Well, since getting a place of my own ive been sorting out a half-decent AV setup..

Specs:

Sony 32v5500 telly

Onkyo 507 AV amp

Q-acoustics 1010i 5.1 surround speakers

Panasonic BD35 blu-ray player

Xbox 360 Elite with HD-DVD drive

X-treamer media streamer (with 1tb usb hdd)

Draytek 2820n router

To follow:

46" samsung 8000 series LED tv

Proper tv/av stand

room re-arrange for better soundstage

run cat6 to pc as wireless struggles to stream hi-def

Sharp 40 inch lcd 1080p

yamaha amp

yamaha 5.1 surround sound

sky hd

sony ps3

lenovo dual core amd athlon 5000+, windows 7(64bit)

(all conected)

+ millions of wires that i need to hide cause the misses is giving me grief:mad:

Panasonic TH42PW6 42" Plasma getting on a bit now.

Denon 3802 receiver

Ruark Vita 5.1 speakers

Sony BD350

Virgin Media V+

Sony RDR HX510 DVD recorder

XBox 360

Soundstyle AV stand

Well, since getting a place of my own ive been sorting out a half-decent AV setup..

Specs:

Sony 32v5500 telly

Onkyo 507 AV amp

Q-acoustics 1010i 5.1 surround speakers

Panasonic BD35 blu-ray player

Xbox 360 Elite with HD-DVD drive

X-treamer media streamer (with 1tb usb hdd)

Draytek 2820n router

To follow:

46" samsung 8000 series LED tv

Proper tv/av stand

room re-arrange for better soundstage

run cat6 to pc as wireless struggles to stream hi-def

46" samsung 8000 series LED tv was looking at this today what a Tv :drool:and they will give you £200 off your own tv.

46" samsung 8000 series LED tv was looking at this today what a Tv :drool:and they will give you £200 off your own tv.

Only to the end of this month.... and good luck finding one in stock

Only to the end of this month.... and good luck finding one in stock

You're looking in the wrong place.......is this the one?

Buy Samsung UE46B7020W LED HD Ready 1080p Digital Television, 46 Inch online at JohnLewis.com

You're looking in the wrong place.......is this the one?

Buy Samsung UE46B7020W LED HD Ready 1080p Digital Television, 46 Inch online at JohnLewis.com

nope.. thats the 7000 series

Panasonic TH-46PZ81 Freeview Plasma TV

Sky+ (soon to be Sky+ HD )

Yamaha DSP-AX750SE AV amp

Mordaunt short MS Avant center, center rear, front left and right speakers.

Bowers and Wilkins DM602 bookshelf speakers (rear left and right)

Mordaunt Short Mezzo 9 Sub (never told SWMBO how much the fecker was )

Nintendo Wii via component video

PS3 via optical and HDMI

Samsung 50" Plasma PS50A457P10

Sony DAV-IS10 DVD Home Cinema System

Sky+HD

Sony PS3

Wii

Hate wires, so tried to keep it as tidy as possible with the home cinema system instead of seperate amp etc.

BTW the DAV-IS10 is quite powerful, and the tiny surround speakers are fantastic.

The sub you can see in the pic on the bottom right of the shot doesn't half make the windows rattle

Cheers

Damian

ps. Apologies for the poor pic quality (not a strong point of the iPhone3G :()

Pioneer Kuro PDP LX5090

Q Acoustics Q AV 5.1

NAD Viso Five

Sony BDP-S550

Sky+ HD (Amstrad)

HP Pavilion Slimline (AMD Phenom X4 9350e, 512MB NVidia GForce 9500, 4GB, 640GB, HDMI, BD ROM - Windows 7 Home Premium)

Synology DS207 NAS (2 x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint)

Draytek Vigor 2820n

and the obligatory Wii.

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http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu306/DermKam1/P1020515.jpg

Pioneer Kuro 5090

monitor audio silver 7's fronts, 250HD centre, R90HD rears

BK Monolith sub

Onkyo 806 amp

Panasonic BD30 blu ray (us player)

Toshiba XE1 HDDvd

Wii, plus 360

Sanyo Z5 pj + Beamax 106" screen

Sky HD

Pioneer Kuro 42� (series 8)

Epos M22s (Bi-amped)-Front Floorstanders

Epos M5s-Rear (on Atacama Nexus stands)

Epos M Sub (300W) -scaring the neighbours

Onkyo 605

SKY HD (Amstrad)

Panasonic BluRay (can�t remember the model number)

Sony HXD-970

Humax 9300T

Ex Sony AR41S (Currently RIP, but there is hope)

Plus usual QED speaker cable and interconnects

Edited 8 January, 201016 yr by Lady Elanore

Onkyo 806 amp

I need to upgrade my receiver and wondered about the 8 series Onkyo’s. How do you rate their upscaling and sonic performance? I realise that there have been a raft of new models of late.

Nothing exciting/special but it's all we need/want for now:

32" HD LG LCD TV

Sony 5.1 surround sound upscalling DVD player (god knows what model number) connected via HDMI

Wii (connected through component)

Satelite reciever box connected through scart (currently tuned to German TV for Sven)

Fujitsu Scaleo E P4 630 HT, 3GB Ram, HD 2400 pro, Nova T-500 dual DVB tuner 200 GB HDD connected via DVI/HDMI

Future plans are bigger TV then use this in bedroom and upgrade HDD in media centre along with a Blu ray drive.

No pics... sorry!

Phil

I need to upgrade my receiver and wondered about the 8 series Onkyo’s. How do you rate their upscaling and sonic performance? I realise that there have been a raft of new models of late.

Hi Lady Elanore,

The onkyos are excellent sonically, especially the 8 series. I didn't buy it for upscaling (mine only converts all inputs to HDMI) as I all my sources are HD anyway.

If you want an upscaling amp then you need the 876 or upwards. The onkyo's are great value and there should be some deals around. They do run hot though and are big, so make sure you have room. Be wary of the newer 806 model as i believe there were issues with blue dots or something similar appearing on the upscaled picture.

Good luck:thumbup:

Taken prior to new oak flooring, retro radiators and redecorating....

Panasonic TH50-PX60 50" plasma

Yamaha RX-V1800 AV receiver

Sony RDR-HX970 DVD/HDD Freeview recorder

Inoi 500GB media HDD

Mission 764i main speakers

Mordaunt Short MS402 Genie surrounds (x4)

Mission Centre (can't remember which)

Some old JVC VCR

Virgin box (hardly ever switched on)

Showing lighting.....

Older pic before decorating and move around....

Hi Lady Elanore,

The onkyos are excellent sonically, especially the 8 series. I didn't buy it for upscaling (mine only converts all inputs to HDMI) as I all my sources are HD anyway.

If you want an upscaling amp then you need the 876 or upwards. The onkyo's are great value and there should be some deals around. They do run hot though and are big, so make sure you have room. Be wary of the newer 806 model as i believe there were issues with blue dots or something similar appearing on the upscaled picture.

Good luck:thumbup:

Hi Such. I already have an early model Onkyo and am familiar with the heat problem (or supplementary room heater as I call it). I nearly bought an 875 in a sale at Superfi but missed out on it. It had the Hollywood chip:thumbup:, but as yet I haven’t seen an 876 in the flesh. I have a feeling the 876 doesn’t have this HQ chip though? Oh and it will be a bit pricey possibly?

Obviously my old DVDs and Freeview watching (if I can bear to watch the pathetic image quality that now purports to be a broadcast!) is SD and although my Kuro does a fine job of upscaling, I would like the whole shebang to be though the Receiver. One problem of using the Video/RGB outputs of the individual machines is my 605 doesn’t ARC, so using HDMI would carry the necessary switching info. Now if someone did a decent receiver with scart inputs so I can use pin 8, I would be a happy bunny. Perhaps I should run my amp on Economy 7?

I think I am wrong, the 876 does have the Reon chip

LG 48" TV

Virgin V+ Box

Toshiba SD43HK Home Cinima DVD 5.1

Wii

Hi Such. I already have an early model Onkyo and am familiar with the heat problem (or supplementary room heater as I call it). I nearly bought an 875 in a sale at Superfi but missed out on it. It had the Hollywood chip:thumbup:, but as yet I haven’t seen an 876 in the flesh. I have a feeling the 876 doesn’t have this HQ chip though? Oh and it will be a bit pricey possibly?

Obviously my old DVDs and Freeview watching (if I can bear to watch the pathetic image quality that now purports to be a broadcast!) is SD and although my Kuro does a fine job of upscaling, I would like the whole shebang to be though the Receiver. One problem of using the Video/RGB outputs of the individual machines is my 605 doesn’t ARC, so using HDMI would carry the necessary switching info. Now if someone did a decent receiver with scart inputs so I can use pin 8, I would be a happy bunny. Perhaps I should run my amp on Economy 7?

Oh yes I see you have an onkyo 605. Unfortunately you'll won't ever find a receiver / amp with scart. I don't watch any of my old dvds now, just blu or hddvd.

You can find some refurbished 875's around if you google.

I know what you mean about eco7, my amp often gets left on!

If you're thinking of getting rid of the 605 Amanda, let me know

Steve

If you're thinking of getting rid of the 605 Amanda, let me know

Steve

Will do. I was thinking of changing my car, but it looks like anything I order won’t be delivered till next year and hence be hit with the 2.5% VAT increase. This would mean dropping off a couple of extras or saving up a bit longer. The alternative is to waste my money buying Gadgety junk:D

Great news that the Tories want to put a £1,000 extra tax on new cars.

Philips 42 inch HD Ready TV

Sony Playstation 2 ( I know, I know )

Philips DVD Recorder

Humux HD FressSat

Hitachi Scart Box

Marantz SR 3400

Heybrook HB4 Floor Standers

2no. Heybrook HB1 Center

Gale Bi Rear Speakers

I Have:

Sony kDL40Z5500 TV

Sony BDPS550 Blu ray Player

Sony HTSS1000 Home cinema system

Windows 7 Media center PC (Antec Fusion case)

Normal Sky (Cant get an extra wire into the flat for HD cos its rented)

Freesat HD

XBOX360 for games

PS3 for more games!

My system consisits of:

Sony 40W4500 LCD () TV

Sony BDPS350 Blu-ray player

Sony STR-DG820 Home cinema amp

Q-Acoustics 1050i fronts, 1010i rears, 1000si sub woofer and 1000ci centre speaker

Humax Freesat HD box

Wii

Technics SL1210 for listening to some good 'ole scratchy vinyl through a Sony amp to the 1050i's.

Oh, and some old bell wire to connect everything together