confused - not sure i even understand the question! Old system Yamaha RX-V450 with Take 5.2 and matching sub. Moved to new house with TV room which coincideds with desire to upgrade to new full HD, freesat and blu-ray. Bearing in mind age of amp/speakers (although still faultless) do i need to upgrade to get benefit of new screen/blu ray etc. I gather that amp will not decode latest audio versions but am i stupid for thinking thid can be done on-board the bluray player, tv and/or freesat box and then fed to the amp by analogue component.
Add to this that the tv room I aquired is about 3m x3.5m with viewing acoss the smaller sides with seating right up against the wall. thus any rear speakers are almost at the side rather than behind. Would this negate the benefit of surround sound anyway and am i better advised to go for a spaeker bar or somthing akin to that?
Changing tack a little, I have almost totally replaced my use of CD's with the IPod. If as a result of the above my Yam amp becomes redundant could it usefully serve with an IPod dock to meet my music needs in our main living room (6m x 4m) with the above speakers or dedicated stereo speakers or should i ditch it altogether (such a waste) and get something like the Fatman I Tube or the Klipsch Room Groove or Avanti Flow.
With apologies for lack of knowledge, so hard to keep up with developments at my age, but thanks for any guidsance you can give.
AJ53
Add to this that the tv room I aquired is about 3m x3.5m with viewing acoss the smaller sides with seating right up against the wall. thus any rear speakers are almost at the side rather than behind. Would this negate the benefit of surround sound anyway and am i better advised to go for a spaeker bar or somthing akin to that?
Changing tack a little, I have almost totally replaced my use of CD's with the IPod. If as a result of the above my Yam amp becomes redundant could it usefully serve with an IPod dock to meet my music needs in our main living room (6m x 4m) with the above speakers or dedicated stereo speakers or should i ditch it altogether (such a waste) and get something like the Fatman I Tube or the Klipsch Room Groove or Avanti Flow.
With apologies for lack of knowledge, so hard to keep up with developments at my age, but thanks for any guidsance you can give.
AJ53