Help With Your Recommendations

[gerard786]

Hi all,

First of all......a big hello to everyone here on this forum. Definately a lot of good input from people here and hoping to get some advice.

I am a newbie, and the more i read, the more confused I get. I have a TEAC TV which I bought in the 1980s which has lasted me all this time and finally died. I thought I'll give myself a treat in which I recently purchased the Sony Bravia X 52 inch LCD. It wasn't cheap but am absolutely mesmerised by the quality when compared to my old TEAC !!!

However, it is only after that I purchased the Bravia that I read that it has this thing called HDMI on it. The more i read, the more confused I get. If I went out to buy...let's say, a Sony DVD with HDMI function....will this be the same or better picture quality to a Blu-Ray?

Anyhow, onto another subject matter. I am thinking of getting a BOSE Acoustimass 10 (Series 3). I've also been reading some of the comments of this forum which has interesting reports, and will look like I'll be getting them as.....those speakers look sooo damn sexy !!!! I am also thinking of getting another pair of satellite speakers separately.......so maybe looking at 6 satellite speakers, 1 centre speaker and the 1 Bass module. What Amp do you recommend? Also, I'm VERY confused as to what is a "receiver" as compared to an "amp", and which is ideal for my Sony Bravia? Will it be an over-kill in getting all these Bose speakers?

As I'm in Australia, I don't think we are getting a lot of Blu-Ray stuff (ie:- movies and players). Right now, I got a cheap $100 Pioneer DVD player. Let's say if I buy a Sony PS3 and watch Blu-Ray movies on it to get that excellent quality......can I also run my Bose speakers all together so I'm getting the best of my LCD, PS3 and sound system (i'm sorry if this sounds like a newbie question). Will I get lip-sync issues?

Well......that's about my question for now? Otherwise please feel free to advice me what you feel the ideal set-up for me will be. Thanking you all in anticipation of your replies !!!

Gerard (Dazed and Confused)