ok i don't know anything about this so need some help before I go buy things.
Boyfriend just got a new dvd player and for Christmas i wanted to get him a 5.1 surround sound system to go with it. kind of like this: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8226396&type=product&id=1166840609889

will that be able to hook up to his dvd player or do i need to buy other things to make it work, i heard the word receiver out there and wanted to make sure what I needed.

12/14/2007 12:01:28 PM

anyone!?

12/14/2007 1:01:26 PM

What dvd player did you buy him?

12/14/2007 2:04:35 PM

Yes that will hook up to his DVD player. If you want to actually get the 5.1 surround sound you will need to also purchase an Optical cable OR digital coax cable. (like this one, don't spend more than $20 on one, and you can find them for <$10) http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7811227

The dvd player should have come with Yellow/Red/White cables but these won't provide true digital surround sound.

while at walmart, you might also want to get 100' of 18gauge speaker wire, they have it in both the electronics department and car audio department... wire is wire.

I feel like interjecting that that's a pretty solid overall surround sound package for the price... All the individual components are mediocre, and there is no video switching on the reciever, but I'm personally against using a reciever for video switching, so shouldn't be that big of a deal. It's by no means the best thing in the world, but overall it'll get the job done and do it pretty well

[Edited on December 14, 2007 at 2:15 PM. Reason : good package for the price]

12/14/2007 2:11:13 PM

i didn't buy him the dvd player he bought it and i think its a phillips or magnovox(sp?), I don't know.
he just wanted a new boombox and i figure the surround sound system would be better since the output watts would be higher.

12/14/2007 4:13:32 PM

The people at Best Buy can actually tell you this.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8268386&type=product&id=1170290375713

This system is a lot nicer though and is not TOO much more.

12/14/2007 4:48:40 PM

The 5.1 chan Onkyo system at circuit city is only $279. I'd get that one fo sho in that price range.

12/14/2007 5:00:13 PM

the one she showed is $192... it's a good value for <$200... both systems you guys mentioned are nice but ~$300 which is a different bracket...

[Edited on December 14, 2007 at 5:44 PM. Reason : it's a gift, which is harder to justify an extra $100 for]

12/14/2007 5:43:06 PM