AlanX
Established Member
I'm a little perplexed about AV kit. It seems to me that AV Receivers, on the video side, do little more than switch HDMI sources. TVs have multiple inputs, and generally 'fit' one video standard into another, so why complicate things with an AV Receiver?
I can live without DAB/FM/AM tuners and Internet radio, at least in my Home Cinema Room.
It seems to me that all I really want is a 5.1 amplifier, 5 speakers and a woofer. OK, there needs to be a way of splitting out the multi-channel audio from the HDMI connections.
The only thing like this I can find is from Maplin:
Slimline 5.1 AV Amplifier | Maplin
Are there others? Am I missing a lot of tricks by going this way?
I can live without DAB/FM/AM tuners and Internet radio, at least in my Home Cinema Room.
It seems to me that all I really want is a 5.1 amplifier, 5 speakers and a woofer. OK, there needs to be a way of splitting out the multi-channel audio from the HDMI connections.
The only thing like this I can find is from Maplin:
Slimline 5.1 AV Amplifier | Maplin
Are there others? Am I missing a lot of tricks by going this way?