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

...I bought my cinema pack just under a year ago and it?s still in working order. It has a modern appearance so its still looks quite new. JVC?s Cinema Pack contains all you need to turn your living room into a fully fledged mini-audiotorium ? you just supply the screen, the form of a TV or projector. The DVD player, surround sound amplifier and speakers are all here. The DVD player and amplifier/control centre come as separate stackable units with the connectors necessary to join them and connect a TV. The DVD player is JVC?s XV-E1112 and is finished with a smart silver/grey front and well positioned buttons. It is capable of playing a wide range of formats including DVD, Svcd and VCD for video and MP3 music for audio. Both CD-R and CD-RW discs are also supported. The control centre deals with the surround sound amplifying...

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

Quality Home Cinema sound with bargain pricing.

Advantages: Excellent value for money, great sound.
Disadvantages: Some will miss HDMI but see review on this subject.

...In the interests of disclosure, I used to sell these products. This is a great surround sound amp (or home cinema receiver - whatever. I shall call it amp, for short). It can be found for a very reasonable price. It comes in silver or black. It is simple to set up and use - especially with other Cambridge components as the remotes all talk to everything and the connections are colour coded clearly. And best of all, it even sounds rather good - especially when you take into account the very reasonable price you are likely to pay. It has all the inputs and outputs you are likely to need (except HDMI. But that may not be such a bad thing. I was walking round a home cinema show recently and noticed that one particular brand of LCD TV's had an amazingly clearer picture than all the others. This brand was Sharp. Now I have always...

NomisG 01.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Cambridge Audio AZUR 540 R

Value for money Home Cinema System

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

.... I was looking for a good quality, not to expensive home cinema system and found this one. Saw LG HT353SD in Sainsbury's for just £79.99 and was not sure. I checked all the other prices online and details on manufacturer's website. Same day decided to go for it and bought it next day. I have it over one week now and am totally satisfied. It does exactly everything what should and does it great. This home theatre system is very nice looking and nicely designed. Stylish I would say as each speakers surface reflects. Cables are absolutely long enough (even rear ones) as in some other sets they are simply to short. This time Lg's done a good job. Using remote control you are able to control everything. Batteries are included. Installation Instruction and a manual are included in box and are simple and easy in use. This went...

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

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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Review of Bose SoundDock Digital Music System

Portable home cinema packs a punch

Advantages: Great picture and sound. Portable. Comes with carry case. Reasonable price. Vertical keystone
Disadvantages: Lacks useful connection leads, small amount of 'arcing'. No Horizontal keystone.

...to the shop, as the power cable didn't connect securely to the unit, causing it to spark. The shop replaced the unit for me and I haven't had any problems since. ***Lamps*** Manufacturer suggests it has 2,000 hours of lamp life. Replacement lamps cost about £99 (price found at projectorpoint.co.uk) which isn't bad compared to many other projector lamps that exceed £200 in price. ***Compatibility*** Additional leads and connections (NOT SUPPLIED) let you hook up a PC, set-top box or games console. Optoma provides a VGA to RGB Scart adaptor in the box, this lets you hook up your PC, but doesn't include a sound cable. However, the unit does have a separate audio out that allows you to connect an external sound system. Computer Compatibility SXGA, XGA, SVGA, 15 Pin D-Sub (VGA type) Video Comapatibility PAL, SECAM (576i...

qwerty30 09.09.2007 (12.09.2007) · Read review
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Review of Optoma MovieTime DV11