ215

Our home cinema

Advantages: Great screen, attractive
Disadvantages: Seems complicated

...This is my parents' telly. It has proved great for having friends over to watch dvds. We don't actually have a dvd player so we connect up our laptops to the computer using the ports provided & our own leads for connecting a monitor to a computer & sound speakers. Theres a way around anything these days. It works great. Its like being in a cinema in fact. It is our new main home t.v. - mostly because our old one had just packed in & my dad believes you should always spend as much as possible on new stuff (hmm.. yeh, ok dad). This is our first plasma. It was fairly easy to set up & use, although I admit I left the setting up to dad. But he's famous for technical disasters so that must be a good thing. Once you know what you're doing, the connections are also very easy to use. Just one thing.. be careful with laptops, as connecting...

Ayesha- 01.06.2007 (05.06.2007) · Read review
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Review of Hitachi Hitachi 42PD9700

panasonic home cinema

Advantages: blu ray superior picture and sound quality. 1000 watts
Disadvantages: only 3 speakers

...I tested this out in shop and it sounded excellent. I bought it and it sounds 10 times better in my lounge. The 1000 watts power fills room with clear powerful sound. The music special fx and speech is crystal clear. It has a whisper mode so even at lower volumes the sound is perfect. This is a blu ray player and picture quality is beautiful. It will also up grade old dvds to higher quality. This is true they are better pictures but not that much different. The best aspect of this system is ability to create blu ray quality sound, it is true blu ray does have much improved sound quality and this system can recreate it. It also has an ipod interface....

c99gilbert 01.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Panasonic SC-BT100

Home Alone

Advantages: Comdey none stop
Disadvantages: None

...Home Alone, was a classic hit comedy film that was first released in 1991. Even in my adulthood, I am more than happy to watch the film again, and when I was a kid I use to remember watching this film a hundred times during the Christmas holidays and summer holidays. It was such a feel good family fun film; it was the sort of film that even if you?ve watched it once you would never gets bored watching it over and over again. Plot: The film opens with the entire McCallister family packing for their Christmas vacation to France. The family is exceptionally big, some 30 plus including adults. Kevin McCallister the youngest in the family needs help packing his luggage, the older kids simply don?t have the time or the patience to help him, he feels left out and unwanted, just like most teenagers. A patrol police man Harry played by Joe...

jaygami1986 06.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Home Alone (DVD)

Bose SoundDock Digital Music System Review

Advantages: Superb Sound, Very Loud, Ideal for Ipods
Disadvantages: not go to travel with, Extremely Expensive

...Bose SoundDock Digital Music System I happened to get this as a gift and it turned out to be quiet interesting Summary: This dock is used mainly for ipod and allows you to connet mp3 players to it and listen to high quality music via speakers. It is idle for homes and small gatherings, although I would not run a party off these. Pros: This system has terrific sound and can go very load despite its relative small size. As with almost all Bose speakers the quality is amazing, so long as the source you are playing it from is high quality it will allow the speakers to each its potential. I have a surround sound Bose set up in one of my rooms but now prefer to use this product as it is very simple to operate. Just plug the mp3 player in and press play and your set. Can't get much simpler. It also runs off a wall...

plunt 05.04.2008 · Read review
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