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Anyone know of a good home cinema kit for under £350

Res (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 31st December 2000, 12:00

I`m after a home cinema kit with at least a dolby digital decoder
Its for my bedroom so it doesn`t have to be too powerful but I still want good sound quality. My budget is £350.
Any suggestions would be appreciated

cheers

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Maxknight007 (Competent) posted this on Sunday, 31st December 2000, 12:04

Hi,

There is a Grundig, I saw one in my local Dixons but the sound quality (after hearing Men In Black by Will Smith on it) is bad. I compared it to a big Sony (you can see how much i take note of model numbers!) which sounded much better but costs an extra £150-£200.

HOWEVER from what i saw the players graphics were really good. It comes with a subwoofer, and 4 extra speakers as well as an AMP. Not a bad price really but i will tr to find a model number for you.

Have a good New Year
Max Knight **AKA** `007`

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Shaun (Competent) posted this on Sunday, 31st December 2000, 12:45

the videologic digitheatre is a good system for the the money.

£250.00 including 6 speakers for DD 5.1

£350.00 for the above with 5.1 and dts

Shaun

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Res (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 31st December 2000, 15:27

Does this amp come with a DVD player as well then cos ive already got one and am only after an amp with speakers
cheers anyway

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Shaun (Competent) posted this on Sunday, 31st December 2000, 15:33

what one ?

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Res (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 31st December 2000, 15:34

cheers shaun
could u give me anymore details on the videologic digitheatre or tell me where i could find one

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Res (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 31st December 2000, 15:36

i was trying to find out if the grundig one had a dvd player on it as well cos it sounded like it did

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Vark (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Monday, 1st January 2001, 11:18

The model is a GDV-520 and is currently at £399 from Dixons. I tried the Grundig WWW site and there is no info on this. From what I can remember it is a full hi fi system offering Dolby Digital output, with a DVD player, tape deck and radio. The DVD/CD player is a 5 disc changer. It seems pretty good value for money. The only other one I can think of is the Sony one which got 5/5 in Home Cinema Choice but costs about £550.

Question is, can the DVD player be made to read Region 1. Has anyone got one of these ? I`ve tried to find reviews on many www sites but can`t find any. There is a problem with RCE discs apparently on Grundig DVD players, but I was wondering whether the GDV-520 DVD Player was equivalent to one of the Grundig stand alone DVD Players. This would then make it work with the Proline 1000 Hack found on these pages. I wouldn`t mind upgrading my old pro logic hi fi, I did think about getting the Videologic DD kit but then I would still need a hi-fi. This Grundig all in one seems perfect, albeit the speakers look a bit small. Anybody found out anything new about this ?

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Jimbo :oÞ (Elite Donator) posted this on Monday, 1st January 2001, 11:29

Yep, Yamaha HTiB Dolby digital amp and speaker kit.

Good quality amp, good sound, black in colour, built in tuner, not massively powered (around 80W per channel) and full speaker kit included.

Price? £349.99

AIWA 370 (officially) ROCKS!!!!!!

RE: Anyone know of a good home cinema kit for under £350

Andy (Competent) posted this on Monday, 1st January 2001, 12:09

Where that from Jimbo?? Send us the URL: as I am interested in that Kit :o)

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