Recent content by DrPips

Hi All, I'm moving house soon and looking for some new kit as I can get a home cinema at last. I already have a pair of Kef Q15 speakers which I love, but that's all I have left from my old hi-fi. What I'd like is to combine home cinema and hi-fi as much as possible, so I would need an AV amp...

Am I better going from the router to the tv or the blu-ray player? The blu ray player is internet@tv enabled. Not sure about the tv. Also if I went from the router to the blu ray, would I still need the optical cable? There is a n hdmi from the blu ray to the av amp. Thanks, Dom

I have a Samsung BD player BD-C5300. Not sure if this would make it any easier.

So an optical cable to deal with the audio, and just an Ethernet cable from the router (or modem) to the tv?

Hi all, I'm looking to try and connect my tv up to the Internet so I can take advantage of iplayer and love film. I have a Samsung LE37C580J1K tv and a denon AVR-1312 home cinema receiver. How do I connect everything up so I can stream movies and still get them in 5.1 where possible. Thanks, Dom

Hi All, Title of post says it all really. Looking for a new tv, fairly small, about 24". Sofa is only 3m away from where the tv will go. It would be brilliant if we could get one with a built in DVD or BD player to make things neater. Thinking about getting Sky multi room, we have Sky+ HD...

I'm digging this one up again. I never got round to sorting this out, just ended up using a seperate channel on my hifi amp for sky+ and blu ray. I'm now looking to get one of the little boxes to stream video from my computer, so will need proper audio as well. Are DAC's still the way to go...

Hi All, Looking to get a 3D TV, but need a 37", and I'd prefer to pick up in store. I've seen the SAMSUNG UE37D6530 37" Full HD LED 3D TV, which is in stock, but can't see any reviews for it. I know nothing about them really, so any advice you can give would be great. Looking to spend £1000...

Hi all, The better half recently decorated the living room and decided my KEF speakers were no longer a part of her colour scheme, so they have retired to the spare room to await another day, and I bought a pair of monitor audio speakers, which are ok, but nowhere near as good as my old...

Hi, My Dad is looking for an ipod dock that also plays CDs and has DAB built in. Does anyone know of any decent systems that do this as an all in one? He's looking for something quite neat and unobtrusive, but it needs to charge the ipod as well as play it. I'd really appreciate any insight...

Woohooo!!! Just tried cleaning the lens with my DSLR camera lens cleaning kit and it seems to have worked. I suppose I should have though of cleaning the lens myself, but just goes to show what a numpty I am! Thanks a lot, Dom

Hi, I've had the above CD player for a few years now and I am very happy with it, however, just recently the player will not read CDs properly. When I insert a disc, it will spin for a very long time before it finds the number of tracks etc and is ready to play. It will play the first track...

So I need to look for some sort of setting that will change output sound to stereo rather than 5.1? I don't have standard broadcast TV, just Sky+HD and a blueray player. If I understand you correctly, when playing the Blueray, the sound will automatically output in stereo? Will the Sky be...

Andrew Everard: In general most TVs only output audio from their internal tuner(s). Alternatively, read the manual. Page 8: "When the receiver (home theatre) is set to on, you can hear sound output from the TV's optical jack. When the TV is receiving a DTV signal, the TV will send 5.1 CH...

Thanks, How do I check? The TV is a Samsung LE37C580 Dom