Sort me a home cinema system!

[Sumner]

Hello, I am not very tech minded and have a budget of about £750-£800 to buy a nice TV and surround sound for the living room. I am not picky on the brand aslong as its good performer.

I am looking for something between 40" and 42" and no bigger, have afew mates with 50" Tvs and I dont like them .

It doesnt need freeview inbuilt as Sky will be getting connected once moved in.

In terms of surround sound, something will good sound quality and preferably with front floorstands.

I have done a search but TVs are always changing so if you guys can help me out that would be great.

Thank you CS

D.

 

[FiXX]

will be a budget entry level system for that money.

 

[Sumner]

Ahhh ok, I was looking at £600 to £650 for a tv and £150 to £200 for the system. I should of put that in really.

 

[FiXX]

have a look on avforums.com mate, nothing that wont be answered there!

 

[Gib#244]

I just bought a Onkyo AV system for £500 and its the nuts! brilliant sound and hooked up to my PS3, TV, Wii, and Sky HD too it

 

[conneh]

Spend the full amount on a TV, idealy a Panasonic - much better choice!

 

[DB.]

You can pick up nice Samsung 40" TV's for under £500, so would have the rest of your budget for the sound set up

 

[Rob_Willow]

www.richersounds.com

 

[Sumner]

Ok cheers guys, I will have a look on avforums and there's a richersounds not too far away from me. So will take a look in there, are they cheaper than the general highstreet stores like currys etc?

 

[mantis946]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-021-LG&groupid=702&catid=22&subcat=165

Probably not the cheapest place to get them but they are epic, had them a few years and never fails to impress.

Not too good with the TV side of things but dont think you can go far wrong with a samsung with a decent refresh rate and contrast.

 

[conneh]

Panasonic!

 

[C.J]

Go Onkyo for an amp, and get some cheap speakers/sub for starters. Then at a later date upgrade your speakers.

 

[Daz.]

I'm just about to get rid of one of these...

http://www.pixardirect.com/products/-Sony--HT%2dDDWG800-Home-Cinema-System.html

Been used all of 5 times before it was boxed back up to move and never unboxed again!

Not asking anywhere near that for it mind!

 

[mr.valver]

http://www.richersounds.com/information/plasmasystems

 

[McBunny]

i have a 10" sub you can buy yours for £60 inc postage

 

[Washington]

My housemate got a 42" LG from RicherSounds for ~£400 last month; 1080p, the whole lot. Decent enough TV, much better with a HD source like the 360 or blu-ray than the SD Virgin boxes we have in the house but that's hardly surprising. It was a good buy imo.

 

[midge]

I just got an lg plasma 42' for £369 from comet, i think thier all sold out now though as it was a limited deal, i think richer sounds do the same tv for a few £ less than £400

 

[wozzaa]

Spend the full amount on a TV, idealy a Panasonic - much better choice!

+1 However, he could get an S20 and still have money left over for an okish audio solution.