Page 1 of Lidl - £99 Surround Sound kit

Seen in the local Lidl today, and it doesn`t seem to be selling so fast. a surround sound amp and speakers for £99.

Spec seems OK, multiple stereo inputs and a digital as well, with a full 5.1 speaker set.

Silver finish, but I couldn`t tell how big the speakers were from what was visible on the box.

35W RMS for the subwoofer, 1100W PMP for the whole system.

A price this low suggests the quality isn`t all that great, but I have bought decent electronic stuff from them in the past.

Quite surprised that they are selling slowly, perhaps sometimes a bargain can be too good a bargain, with good spec and 3 year warranty I thought they would be flying out the doors, makes you wonder eh

btw I posted this with a link to more info including a photo a while back,
http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/forums/thread.asp?Forum=223&Thread=168009&Type=1

Never mind ;-))
P.

EDIT : the link to lidl on the post above no longer shows this system ( it`s moved on to the next two week`s specials ) but I notice there is a similar but smaller unit which should appear in the UK in the next couple of weeks, pricing @ 79 euros it will probably be under £ 50.00 here

This item was edited on Saturday, 12th April 2003, 20:08

Perhaps because their dolby pro-logic not dolby digital or DTS. An inferior non digital sound system?

For sure snafu,
But you would struggle to buy a similar speaker setup ( which looks quite decent) for under £100 so the amp is a free bonus if you like, and for lots of first time buyers on a very tight budget not the worst deal around. ;-))

Cheers P.

nope.... check argos` £99 system:

Acoustic Solutions DS533 Home Cinema System.
Price £99.99
Cat.No. 512/5423

Home cinema system with built-in Dolby Digital 5.1 decoder.

Converts any existing DVD player to Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound.

Decoder built into a subwoofer speaker.
Subwoofer 35 watt RMS.
Surround speakers 5 x 7 watt RMS.
6 sound effect modes.
Includes 2 speaker stands and slim line remote control.
Subwoofer (H)36, (W)20, (D)31cm.
Surround speakers (H)15.5, (W)11.5, (D)7cm.

Neal, fair point, particularly since its now £ 10.00 cheaper @ £ 89.99 ;-))
Having said that I would still suggest that for what it is the Lidl package is good value, especially with the 3 year guarantee.
Still since neither you or I will be buying the Lidl package the true definer of the value, the sound quality, will remain an unknown.

P.

Yes, Dolby Pro Logic is prominent on the box, but unless I`ve misread the small print, and I may have, it does have a digital input.

I wonder if the customers were put off by that?

I recently posted the following
http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/forums/thread.asp?Forum=211&Thread=172680&Type=1
In the hardware section.

DD5.1 decoder built into sub, small surrounds. Reasonable sound for the price. Not a bad way into surround sound I reckon.

Hi,
I would like to say that I bought a complete system , Bush 1005/A and Pro 400 Dolby Digital Speaker kit, for the miserly sum of, wait for it......,
£ 99.00 + vat in Macro.
What do you think of that guys/girls?

The Makro specials are always cracking buys, but the best deal is their breakfast special : any seven items from a terrific selection plus buttered toast and tea or coffee for £ 2.49, good job I don`t visit Makro too often or I would be the size of a house.

Hungry just writing about it ;-))

P.