Budget Home Theatre setup for bedroom

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As the title says, I am looking for a Home Theatre setup for my bedroom on a budget. Don't want to shell a fortune as I will just watch movies and TV occasionally.

Usage
1. TV - Tata Sky
2. Movies

I need advice on what 5.1 speakers should I buy and what DVD player should I get along with them? Will an amplifier be really required for a bedroom setup?

I was thinking of setups from Sony and Panasonic but I am not able to decide. Help required :angel1:
 
Go for this setup:)

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Instead of the sofa,take it as a bed

5.1 SPEAKERS

ALTEC LANSING

251 - 3250 INR

VS3251 - 4000 INR

FX5051 - 10500 INR

CREATIVE

SBS 580 - 3000 INR

Inspire M5300 - 3250 INR

Inspire M5200 - 3500 INR

Inspire T6060 - 3750 INR

Megaworks 5.1 - 15000 INR (THX Certified)

LOGITECH

M50 - 2250 INR

X-530 - 5000 INR

X-540 - 5200 INR

G51 - 10000 INR

Z-5300 - 11000 INR (THX Certified)

Z-5500 - 18000 INR (THX Certified)
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Wil suggest u the DVD player and the amplifier wont be required for a bedroom setup.

Chk out this-->Home Theater Surround Sound
 
Umm I thought brands like Sony, Panasonic etc are better for Home Theatre setups. Are you sure about PC brands?
 
Wait for cranky to arrive here. :)

He may have some ideas for a HT setup on a tight budget. :P

But you better be clear about your requirements. :)
 
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What exactly does that mean? Do you have hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands or lakhs to spend?

Sony/Panasonic/Philips/LG/ are all terrible at any price. How important is surround sound to you? It is possible to squeeze quality stereo into a budget, but low-cost multichannel usually means terrible audio quality for *music*.

For TV and the occasional movie, don't spend any more than the cheapest HT from Philips or Sony or any other cost you. You'll be disappointed with the sound quality.

PC speakers have only one input usually, so you're SOL if you need both your TV and DVD player to be connected to it. The MX had two, but it's stereo only.

I would suggest a Norge amp and Wharfedale or Cambridge Audio bookshelves, the Audioengine AE5 (one input only), if you had about 15K to spend, instead of the crappy little noisemakers that pass for HT setups from the big names. Fact is, I don't know what you want to spend, but take my advice, dump surround. It isn't worth it unless you have big bucks to spend.
 
^^Woah. Finally some inputs from the guru :)

My budget is about 20k. But your post is making think otherwise. There is no way I can spend big bucks. Just want a system for occasional movies and TV. Will never to music on it I guess.
 
Mohit said:
^^Woah. Finally some inputs from the guru :)

My budget is about 20k. But your post is making think otherwise. There is no way I can spend big bucks. Just want a system for occasional movies and TV. Will never to music on it I guess.
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well u can buy a DVD player like pioneer DV610 which upscales all the way to 1080p ,it also plays back via usb and also has 5.1 analog out,it also decodes DTS which only a few dvd players are capable off.u can then connect it to multimedia speakers like the creative megaworks or logitech z5500,the logitech has analog in and digital input,so u can connect it to ur tv and dvd player,if u go with the logitech u don't need dvd player like the DV610 u can go for the cheaper DV410,or even a sony dvd player.these speakers are still much better then philips,sony,samsung etc

if u want to go for separate HT then with ur budget its hard to get a good one,at the best u can get a a/v reciever and a pair of book shelfs,u will still have to buy centre,rear bookshelf speakers and a SUB.which will mostly set u back close to 40k.
 
I would suggest stereo at that budget.

I know that surround may be a little more exciting than stereo to think about, but when you're lying in bed and chilling it's gonna be real difficult to get speakers behind your head, because the bed is usually against a wall in Indian homes.

Even if you get the surround speakers into a corner, there isn't going to much surround happening because 'proper' surround requires space behind the listener, which you've got zero of.

Get a decent player, and a nice stereo system. There is no shortage of impact without a sub, and anyway the subs that come with HT setups are pretty pathetic, and so are the speakers. The Z5500 is absolutely horrible. I got a chance to listen to it at the local E-zone (with my own music) and it sounded, as my friend remarked, a "halla gaadi" (Cacofonix cart). I suppose owners will be indignant, but that's the way it is. There's a lot of tizz and a lot of boom, but precious little in the middle or anywhere else.

If you still want to spend on surround, the least I would buy is the JBL SCS140 and HK AV receiver. That would be ~25K, and you'll still need a source. That still has a lot of tizz and boom, but when someone sings it bears some resemblance to a human voice.

I would suggest the Wharfedale 10.1 (~14K) bookshelves, a Norge amp (~7K) and a source (~4K) for a pretty good setup with some decent audio quality. I think there's a big hole in the 10-20K range in surround setups that is dying to be filled, but exactly 0 manufacturers have a product there. Yamaha has a complete HT offering, but the speakers are very yucky, though the AVR is not *too* bad.

The truth is that if you take a reasonable stereo system (say the MX5021, a reasonable enough starting point), you have to really multiply the cost by four or five to get the same quality. Anything less usually results in much lower quality.

I would also check out your TV speakers as a temporary system. Nothing wrong with that, if you ask me. It's free and it is at least as good as the entry level HTiBs from Sony and Philips, except that it makes less noise. That may not be a bad thing...
 
crankys its realy hard to convince people to buy a stereo setup,i recommended my friend to buy a stereo setup like the CA s30 speakers at 8k and a CA 340SE amp but he didn't like the sound one bit,he just liked the Z5500 since he liked the bass i.e boomy bass .most of the people getting into audio even me started off with 5.1 ch. i too around 4 years ago loved boomy bass ,but now i just hate it ,i like tighter faster bass.

but from what i have learned in audio people have different tastes,what one may like may not be liked by others,for eg in jamo FLRS chaos likes the E8xx series,i did audition it but i like the C405/c407 and C605 better.wheres as chaos just hates the new concert series.since people have so different tastes in audio,that is why i stopped recommending speakers and amps.
 
Onkyo HTS-3100, i've got one, the 5.1 amp + speaker setup is not bad at all for the pricing.... but do review it once before buying..
 
@cranky, adder

Thanks a lot for the inputs. I want to tell you something about my taste though. I am a guy who really enjoyed even the Creative Inspire 4400 4.1 setup with onboard sound of my PC and found it good enough to watch movies and stuff. Lol. So I have practically no quality or taste of an audiophile :P

I really want to go for surround as I like the theatre effect that I will get. Will be finding out the price for the JBL Cinesystem 133 i.e. Harman Kardon AVR133 and JBL SCS140Bk. I guess I will go with this. What source do you guys suggest?

And I also want to know how can I get totally concealed wiring done? As I am getting a whole new room done and want the wires inside the walls. Are their any socket like options for speakers where I can connect the wires from the speakers to the wires inside the walls? Something for a neat and easy setup.
 
Get an electrician

he'l put pipes in the wall and plaster it up..

What im doing is, im making the guy put some wire in the piping from near the speaker and out at the place where the main player wil be placed, later when i want to actually shift my system, i'l tie that wire to the music system wire and pull it out the other end..
 
If your room between 200-240sqft then put a second look on Edifier : DA 5000 Pro.Price will be around 7000. It is 5.1 and sound qulaity is extremly good. Before buying just visit that product. :D
 
I would recommend HTiB (Home Theater in a Box) from Onkyo. They do have models in 20-25k range and should suit you just fine. Anyway they are much better than Sony/Panasonic. Also, checkout home theater models from pioneer. Not sure about their price range.
 
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