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Home Cinema Systems have just come down in price recently (5/5/2003) and you can find Sony Home Cinema Systems for around £100 - £300. A full home cinema system will include,

• Generally have five speakers (1 centre, 2 main front speakers and 2 back speakers) and a subwoofer.
• Dvd player
• A/V receiver

Features you should look for,

• Support for,
  • DTS Digital Surround sound
    
  • Dolby Pro Logic II sound
    
  • Dolby Pro Logic sound
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 channel, standard for DVD movie discs
• DVD video compatible playback of Region 2 DVD discs.
  
• DVD audio compatible playback
  
• DVDR compatible playback of DVD-R discs
  
• DVDRW compatible playback of DVD-RW discs
• CD compatible playback of audio CDs
  
• CDR compatible playback of recorded CDs
  
• CDRW compatible playback of rewritable CDs
  
• MP3 CD compatible to play MP3 tracks
• JPEG CD playback of JPEG image CDs.
• Upwards of 75 subwoofer power output (RMS) (power of the subwoofer)

• Empire Direct
  Online electrical superstore where you can buy the latest top brand electrical goods.
• Hifi Bitz
  Hifi Bitz are one the UK's leading online retailers of hifi and home cinema separates.
• Cinema.com - Cinema.com - cinema, listings, showtimes, film, projection, pictures, reviews, previews, 35mm, dvd, vhs, camera, movies, actors, acting, trailers, theatre
• UCI Cinemas - Up to the minute information from your local UCI cinema. Films, times, games, reviews competitions and much more. ... Remember my favourite cinema.
• Odeon - Welcome to the Odeon website. You can book cinema tickets online and also register for exclusive special offers and film news.

Posted on 17 / 06 / 2003

Jamo Home Cinema Sound Kit

Great quality sound and easy to setup for a techno novice like myself. The Jamo home cinema sound kit I bought included 5 speakers and the speakers included are Active sub-woofer for bass impact Improved Bass , 70watts RMS power output - Front Speakers , 70watts RMS power output - Centre speaker , 70watts RMS power output - Rear speakers and a 70watts RMS Power output - subwoofer. The good point about the Jamo speakers is that they are magnetically shielded speakers and this prevents interference with other audio/visual equipment you have installed in your room.

The whole Jamo home cinema sound kit produces 420watts total RMS power output and this is the maximum power output of the Hifi. Obviously if you are looking to buy a home cinema sound kit you take on board that the larger watt output from the sound kit results in greater volume and improved sound quality.

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Home cinema systems have increased in popularity since the release of dvd players. It seems people want to get the most out of their dvd collection, be it either the display or sound. Home cinema systems are reponsible for both. The dvd player displays the moving pictures, and the A/V receiver and speakers performs the sound functions, be it Dolby Digital or DTS.