crb999
Novice Member
Hi, I'm new here and I've glanced through a few pages to see if anybody else has raised my questions but there's over 1500 pages, so I didn't get far!
I thought my requirement would have been sorted a long time ago, but I find virtually nothing.
So, I'm using an Epson projector, which, When I'm using it, is behind me.
I had a Samsung 5:1 surround sound system DVD player and the speakers but it is broken. It sat behind me too.
Seems time for an upgrade I thought!
Blu-Ray makes sense, but I cant find one with the 5:1 plus speaker set up that I had.
As I'm fitting this into a new room, I thought it would be easy to find either a blue tooth or wifi speaker system for the front three speakers, ie front left, front centre and front right, to save the pain and the uglyness of running the wires all round the room.
The rear pair can be wired as they are sited close to the DVD player, behind me near the projector. That applies to the SW too.
I've found systems claiming "WiFi" and "Bluetooth" but on examination, they use these forms of communication to get the music or whatever, from my phone to their amplifiers.
No use to me!
Now the Samsung did it all, and to my 80 year old ears and eyes, was fine.
It seems if I go Blu ray, I have to have the player, then a 5:1 system that can handle the signal from the player, then some sort of transmitter to get the three front speaker signals over to them and then some sort of receiver/decoder for those front three speakers.
I've spent hours on the Amazon site and many others, trying to theoretically piece together a workable system, to no avail.
Then I found you guys and gals and so I hope I am tapping into a wondrous source of knowledge
It looks like I'll have to run the speaker wires round the room after all even if I actually draw back from 5:1 and just settle with a sound bar at the front! But even then, what do I look for that would tell me that one Blu-Ray player will give the right signals and have the correct connectors for a sound bar or a 5:1 system?
However, I'm certain some of you will have gone through these loops as well and so I rather hope you'll be able to guide me on different solutions.
Regards
Chris
I thought my requirement would have been sorted a long time ago, but I find virtually nothing.
So, I'm using an Epson projector, which, When I'm using it, is behind me.
I had a Samsung 5:1 surround sound system DVD player and the speakers but it is broken. It sat behind me too.
Seems time for an upgrade I thought!
Blu-Ray makes sense, but I cant find one with the 5:1 plus speaker set up that I had.
As I'm fitting this into a new room, I thought it would be easy to find either a blue tooth or wifi speaker system for the front three speakers, ie front left, front centre and front right, to save the pain and the uglyness of running the wires all round the room.
The rear pair can be wired as they are sited close to the DVD player, behind me near the projector. That applies to the SW too.
I've found systems claiming "WiFi" and "Bluetooth" but on examination, they use these forms of communication to get the music or whatever, from my phone to their amplifiers.
No use to me!
Now the Samsung did it all, and to my 80 year old ears and eyes, was fine.
It seems if I go Blu ray, I have to have the player, then a 5:1 system that can handle the signal from the player, then some sort of transmitter to get the three front speaker signals over to them and then some sort of receiver/decoder for those front three speakers.
I've spent hours on the Amazon site and many others, trying to theoretically piece together a workable system, to no avail.
Then I found you guys and gals and so I hope I am tapping into a wondrous source of knowledge
It looks like I'll have to run the speaker wires round the room after all even if I actually draw back from 5:1 and just settle with a sound bar at the front! But even then, what do I look for that would tell me that one Blu-Ray player will give the right signals and have the correct connectors for a sound bar or a 5:1 system?
However, I'm certain some of you will have gone through these loops as well and so I rather hope you'll be able to guide me on different solutions.
Regards
Chris