airic82
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- Aug 31, 2012
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- Eric
Hi!
I'm about to close on my first home, and I'm looking to get it setup the correct way from the start.
I just purchased a 46" Samsung LED HDTV to add to the living room, so that my current 32" Samsung can move into the bedroom. I also already own a PS3, so I'm set for streaming movies and watching BluRays.
The only piece left, is the home theater system. Since I'm going to be mounting the TV above the fireplace, I'm going to have a friend come over to do the cabling. This led me to the idea of getting a sound system to act as a "switcher." That way, I can have him run electric, Cat6 and HDMI and be all set behind the TV. Home Theater HDMI out leads to the TV and I'm all set.
Sounds simple in my head, but my problem has become: what home theater system do I buy? My natural tendency would be to go with Samsung (since that's the brand of TV I own) or Sony (because I trust their products). I don't want to have to run wires all over the room, so I want the rear speakers to be wireless. With modern technology, I figured that would be easy.
I started looking into wireless Sony and Samsung packages, and noticed one thing: the amount of inputs kind of sucks. Sony at least seems to provide 3 HDMI, which Samsung provides 2. Plus, they don't offer many other options, like composite.
I really don't want to buy something I can quickly out grow. My needs are HDMI for DirecTV, HDMI for PS3 and composite for Wii.
It seems like my only option would be to buy a system as separate pieces, but that seems to get really expensive. I looked at Samsung's HW-D7000 and that's almost $700 itself!
So I'm turning here for advice. I'm really not up on home theater technology. I understand TV's well and the types of connections, but when it comes to planning out my room, I'm at a loss.
Like I said, my goals are pretty simple: I'd like a system that allows for multiple HDMI inputs plus maybe some others like composite. It really needs to have wireless rear speakers.
If anyone has any advice, I'd be very grateful! Sorry, for the long description, but I wanted to make sure I got all the details out. Feel free to ask me questions, if I missed anything.
Thanks!
-Eric
I'm about to close on my first home, and I'm looking to get it setup the correct way from the start.
I just purchased a 46" Samsung LED HDTV to add to the living room, so that my current 32" Samsung can move into the bedroom. I also already own a PS3, so I'm set for streaming movies and watching BluRays.
The only piece left, is the home theater system. Since I'm going to be mounting the TV above the fireplace, I'm going to have a friend come over to do the cabling. This led me to the idea of getting a sound system to act as a "switcher." That way, I can have him run electric, Cat6 and HDMI and be all set behind the TV. Home Theater HDMI out leads to the TV and I'm all set.
Sounds simple in my head, but my problem has become: what home theater system do I buy? My natural tendency would be to go with Samsung (since that's the brand of TV I own) or Sony (because I trust their products). I don't want to have to run wires all over the room, so I want the rear speakers to be wireless. With modern technology, I figured that would be easy.
I started looking into wireless Sony and Samsung packages, and noticed one thing: the amount of inputs kind of sucks. Sony at least seems to provide 3 HDMI, which Samsung provides 2. Plus, they don't offer many other options, like composite.
I really don't want to buy something I can quickly out grow. My needs are HDMI for DirecTV, HDMI for PS3 and composite for Wii.
It seems like my only option would be to buy a system as separate pieces, but that seems to get really expensive. I looked at Samsung's HW-D7000 and that's almost $700 itself!
So I'm turning here for advice. I'm really not up on home theater technology. I understand TV's well and the types of connections, but when it comes to planning out my room, I'm at a loss.
Like I said, my goals are pretty simple: I'd like a system that allows for multiple HDMI inputs plus maybe some others like composite. It really needs to have wireless rear speakers.
If anyone has any advice, I'd be very grateful! Sorry, for the long description, but I wanted to make sure I got all the details out. Feel free to ask me questions, if I missed anything.
Thanks!
-Eric