So I'm in the market for getting me a new home theatre system and its between these two.






The price isn't a factor as I don't mind forking out the extra for the samsung one but the Blu ray isn't a must as I have a PS3 but would be nice to have a proper dedicated Blu ray player and the up scaling of regular DVDs is a nice bonus too (I don't currently use my PS3 to watch regular DVDs)

The DivX playability on the Sony one is a nice extra too, same with the USB play and record. I don't have nor will I ever own an ipod so that extra I don't care for.

I ended up getting a Yamaha Home Cinema in a box!
The thing sounds 20 times bigger than it looks!
If I had too choose between the 2 of these dfinateyly the Sony.

I am leaning towards the Sony one. Wireless speakers would help clutter up my little room and I really don't think I have much need for full 7.1

kcwm said:

Why don't you just use your PS3? It will upscale regular dvd and play DivX. I play regular dvds through my PS3 and they look great. I use it daily with the web browser as well and it's got loads of photos and music and movies on the hard drive as well. I have a dvd recorder but I mostly just use that to record tv and play dvds that won't play on my PS3 because of the region code. Buy an ipod instead

I have that exact wireless speaker system, not the speaker system itself, but the wireless unit for my Sony system, it totally rocks.

I have this system, minus the player.

http://www.sonystyle.com/...1665532066

This is the budget system recommended by Audioholics.com:

http://www.audioholics.co...mendations

mynameisnotsusan said:

Because my current set up I have my DVD player hooked up to the good speakers whereas the PS3 is just running sound through the TV

i would just with whatever brand of your display you own if your going to buy boxed system like that.

Might be worth a look: http://www.orbaudio.com/i...ategory=14

narcotizedmind said:

an entry level Denon is always a recommended receiver when putting together a low to mid range priced system.








..... that package is all around the best IMO if one is going the mid range route, do it right
[Edited 4/20/09 20:13pm]