Need some advice regarding sound system

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Hi,

I have a Philips BDP3000 Blu-Ray Player. I am happy with the picture quality, however I do have a few problems with the audio. I'm currently playing the sound directly through the TV only and I find the quiet parts of films are too quiet to understand unless I turn the volume right up, then when there is a loud section, it is WAY too loud!

I would like to purchase some kind of sound system in order to improve the audio quality through the BDP3000 (and also through my Virgin Media digibox if possible). However, I have absolutely no idea about what I am looking for. I'm not really interested in getting into the technical jargon of it all, I just want something that will plug in and work straight away. Can anyone recommend something suitable please?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Not sure to be honest. Could you suggest the most basic thing first and based on the price, I can see if my budget can stretch any further.

Cheers
 
st00dent, Have a look at the settings on your blu-ray player. Make sure you have the Downmixing option set to stereo.

If that doesn't do the trick then a surround sound kit will be the answer. TBH, £200 is scraping the bottom of the barrel as far as getting a proper amp & speaker kit. It is plenty to buy one of the all-in-one DVD home cinema kits, but most of those won't accept anything better than stereo from your Blu-ray player which, quite frankly, is a waste of your time and money.
 
I couldn't even find any £200 HTIB setups. Even the Yamahas and Sonys which you could get a year or two ago have been replaced with setups at £300+. The only things I could find were DVD/BD players with a built in amp, which I wouldn't touch with a barge pole tbh.
 
HTiB - I found an LG for around £150 with an Auxiliary input.

Like I said before though, these sort of kits wouldn't be my first choice. You really want something that can take a digital signal and decode Dolby Digital and DTS for decent surround sound.
 
Thanks for the downmixing tip, I'll give it a go. You're right, I don't really want to buy anything else, I just want to watch a film and be able to hear what's going on.

Cheers:)
 
Have a look for Night Mode (which kicks up the Dynamic Range Compression), should make quite a difference.
 
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