Help with Living Room AV Upgrade

Valo

Valo

Valo

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Looking for a bit of help. I'm going to be getting some decorating done in my Living room in a couple of months time and I'm going to take the opportunity to upgrade my AV Setup.

Current Setup
Panasonic TX-P50V20E
Q Acoustics Q-AV 5.1 Speakers
Onkyo 607 AVR

Sources
Freeview
Apple TV 4K (1st Gen)
Panasonic DMPP-BD77EB-K Bluray Player

Requirements
  • I'm looking to go 4K OLED with a screen size of 55".
  • I'd also like to remove my Onkyo AVR and Q-AV 5.1 system and look at a soundbar with Dolby Atmos.
  • I'd like to replace my existing bluray player with a 4K model as well.

If anyone could give me some recommendations I'd really appreciate it.
 
Hi there,

I have just recently gone for an LG OLED 55 CX and an LG SN11 sound bar. Absolutely stunning bits of kit. I cant help you with a blueray suggestion as such, but my Xbox series X has a 4k Bluray built in so I just use that if not streaming a movie. Should be able to get good deals on the LG CX55 at present as its last years model but you may need to be quick.
 
antc said:
Hi there,

I have just recently gone for an LG OLED 55 CX and an LG SN11 sound bar. Absolutely stunning bits of kit. I cant help you with a blueray suggestion as such, but my Xbox series X has a 4k Bluray built in so I just use that if not streaming a movie. Should be able to get good deals on the LG CX55 at present as its last years model but you may need to be quick.
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Thanks for the recommendations, I'll look in them both :)

hornetstinger said:
Panasonic or LG
Don't do it
Panasonic 820
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Thanks for the recommendations of a 4K bluray player.

theone8181 said:
I'd be wary about going from 5.1 to a soundbar there's no way it can reigate sound coming from behind you unless there are speakers behind you imo.
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I'm going to look into the sounder option. I know what you mean but I've had my existing setup for 10yrs or so now, I'm interested to see what the sound quality is like from a soundbar setup compared to what I'm using now.
 
Valo said:
Thanks for the recommendations, I'll look in them both :)



Thanks for the recommendations of a 4K bluray player.



I'm going to look into the sounder option. I know what you mean but I've had my existing setup for 10yrs or so now, I'm interested to see what the sound quality is like from a soundbar setup compared to what I'm using now.
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Your audio system is better than a soundbar
 
STOP! Do NOT change down to a sound bar - you will regret it!!! They've come on loads, but there's still no substitute for separate channels. Depends how much attention you pay, I guess. If you just want something better than the tinny telly, then sure. but it's a big step down from your QAs. Try to get a demo and see?
FWIW, LG makes a lot of the panels used by other makes, but the special sauce comes in the video processing. I got a 4k Pana last year and can't fault it.
 
I know I'm adding my voice to a choir here but here goes.

There is only a couple of reason's I can think of to downgrade to a soundbar.
1. You are moving and have no space in new location to set it up properly / significant other is throwing a hissy fit and wants it gone
2. It's broken and you don't have the funds to replace it.

For my money I would keep the Onkyo receiver (which model is it btw?) and upgrade the speakers first. You could pick up a set of B&W M-1's for a few hundred quid off ebay and then replace the Q-Acoustics sub with a B&W 608 if you want to keep it relatively subtle or go for an SVS SB-2000 Pro if you want it a bit more bombastic. Once thats out of the way save up a few quid, move to a new receiver and add in some more M-1's to use as atmos channels, there's loads of them on ebay all the time and they are great for wall mounting.
 
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