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Acoustic Solutions DS535 Home Cinema System.
Price £99.99
Cat.No. 512/5423

Home cinema system with built-in Dolby Digital 5.1 decoder.

Converts any existing DVD player to Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound.

Decoder built into a subwoofer speaker.

Subwoofer 35 watt RMS.

Surround speakers 5 x 7 watt RMS.

6 sound effect modes.

Includes 2 speaker stands and slim line remote control.

Subwoofer (H)36, (W)20, (D)31cm.

Surround speakers (H)15.5, (W)11.5, (D)7cm.

Looks nice and have pointed my Dad in that direction...just out of curiosity, why might it not work with some Toshiba TVs as per the description at the bottom?
Cheers...F...

This item was edited on Monday, 17th March 2003, 12:54

I got one on Saturday and its quite a good system, and for the money you can`t complain. The sub-woofer is a little weaker than some I`ve heard but I`m sure the neighbours appreciate it.

No idea why it wont work with Toshibas - I have mine hooked up via optical cable to my Aiwa dvd player, Sky digital and Gamecube via Aux and it all sounds marvellous to me.

One thing that is a slight design flaw is the lack of controls on the actual unit - everything is controlled via the remote, which is a wee fiddly credit card sized one. If you do get one, make sure you remove the battery from the remote as theres a little bit of clear plastic on it to save the battery but stops it working until you remove it....had me worried for a minute until I checked.

I tried the Acoustic solutions 5.1 and it was OK. Managed to find a better Packard Bell 5.1 system with external decoded from PC world for £129 which I thought was good. They have now reduced it to £99.99 well worth a look as you can add other inputs as well.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/store/martprd.dll/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0367416521.1047982341@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdadchkghkmjhcefecfgmdffgdflf.0&page=Product&sku=557731&category_oid=-9884

i got the acoustic solutions one today and was impressed. Not to loud but its only for the bedroom....

Also got the Acoustic solutions one and WOW best £99 pound I`ve spent, my stereo before was about 11 years old, so old in fact I could not connect my dvd player to it, but now a whole new world has been opened to me and I`m off to play Jurassic park and hear the T-Rex roar. I also have a whole new reason to play Resident evil again. If you are listening to dvd`s through your TV it, you will notice an amazing difference.

If you are currently using your stereo and are not sure, Argos offer a 16 day money back guarantee if you are not happy so you can your own mind up.

Just out of interest what is the difference between optical and coaxial, I`m assuming optical is better quality as they don`t supply the leads if so is it worth my while?

I got an optical cable at the same time, they do a 1.8m for £12 in Argos.

Today I was playing Medal of Honor on the Gamecube through it - WOW! bullets flying behind me, planes sound as if they are flying over head, shouting total chaoe etc....FANTASTIC!!!

I`ve noticed that for a good sound from Sky set it to Matrixed on Pro Logic.

Is there any difference in quality between optical and coaxial?

For this price level of system, you won`t hear the difference. If you would have separates and spend a lot of time listening to music or movies, then I think coaxial is favoured among avforum members, although it is in practical terms extremely difficult to differ even on higher system prices.

Really? I didn`t know that but assumed optical was better as the coaxial cable is bundled in with the system.