Cheapest HT?

[L.J.]

Hi LJ,

I like all of your sigs.
Back to the cheapest HT. I do have something like this. It was my bedroom system up until a few months ago. Paid around 75.00 including tax a few years ago. The sound was great, when compaired to the speakers the TV came with. Well, for DVD's that is. When watching TV it would never pick up the 5.1 sound. So I would just get 2.0 out. That sounded about the same as the TV.
Now it's a giant paperweight.

75 bucks huh? What brand is it? Is it a DVD combo unit?

[GMichael]

75 bucks huh? What brand is it? Is it a DVD combo unit?

Brand? Don't recall. I'll check tonight. But it was one of those "never heard of" brands. I got it from a record store in a mall. Someone had given me a gift cert to this mall and they had nothing I wanted. It was either this or spend $100 in the arcade. Maybe I choose wrong.

Oops, yes, a DVD combo thingy.

[Jim Clark]

No DVDP but my several years ago I found a product by Emerson Research called Cinema Surround. All of the processing is handled by the "sub" and sent to the other speakers which were equally high quality. 39 bucks at the Home Depot. It was better than the TV speakers and offered surround sound gaming for kids not old enough to realize how crappy it was. It's in a box now collecting dust. I have no idea why it's still in my home.

In terms of overall cheapness I may have a new contender for lowest price all in one system:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-5-1-Channel-...QQcmdZViewItem

At 64.99 it's bound to get at least a dishonorable mention.

jc - just doing my part to retrack the thread.

[L.J.]

No DVDP but my several years ago I found a product by Emerson Research called Cinema Surround. All of the processing is handled by the "sub" and sent to the other speakers which were equally high quality. 39 bucks at the Home Depot. It was better than the TV speakers and offered surround sound gaming for kids not old enough to realize how crappy it was. It's in a box now collecting dust. I have no idea why it's still in my home.

In terms of overall cheapness I may have a new contender for lowest price all in one system:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-5-1-Channel-...QQcmdZViewItem

At 64.99 it's bound to get at least a dishonorable mention.

jc - just doing my part to retrack the thread.

Not bad for a kids room. $44 plus shipping, you gotta wonder how much these things cost to produce.

[GMichael]

Not bad for a kids room. $44 plus shipping, you gotta wonder how much these things cost to produce.

I like the 4" 10w sub. Bet that rocks the house!

Look out Barbie. It's an earthquake.

[L.J.]

I like the 4" 10w sub. Bet that rocks the house!

Look out Barbie. It's an earthquake.

I saw that too!

My friends sub is like 35w passive. It makes this horrible rattle that just sounds awful. He's ready to upgrade.

[GMichael]

OK, my original HTIB is a Tevion DVD6500T. I couldn't find a pic of it anywhere on the web. Just a few support groups of people who own them. And, I wish that last part was a joke. Google it. It has a passive sub also. Doesn't do much except a little thud now & then. Basicly keeps the tiny cubes from sounding like AM radio speakers. Bose would be a huge step up. Walmart HTIB's would be a huge step up. H.ll, just singing to yourself would be a step up.

[PAT.P]

Not bad for a kids room. $44 plus shipping, you gotta wonder how much these things cost to produce.

I love my kid and he deserve better than this. For the Ex would be perfect