Help buying surround sound please!!

bishop brennan

Hi all.
Im looking to buy a cheap surround sound system to connect to my xbox and this one is in argos for €150.It says it has optical in so would it work and could I connect my sky box to it??
I just want a cheap one as i cant be blaring it anyway!!!

http://www.dealclick.co.uk/review/12291859/Acoustic-Solutions-DS534-Home-Theatre-.php

grimm2005

it has an optical port so it should work fine with both 360 and sky+ box, although (afaik) you would have to swap between them when your using them (i have a similar setup, but rarely use surround on sky unless its a dd5.1 encoded film or summit so dosn't really bother me)

MayoForSam

If you want to spend a little bit more, this is a great deal from Pixmania:
http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/541204/art/sony/ht-ddw790-home-cinema-sys.html?form=71#tech-specs

I bought it's big brother last year (DDW890) and it's the biz - all the connections you could ever want including HDMI, I have my Sky+, 360 and DVD player all hooked up to it. The subwoofer especially would be a lot better than the one from Dealclick.

bishop brennan

Thanks for the replies lads!I'm afraid €150 is my limit!! the missus would kill me spending anymore.The toslink cables are cheap enough for them??

bigfeller

A tad out of your price range but I've been looking at this for the Xbox - http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/1176290/art/sony/dav-dz260-home-cinema-sys.html

Need to wait for next months pay cheque though...

Anyone got any opinions or experience?

dazftw

you can use optical through your tv if it has it.. thats what I do for my ps3 and 360 too much hassle switching between.