other speakers, home cinema set, or?

[maarten]

hi folks!

can you please advise me?
i have this great Samsung 40" (LE40M87B), witch is full hd and 1080p.

i already had this Sony receiver: STR-DE697
on this receiver i have a Sony subwoofer (SA-WMS345) and a couple of speakers (4x Sony SS-V345) and a centre spreaker (?).... they were a set once, but i am unable ro recall the set's productnumber.

and, i have this (old) Sony DVD player on Scart, DVP-NS355 witch has Digital (coaxial) out.

- i have connected the dvd player using the coaxial to the receiver.
- i have attached the dvd to the tv using scart
- the speakers are attached directly on the receiver

here is my issue;
I am unable to get some good sound;
- when i watch a DVD, the subwoofer 'falls asleep' (you will hear a click), and suddenly wakes up again (another click) when a lot of bass is present.
as you can imagine, this is quite anoying.

- listening to music cd/dvd is very bad. it only uses 2 out of 5 speakers and the quality is bad.


what i want to accomplish;
i want good sound and be able to play blu-ray disks. i want to eliminate the scart (dvd player), and use the maximum of the TV performance (hdmi, 1080p). although, i have a limited budget.

i have seen some reviews on the Samsung HT-X810R. It looks awesome, but i am worried about the 'to loud' bass, and .... as far as i can see it has no input for bluray disks.

What do you all advise/suggest?
thanks in advance!

[Beta Man]

limited or not.... what specific budget would you like to stick to?

[callas01]

on your sub, you may have an energy saving switch or button that is causing it to turn on and off, I have one on my sub also, I leave it off.

[Driver_King]

Where is your location?

[maarten]

my location is near amsterdam, holland. does that matter?

the budget... well... the samsung speakerset is availlable for about 500 euros here, and a blu-ray disk will be availlable from 300 euro. so let's say about a 1000 euro?

thanks for the response!

cheers!

[maarten]

callas01;

your a genius
there was a powersave switch on the back, it was on 'auto'.... just turned it off. i'm sure this solved the issue ... why didn't i think of that .. ?

oke,
looks like the speakers are fine after all....

what blue-ray disk do you advise?
any advise at all?

thanks!

[Beta Man]

2001 A Space Odyssey


for 7.1 the Newest RAMBO movie is pretty great sounding.

[maarten]

going to blow off the dust first i threw them in the corner couple months ago when i was fet up with them .... gonna try the movies, but my current dvd player only supports scart. i want a hdmi one (and a bluray), else i need to dig verry big holes in the wall to get rid of the cables

[maarten]

i saw the trading scores,
do you guys send blurays to holland as well?

[Driver_King]

Originally Posted by maarten

my location is near amsterdam, holland. does that matter?

Actually, it makes a difference since the currency, pricing, selection, and shipping options are limited if you aren't in the US.

[maarten]

well, the currency should be no problem as long as i can make money transfers in dollars, i am not formilliar with the shipping details though.
thanks for your support so far!