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Old 15-01-2008, 19:22
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As the title says, what is the cheapest/best way to get 5.1 surround sound thats compatible with my xbox 360, humax 9200tb and samsung plasma tv?

Looking to spend no more than £170 realistically and not bothered about a dvd player (however if one is included, it needs to connect via component cable as I have no scart sockets free on the rear of my panel.

Is £170 a realistic budget for what i will be needing it to do/connect to?
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Old 15-01-2008, 19:44
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£200 will get you a capable system if you could put the extra £30 to your budget, it doesn't include a DVD player but IMO you would be better off adding a dedicated player to the system at a later date.

Your £200 will get you the Yamaha AV61 package, this consists of the Yamaha RXV361 receiver and NSP110 speaker package.

For the same money as the Yamaha RXV361 you could get the Denon AVR 1507, which I regard as better receiver than the Yamaha.

Yamaha RXV361

Yamaha NSP110

Denon AVR1507
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Old 15-01-2008, 19:53
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would the sony receiver in the link below be suitable for my requirements?

http://www.richersounds.co.uk/showpr...=SONY-STRDE400
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Old 15-01-2008, 20:39
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would the sony receiver in the link below be suitable for my requirements?

http://www.richersounds.co.uk/showpr...=SONY-STRDE400
Yes it will be fine for what equipment you have now - It has 2 optical inputs for the Xbox and Humax.

Just be aware when you add further equipment, you only have 1 digital input free which is coaxial, if you purchase a DVD player at a later it will need to have a coaxial output, it's not essential, basically for ease of use, if it has optical you will either need an optical splitter or just swap cables over from xbox/Humax when in use.
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Old 15-01-2008, 21:04
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Yes it will be fine for what equipment you have now - It has 2 optical inputs for the Xbox and Humax.

Just be aware when you add further equipment, you only have 1 digital input free which is coaxial, if you purchase a DVD player at a later it will need to have a coaxial output, it's not essential, basically for ease of use, if it has optical you will either need an optical splitter or just swap cables over from xbox/Humax when in use.
is that what the sp/dif thing is on the rear of the humax? (newbie speaking here - excuse the terms here ) in theory I should be able to get 5.1 surround?

in the case of the dvd player - i will probably end up just using the xbox as a dvd player for the time being.

Where is the chepest place to obtain optical cabling to link the xbox/humax to the rear of this receiver? I know most high street stores rip you off when it comes to cabling (£15 for a 1 metre hdmi cable!!)
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Old 15-01-2008, 22:10
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is that what the sp/dif thing is on the rear of the humax? (newbie speaking here - excuse the terms here ) in theory I should be able to get 5.1 surround?
Yes, commonly know as optical, even though the Humax has an optical output you won't be able to get 5.1, it's not available on Freeview I'm afraid, but you would be able to listen in DPLII which upmixes 2 channel (stereo) to 5.1.
in the case of the dvd player - i will probably end up just using the xbox as a dvd player for the time being.
Nothing wrong in doing this at all.
Where is the chepest place to obtain optical cabling to link the xbox/humax to the rear of this receiver? I know most high street stores rip you off when it comes to cabling (£15 for a 1 metre hdmi cable!!)
Ebay I suppose if you want to find the cheapest of the cheap, but there are other online stores that have good quality cables at sensible prices.

http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tv...u=0/ml=50.html
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