I've got the go ahead to upgrade the TV. I've decided on the following:
32 inch LCD - probably Sharp LC32GA3E
AV Amp / Speaker Combination
Alphason Glass Stand
Panasonic E50 (already have)
Sky+ (already have)
It's the Amp and Speakers that I am having problem with. It must be neat and unassuming and I not looking for a powerful perfect sounding setup. So I've been looking at the combined amp/speaker packages (like Sony and Panasonic).
My problem is that I want the system to be simple to use so that my wife and children use it without problem.
So my ideal is that I want to plug the DVD and Sky+ (both sound and video) into the AV amp and then connect the amp to a single TV SCART. That way, if they want to watch a DVD they just press DVD on the AMP remote and thesound and picture are set to the correct sources. If I went for a solution where you have to switch both the TV and the Amp to the correct channel I can forsee moans, confusion and problems from my family - watching a DVD with a Sky sound for example.
Now my problem. Everything I have looked with has only supported composite video. I thought I'd found the answer in the Panasonic SCHT05 because this has three SCARTs but it turns out that these only support composite !!!!
So can anyone suggest any of the following
(i) An Amp/Speaker package that does RGB video switching at a reasonable price.
(ii) Another way of acheiving what I want.
For the moment I ruling out the Philips Pronto type controllers because of the expense.
Cheers,
Nigel
32 inch LCD - probably Sharp LC32GA3E
AV Amp / Speaker Combination
Alphason Glass Stand
Panasonic E50 (already have)
Sky+ (already have)
It's the Amp and Speakers that I am having problem with. It must be neat and unassuming and I not looking for a powerful perfect sounding setup. So I've been looking at the combined amp/speaker packages (like Sony and Panasonic).
My problem is that I want the system to be simple to use so that my wife and children use it without problem.
So my ideal is that I want to plug the DVD and Sky+ (both sound and video) into the AV amp and then connect the amp to a single TV SCART. That way, if they want to watch a DVD they just press DVD on the AMP remote and thesound and picture are set to the correct sources. If I went for a solution where you have to switch both the TV and the Amp to the correct channel I can forsee moans, confusion and problems from my family - watching a DVD with a Sky sound for example.
Now my problem. Everything I have looked with has only supported composite video. I thought I'd found the answer in the Panasonic SCHT05 because this has three SCARTs but it turns out that these only support composite !!!!
So can anyone suggest any of the following
(i) An Amp/Speaker package that does RGB video switching at a reasonable price.
(ii) Another way of acheiving what I want.
For the moment I ruling out the Philips Pronto type controllers because of the expense.
Cheers,
Nigel