Hi There,
Been looking to overhaul my current home cinema for a completely new system with BluRay but have a few questions as until now have just had a very basic Sony Home Cinema in a box.
Keeping My Pioneer 43in Plasma (PDP 436 SXE)but it only has 1 HDMI input. Will also have Sky HD to add to the mix. Have 2 options I'm seriously looking at, but am open to suggestions and insight into your wealth of experience!!
Looking at the Samsung HT-BD2 recently reviewed on here, looks good with 7.1 and this supports HD sound formats too. I assume (Maybe wrongly) that i would need a HDMI switching unit due to this and Sky HD, but do these not reduce quality/are they recommended? If not how do I get around the HDMI connectivity problem?
The other option was totally overspending my budget (about 700) and buying seperates. Looking at the reviews on here and think the Onkyo TX-SR506, Q Acoustics 1010i system, possibly the Sony BDP-S300, stands, brackets cable etc can be bought for around 1000. As ive never done this before I have a few questions regarding rigging it up...Does the Sky HD HDMI and BluRay HDMI just go into the Onkyos HDMI inputs, then 1 Onkyo output to the HDMI on the TV, solving my problem of 1 HDMI input on the TV? Also I read the Onkyo 506 does not support HD sound formats, does this make a big difference?
It would be a big overspend comparing the two systems, would it be money well spent??!!
Room is approx 16ftx15ft with the TV to be wall mounted centrally. I would also like to be able to connect my IPod the chosen system. The system will be for a mixture of movies and music.
Advice, suggestions and criticism all welcome!
Thanks in Advance!
Been looking to overhaul my current home cinema for a completely new system with BluRay but have a few questions as until now have just had a very basic Sony Home Cinema in a box.
Keeping My Pioneer 43in Plasma (PDP 436 SXE)but it only has 1 HDMI input. Will also have Sky HD to add to the mix. Have 2 options I'm seriously looking at, but am open to suggestions and insight into your wealth of experience!!
Looking at the Samsung HT-BD2 recently reviewed on here, looks good with 7.1 and this supports HD sound formats too. I assume (Maybe wrongly) that i would need a HDMI switching unit due to this and Sky HD, but do these not reduce quality/are they recommended? If not how do I get around the HDMI connectivity problem?
The other option was totally overspending my budget (about 700) and buying seperates. Looking at the reviews on here and think the Onkyo TX-SR506, Q Acoustics 1010i system, possibly the Sony BDP-S300, stands, brackets cable etc can be bought for around 1000. As ive never done this before I have a few questions regarding rigging it up...Does the Sky HD HDMI and BluRay HDMI just go into the Onkyos HDMI inputs, then 1 Onkyo output to the HDMI on the TV, solving my problem of 1 HDMI input on the TV? Also I read the Onkyo 506 does not support HD sound formats, does this make a big difference?
It would be a big overspend comparing the two systems, would it be money well spent??!!
Room is approx 16ftx15ft with the TV to be wall mounted centrally. I would also like to be able to connect my IPod the chosen system. The system will be for a mixture of movies and music.
Advice, suggestions and criticism all welcome!
Thanks in Advance!
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