I want to buy a blu ray player and coonect it to my exsiting home theatre system how do i do this when all the speakers run from the dvd player

I'm starting to look at my own home theater system for my room because I want surround sound. I don't know what I should look at though. I want a 4.1 or 5.1....And I just want the speakers/subwoofer, no DVD or Blu-ray player with it. What I don't understand is whether I need floor speakers or just the smaller ones for my room. And where do you position the 4 or 5 speakers if they are all small ones?

Please help, I'm very new to this.

Well I've been looking at buying a home theatre system but don't quite get this dvd player thing. It sounds like they come with the dvd player but what if I want to use my own can I? also I have a blu ray player can that be hooked up to a home theatre system instead of the standard dvd player?

cheers any help will be great

Ok so I'm pretty tech savvy, and can find my way around various tech products.

For example, I know:
-Higher megapixels in a camera does not necessarily make it better than a different model camera
-A 3ghz AMD processor isn't equal to a 3ghz Intel processor even if with the same number of cores
-Once you jump from 60hz to 120hz with HD displays, 240hz and above aren't that noticeably different from 120hz, even in shots where the camera is panning (to my eyes at least).

My weakness is when it comes to sound systems, or headphones. Anyway, I advised my mother on the purchase of an HDTV, but I am not exactly sure which sound system I should set her up with. I'm looking for something below 0. It needs to include a blu-ray player and I don't think 7.1 would be worth the additional price to her, so I'm sticking with 5.1.

Anyway, when it comes to surround sound, I'm pretty sure that more watts does not always equal louder, or better sound in all scenarios, but I'm not sure what else to look for. The problem is that I don't always have a good ear for sound so listening in a loud best buy or walmart isn't always helpful. Also, I am thinking about purchasing online and don't want to have to return anything.

What type of specs should I look for?
What are ohms and how do they come into play?
Is the only positive to a receiver be that she could hook up both the blu-ray player and cable to the same speaker system?
Would one of those home theaters in a box that come with the blu-ray player and speakers but without the receiver suffice?
Should I get the HTIB and add in a receiver, and if I do that, will the speakers sound any better?

Right now I'm thinking about telling her to get the LG LHB336. It just the blu-ray player and the 5.1 speakers with no receiver and claims to be 1100 watts.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/LG+-+5.1-Ch.+3D/Wi-Fi+Blu-ray+Home+Theater+System/2073075.p?id=1218308263968&skuId=2073075

Top 10 Home Theater System 2011 1. Onkyo HT-S3300 5.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver and Speaker Package (Black) www.amazon.com 2. Sony HT-SS370 Surround Sound Home Theater System, Black www.amazon.com 3. Onkyo HT-S6300 7.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver and Speaker Package with iPod Dock www.amazon.com 4. Panasonic SC-BT230 5.1 Surround Sound System www.amazon.com 5. Sony HTSS360 5.1 channel Home Theater System (Black) www.amazon.com 6. Onkyo HT-S5300 7.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver and Speaker Package with iPod Dock (Black) www.amazon.com 7. Denon DHT-591BA Home Theater System with Denon AV Receiver and Boston Acoustics 5.1 Speaker Package (Black) www.amazon.com 8. Yamaha YHT-393BL 5.1 Channel 500 Watt HTiB System (Each, Black) www.amazon.com 9. Onkyo HT-S7300 7.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver and Speaker Package with iPod Dock www.amazon.com 10. Sony BDV-HZ970W Blu-ray Player Home Entertainment System [3D Compatible] www.amazon.com

I need a receiver that doesn't include dvd player or blu-ray player. I need one that is compatible for me to connect to my ps3 and my dell 23" monitor with HDMI.

I Will choose best answer!

The speaker systems I have is this:

Center channel speaker: (all links from sony.com)

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665089826#specifications

2 performance bookshelf speakers:

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665191300#specifications

Powered Subwoofer:

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665089848#specifications

Hi, I know my title might be a bit confusing but I have some general questions. I might sound like a noob because I am fairly new to all this HD/Blu-Ray Technology going on with all the electronics selling at the stores these days but if anyone can answer a few questions for me I would appreciate it.

I recently bought a Sony Bravia KDL-46W3000 HD-TV which has 3 HDMI outputs and I plan to buy a Sony Home Theater System, along with an HD-DVD or a Blu-Ray Player unless I also decide to get a PS3 along with the HD-DVD player.

Ive been searching the internet and read somewhere that you cant connect Home Theater systems to a HD-DVD player or a Blu-Ray player... and was wondering if this was true or not?

And if I do decide to purchase all these items will I have enough HDMI outputs from my T.V?

One last question does the PS3 play only Blu-Ray Discs, because so far not every movie is in Blu-Ray so I didnt know if I would have to buy both or if buying a PS3 only would be solve my problem?
First of all thank you both for your answers but Ive come across a few more questions.

1. Would there be a major difference if I decide to buy a DvD player that upconverts to 1080p versus buying a true HD-DVD player, because I feel that Blu-Ray will eventually win the format war.

2. Going back to Home Theater, so I would have to look for one that had an Optical Output in order to connect it to an HD-DVD or Blu-Ray player, Species mentioned that HDMI is better but Optical is what I need could someone elaborate a little more on that?

3. About buying HDMI cables ive been searching for them online but I cant seem to find just a standard kind, and the prices vary like crazy, could someone just tell me how much one usually costs?

So Ive decided to purchase a Home Theater System, PS3, leaning more towards a DVD player that upconverts rather an actual HD-DVD player unless there is a noticeable difference.

I also found out that there are HD-DVD/Blu-Ray players but very expensive.

Thanks!!

I recently was given a 1080i projector, so I decided to make it part of a home theater. Unfortunately, I'm confused about what I need and how to connect everything to get it to work, and since I plan on buying everything online or used I can't really just go in a store and tell them to give me a bunch of things that work together. My plan is to have the projector, a blu-ray player, ps2, and 5.1 surround sound as parts of the theater. If anyone could help answer my questions below that would be awesome!

1) The projector is 1080i, would it work with a 1080p blu-ray player?
2) Is it correct that I could connect the bluray player to the A/V receiver with an HDMI cable, then connect the A/V receiver to the projector with another HDMI cable (obviously the projector has an HDMI input)?
3) Do I need a specific type of A/V receiver to be able to use the bluray player's video and surround sound capabilities?
4) I just want to connect a regular coaxial cable input to the A/V receiver. Are there A/V receivers that have the coaxial input on them? Also, if I bought one that doesn't, is there a way for me to convert the coaxial input so that it can go through the A/V receiver?
5) I also want to connect a PS2 to the A/V receiver. I understand that since the PS2 does not have HD capabilities I cannot connect it to the A/V receiver with an HDMI cable. However, what kind of cable would I need to be able to connect the PS2 to the A/V receiver?
6) Assuming I can connect the PS2 to the A/V receiver, would I be able to use that through the HDMI from the A/V receiver to the projector (for the bluray), or would I also need an additional cable from the A/V receiver to the projector to be able to use the PS2?
7) How can I be sure that a specific A/V receiver will work if I buy the 5.1 surround sound system (including subwoofer) seperately?
Will the 5.1 surround sound system work with the coaxial input or ps2? I don't mind if I don't actually have surround sound, but will I get any sound at all through those?

Thanks in advance!

it play Blue ray dise fine but when i put DVD in, the blu-ray player seem to be working fine but no video from TV and no Audio from the home theater system.

the only cable i connect is blu-ray HDMI into home system and Home system out to tv.

Thanks all in advance..

we purchased Samsung's home theater system from Best Buy. I want the TV to work without the surround sound on all the time. My friend said it was the HDMI cable having an issue which I think is erroneous. Any ideas? We have a PS3, DirecTV HD, Blu-Ray player & now the Samsung receiver.