How about a sound bar? Basically 2.1 and a slim one should be able to fit on top of the cabinet but not intrude on the screen. A lot come with a wireless subwoofer too.
DannyR - have you any experience or feedback on the Meridian EQ system? As it seems to be seen as vastly superior to even Audyssey XT32 system?
I haven't no, sorry!
I wall mounted my TV last night. I decided against a neck breaking height, and it's on a swivel bracket allowing it to be flush to the wall or angled at 180.
Also picked up some MA BX2s and a MA BX Centre. Entry level kit (£420 for the 3 fronts), but a huge improvement over the Onkyo I had. Just need to decide if I want BX5s up front and move the BX2s to the rear, or get some more BX2s for the rear (replacing Onkyo).
I wall mounted my TV last night. I decided against a neck breaking height, and it's on a swivel bracket allowing it to be flush to the wall or angled at 180.
See that on Instagram, love the colours in your living room
Just saw your thread over on AVForums, trying to work out what do to in our new place and it's a similar layout to you with the tv area in a corner, and the sofas arranged in the same L shape. Only thing that's a bit different is the gap between the wall and fireplace is a big bigger and the smaller sofa is a bit further back.
Trying to find a solution whereby we don't need to use a corner unit like we have now, want a long bench style unit but needs to be deep enough to angle the tv enough so that the little sofa can still see at a decent angle.
Proving a little difficult as most units seem to be too shallow to get the angle we'd need, as much as we're averse to doing it might have to look at doing something similar with a moveable mount of some sorts.
In a perfect world I could to with a long bench unit that kicks out either a bit of a wedge or L shape at one end to sit the tv on.
Also picked up some MA BX2s and a MA BX Centre.
Any chance of a link to that bracket?
The TV will only run stereo out on anything. You can extract stereo audio off of one of the scart inputs
Just buy a cheap freeview box that has HDMI and then go direct to the amp.