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Home Cinema / DVD Recorder - Help please since amp died
PennyPurple
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in Techie Stuff
Hi,
I hope that someone would be kind enough to advise us. We have a Panasonic Viera Plasma TV (about 4 years old), a Sky+ box (about 7 years old) and a Panasonic surround sound system consisting of an amplifier (also about 4 years old - and I assume that's what it's called - it's also a DVD player) that all the speakers plug into. So when we watch Sky or watch a DVD the sound comes through the surround-sound rather than out of the TV.
The amp has now packed up so we can't watch DVDs and we have to have the sound coming out of the TV. So we are looking to replace the amp ideally with one that is not just a DVD player but also a DVD recorder, so we can copy stuff from Sky+ to DVD to watch on our laptops. I've heard we have to be careful with DVD RW +/- to ensure it matches our laptops (Dell Inspiron).
Is there such a thing as a DVD recorder that acts as an amp (i.e. can have all the many speakers plugged into it), or do I have to buy a new amp and separate DVD recorder? I'd rather not have any more bits of equipment under the TV!
Any advice wuold be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Penny
I hope that someone would be kind enough to advise us. We have a Panasonic Viera Plasma TV (about 4 years old), a Sky+ box (about 7 years old) and a Panasonic surround sound system consisting of an amplifier (also about 4 years old - and I assume that's what it's called - it's also a DVD player) that all the speakers plug into. So when we watch Sky or watch a DVD the sound comes through the surround-sound rather than out of the TV.
The amp has now packed up so we can't watch DVDs and we have to have the sound coming out of the TV. So we are looking to replace the amp ideally with one that is not just a DVD player but also a DVD recorder, so we can copy stuff from Sky+ to DVD to watch on our laptops. I've heard we have to be careful with DVD RW +/- to ensure it matches our laptops (Dell Inspiron).
Is there such a thing as a DVD recorder that acts as an amp (i.e. can have all the many speakers plugged into it), or do I have to buy a new amp and separate DVD recorder? I'd rather not have any more bits of equipment under the TV!
Any advice wuold be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Penny
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