Have been trying to upgrade
1) to entry DVD player
2) from 21 inch to 32inWidescreen
3) from DolbyPro to 5.1
4) from main to many speakers
Would not like to admit how much timw I've spent reading mags,browsing shops & lurking on this (most excellent) Forum. So far, I've made first base, and bought the Tosh 220. And even successfully ordered and played 4 Region 1 DVDs - first just had to be Blade Runner.
So now I have three stages to go to complete the home cinema run. I seek advice on the rest.
The first, on TVs, I must put to that other thread, but if I tell you its Tosh vs Phillips, that'll be enough.
My existing kit, with the 'at risk' components maked *, are:
TV: 21 inch Sony Tinitron *
VCR: Panasonic NVF55
Digital cable: Telewest
Yamaha RXV660 Dolby ProLogic Receiver (65x2; 25; 25 x2) *
Yamaha CDX-670 + KX-650 + Systemdek
Celestion Ditton 15s
I have in mind to have a straight Yammy upgrade to the receiver, the 530 seems the one. It also makes much of its phantom centre, and has taken this further, saying that it "employs aggressive crosstalk cancelling technology" to create 'virtual centre and read left/right speakers'!!
So onto (4) what to do about speakers? The Ditton 15s date from the mid-1970s, cost me £109, half my then budget (rest on Pioneer receiver & turntable). They have been a delight, with a good spec: 30 - 15kHz, 30W, & 90db, and with the 'phantom' have enlarged my TV - though not to 32 widescreen.
So do i now add those centre, rear and sub? and what would blend? or do I just do the package route?
I have some products in mind, and will post these once I know this longish first-time post has arrvied safely.
ta
1) to entry DVD player
2) from 21 inch to 32inWidescreen
3) from DolbyPro to 5.1
4) from main to many speakers
Would not like to admit how much timw I've spent reading mags,browsing shops & lurking on this (most excellent) Forum. So far, I've made first base, and bought the Tosh 220. And even successfully ordered and played 4 Region 1 DVDs - first just had to be Blade Runner.
So now I have three stages to go to complete the home cinema run. I seek advice on the rest.
The first, on TVs, I must put to that other thread, but if I tell you its Tosh vs Phillips, that'll be enough.
My existing kit, with the 'at risk' components maked *, are:
TV: 21 inch Sony Tinitron *
VCR: Panasonic NVF55
Digital cable: Telewest
Yamaha RXV660 Dolby ProLogic Receiver (65x2; 25; 25 x2) *
Yamaha CDX-670 + KX-650 + Systemdek
Celestion Ditton 15s
I have in mind to have a straight Yammy upgrade to the receiver, the 530 seems the one. It also makes much of its phantom centre, and has taken this further, saying that it "employs aggressive crosstalk cancelling technology" to create 'virtual centre and read left/right speakers'!!
So onto (4) what to do about speakers? The Ditton 15s date from the mid-1970s, cost me £109, half my then budget (rest on Pioneer receiver & turntable). They have been a delight, with a good spec: 30 - 15kHz, 30W, & 90db, and with the 'phantom' have enlarged my TV - though not to 32 widescreen.
So do i now add those centre, rear and sub? and what would blend? or do I just do the package route?
I have some products in mind, and will post these once I know this longish first-time post has arrvied safely.
ta