Page 1 of Videologic, Sony or Yamaha for £350? I dunno which is the best!

Yamaha HTiB40
Sony HTK475 (SAVE225 Speakers and STR-DE475 Reciever)
Videologic DTS

As a total newbie to this Home Cinema stuff, I`m wondering if anyone has got any advice on which of these systems I should get for my Widescreen+DVD setup.

I had my heart set on the Videologic with all it`s glowing reviews but after seeing it in Comet yesterday I felt it looked a bit `cheap` (but couldn`t get a demo to hear the sound which I guess is what counts)

A friend of mine pointed me towards these other Yamaha and Sony setups, does anyone know how they all compare quality/performance wise? I`ve spent all last night looking for reviews but can`t find any.

BTW they are all around the £350 mark.

You can look them up at
www.videologic.co.uk
www.yamaha-audio.co.uk
www.sony.co.uk

This item was edited on Tuesday, 7th August 2001, 15:14

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What about the Yamaha VS10 ? That`s been getting rave reviews everywhere I`ve looked, anyway...

I`ll certainly give it a look, can you give me a retailer`s site where I can have a look at the specs and price?

http://www.yamaha-audio.co.uk/yamaha_home_cinema/yamaha_Systems/vs-10/vs-10.asp


Funnily enough!

Retailers include www.unbeatable.co.uk (cheap) some people have been getting them from John Lewis, who will price-match internet retailers and give you an extra year`s warranty!

LJ

But MUCH cheaper here:

http://www.leconcepts.com/amps/yamamp.htm

Remember, John Lewis will match this price!

LJ

Recommend the VS10

I got it from leconcepts (compared it to Sony, but the richness of sound is just better)

They don`t have many left currently

But John Lewis don`t have Silver in stock across southcoast (as of last week) anyway

Mind you leconcepts was ordered 3.30pm and delivered 10.30am next day, which I thought was good, so why go to JL?

I`ve got 2 questions about the VS10

1: My Samsung 511 has not got a DTS-decoder will the VS10 decode and produce DTS Sound?

2: Does the VS10 come with 5 speakers (centre, 2 front, 2 rear) and a subwoofer. It`s just on the Yamaha site, it is shown with 2 speakers and subwoofer?

(1) Yes
(2) Yes

There is a picture of one at http://www.empiredirect.co.uk I think !

(1) Yes
(2) Yes

There is a picture of one at http://www.unbeatable.co.uk I think !