Advice in what equipment to buy (1 Viewer)

Hi, I am renovating my apartment and am about to put to getehr what I need as far as AV. I am basically planning fortwo spearate "TV" Zones, one in teh living room and one in the family room. Obviously flat screens, and video source wil be from cable box/apple tv/roku/amazon fire. I have a coupl eo fspeakers wired in each room for audio and wa splanning on a sonso playbar. My AV guy insists I need a control 4 box ro run each zone. I dont have automated lighting or temperature so not sure if the control 4 is necessary as opposed to just a universal remote and/or a receiver. Help...

Budget?

What size are the rooms that you're putting this gear into? Are you looking for two 5.1, 7.1, 9.1 or one of those and a 2.1 in another?

schan1269 said:

Budget?

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Probably something 10-15 all in, but that would be with labor and cables etc....so prob lcoser to to 10

ArmSC said:

What size are the rooms that you're putting this gear into? Are you looking for two 5.1, 7.1, 9.1 or one of those and a 2.1 in another?

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the rooms are 12 by 20 and 14 by 20. 2.1 would be more than enough for our usage.

Is that USD, or something else?

schan1269 said:

Is that USD, or something elseyes US dollars

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yes USD

smahini said:

the rooms are 12 by 20 and 14 by 20. 2.1 would be more than enough for our usage.

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You want to spend 10-15...hundred or thousand? I'm kinda lost on the budget numbers. Also you said that a 2.1 would be enough for your usage. Does that mean you're looking for (2) 2.1 setups for the two areas?

Hi. My budget is 10-15,000 us dollars. I figured tvs alone would cost 4-6k for two TVs. And yes a 2.1 would be enough. Something like a songs soundboard and sub. I just want to know what I need to connect it all. Receiver/control 4/universal remote? Router for sonos? I will use a professional av person but am concerned about buying things I won't need.

What items will need a remote control? Does the receiver need to control the video? If so...there you are with an AVR to do 2.1 with...wasting the AVR. Or, you could get a DVDO processor(iScan Duo) and let it send digital output to a stereo AVR(or integrated amp) that has subwoofer output.

I think I'm outta my league here...Sam this is all you.

schan1269 said:

What items will need a remote control? Does the receiver need to control the video? If so...there you are with an AVR to do 2.1 with...wasting the AVR. Or, you could get a DVDO processor(iScan Duo) and let it send digital output to a stereo AVR(or integrated amp) that has subwoofer output.

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Hi I guess the TV itself, and then the contents (cable/apple tv and teh like)

smahini said:

Hi I guess the TV itself, and then the contents (cable/apple tv and teh like)

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And maybe teh sonso playbar...not sure it comes with a remote or not.