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I just bought a Panasonic DVD home theater surround sound system?

Question by Tammy H: I just bought a Panasonic DVD home theater surround sound system?
i can’t get the sound to come through when watching tv but i can get the DVD player to work. I am not sure what i am doing wrong, or if i am missing a cable or something. I have a VIZIO HDTV if that helps any. I have an HDMI cable going from the cable box to the tv, and then i used the RCA cables from the tv to the home theater system but that i not working just the DVD player.

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Answer by rossi2010
You state that you have run RCA cables from the TV to the HT, instead try connecting a stereo output (red/white RCA) from the cable box to a stereo INPUT on the HT system, once connected make sure you activate the correct input on the HT for sound. You might even have an optical output from the Cable box, and an optical input on the HT system – this would be the preferred connection as it would provide multi-channel surround to your HT system.

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What wireless home theater systems should I buy?

Question by : What wireless home theater systems should I buy?
I am in search of wireless home theater systems for my living room. Frankly I dont know much about wireless home theater systems so I was hoping that some genius in here could help me out finding some kind of wireless home theater systems with good sound.

My budget for the wireless home theater systems that you find is around 400$ .

So what wireless home theater systems will you recommend me to buy and why?

thank everyone!

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Answer by Jerry Tsitas
If you want something kick ass check out then panasonic range, yes they are more expensive but worth every dollar.

If your on a budget check out the LG range, they are also good value for money.

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What surround sound system/home theater system under $250 delivers the best experience for NFL games on TV?

Question by : What surround sound system/home theater system under 0 delivers the best experience for NFL games on TV?
I’m thinking of buying my father one for Christmas, anyone have a good sound system that works really well with football?

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Answer by axel
Your best bet is to go to partsexpress.com they have home theater, (surround sound) systems that are much better and cheaper than anything you will find at a box store like Best Buy.

The two systems I would recommend are part # 300-694 or 300-696. These two systems give you 5 speakers and 1 subwoofer with built in amp. They DO NOT include a receiver. The receiver is what divides up the sound and amplifies it before sending it to the correct speakers. With your limited budget it will be very difficult to get a surround sound system worth buying.

What you can do is get a sound bar. A sound bar mounts below or above your TV. It combines the Left, Right and Center channel speakers into one. example at partsexpress is part # 300-684. This would make football games come alive. Football games rarely are recorded in surround sound. So a sound bar, like the one mentioned would be a good choice. Keep in mind this isn’t self powered. There is however, room in your budget for an amp to power the sound bar.

I think the best thing you can do is go to the partsexpress web site, find their help line # where you will be able to talk to very well informed technicians. They will know exactly what will work best for your application and their prices will beat anyone else. You can also read reviews from people who bought the item and see what they have to say.

I highly recommend not going to a box store, their products are always highly over priced and not that good. At partsexpress has quality products at a very reasonable price. Good luck,

Whatever you do, do not buy anything Bose sells. They are all advertising and have very weak and inacurate sound. Trust me when I say this. A Bose high end system is about $ 40 in parts and $ 2000 in advertising.

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Samsung Unveils New 2012 Blu-ray Home Theater Systems and Surround Sound Bar

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Question by Sue G: Surround Sound Home Theater System?
Since there no true rear wireless surround sound speakers, can anyone tell me the best surround sound system that simulates the surround sound effect with just the speakers in the front (I do not want to spend $ 1000 on BOSE 3.2.1 so I’m looking for an alternative.

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Answer by brainiac
why dont you want wired? it will always be cheaper/better/easier than wireless
maybe you could hide the wires.

why simulate when you can have the real thing?

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Q&A: What is the difference between home theater system and a HIFI music system with 5.1 channel?

Question by Krisna: What is the difference between home theater system and a HIFI music system with 5.1 channel?
I found different options by different vendors on home theater system and HIFI music system. Both have almost same price and both capable for playing dvd and giving 5.1 channel output with equal number of speakers. Then why it is categorizing as home theater and home music system. Appearance is the only this i could make out.

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Answer by trevcda
For all intents and purposes, probably none.

Some home theater certifications require that speaker exhibit certain dispersion characteristics and amplifiers be able to meet a nominal performance standards. This is usually different level equipment and not applicable to the average home theater in a box and other one box solutions.

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