Buying a new Home Theater - Sony vs Mivi vs zebronics

[Nairrk]

https://www.hifivision.com/threads/...bwoofer-yamaha-satellite-speakers-pair.97425/

Pretty Good Option for you!

I am travelling and presently in Kanyakumari. Expect to be back on/around 16 or 17 Nov.

 

[ajuvignesh]

I am travelling and presently in Kanyakumari. Expect to be back on/around 16 or 17 Nov.

You don't have any HIFI or Home Theatre shops in kanyakumari but in Trivandrum.
There is a shop called Eham digital in mall of travancore. It has AVRs and speakers. Infact, they have a demo room with Benq 4k projector, POlk Signature speakers, oppo Bluray player and SOme Denon AVR. Polk subwoofer too. You can ask for a demo there. Also, search if there are any HT shops in Trivandrum.

 

[Nairrk]

You don't have any HIFI or Home Theatre shops in kanyakumari but in Trivandrum.
There is a shop called Eham digital in mall of travancore. It has AVRs and speakers. Infact, they have a demo room with Benq 4k projector, POlk Signature speakers, oppo Bluray player and SOme Denon AVR. Polk subwoofer too. You can ask for a demo there. Also, search if there are any HT shops in Trivandrum.

Thanks,
Reached home last night.
Due to present road conditions in Kerala (due to road widening work), we couldn't reach Thiruvananthapuram as scheduled (We expected to reach by 3pm but reached only at 9pm and lost the opportunity to visit a couple of shops. Someone also suggested an AVR shop called Audipro in Thiruvananthapuram but couldn't visit any shops.

Checked the Eham Digital website, and it shows that they have a shop in Kannur also. Will check with them and then will give a visit there sometime this week.

 

[Nairrk]

https://www.hifivision.com/threads/...bwoofer-yamaha-satellite-speakers-pair.97425/

Pretty Good Option for you!

Looks nice product, but I am not comfortable in buying used products as if any repairs have to be done after using sometime then I will be in a problem as there are no service centers of these products anywhere near my place.

Also found Eham digital (as suggested by @ajuvignesh - post no.42) has a shop in Kannur which is around 40kms away from my home. I will check with them if they have any AVR's in stock or the branch is only a service center.

 

[Nairrk]

Update



Eham digital not responding properly.

Meantime visited one store today, and they have the Philips Soundbar TAB8967 in display (demo piece). Its sound pretty good and last unit they sold at Rs.42,000/- (believe available on Amazon at Rs.39,999)

Details

Denon AVR-x580BT available on Amazon for Rs.35,680, but the Phillips system comes with wireless SUR speakers and Sub woofer.?

 

[Nairrk]

Nothing much happened over the last few days as unable to come to a conclusion which one to go for.

In the meanwhile I met the service engineer of DTH services (he is the local installer of all DTH's like SUN, Airtel, Tata Play) whom I know for many years. I have discussed with him about my problem and asked his opinion which one to go for.

His opinion is not to go for new AVR's or Home Theaters until I am ready to change the TV. Buying an AVR will not help to enjoy Dolby Atmos with the present LCD TV & speaker setup (no eARC port either in receiver or in TV) as present Sony 5.1 speakers not compatible for Atmos sound (no dedicated speaker for Atmos).

Even if I have to enjoy some virtual Atmos effect, then at least I need to buy a soundbar with Atmos speaker features.

At the moment, with the present set up, I can enjoy 3.1 surround sound without any problem from my present Home theater set up and using Amazon Fire TV stick.

Considering above facts and the programs we watch on TV (mostly Malayalam channels which do not come with Atmos sound compatibility), I think it is better to wait for some more time and go for a new set-up all together, i.e. new TV with Home theater system.

Will take it up further after a couple of months, unless if any immediate change of mind.

Thanks all of you for your valuable inputs.

 

[suku_patel_22]

There is no relationship between TV and audio. I had a 1080p TV and still enjoyed Atmos on my HT setup AVR.

Fire to avr to tv.

Tv does tv things, avr does audio things.

Even a modern soundbar with HDMI in, will do the same.

However, it is fine if you want to postpone. It's your call after all, just wanted to put this out so that there is no misconception.

 

[Nairrk]

There is no relationship between TV and audio. I had a 1080p TV and still enjoyed Atmos on my HT setup AVR.

Fire to avr to tv.

Tv does tv things, avr does audio things.

Even a modern soundbar with HDMI in, will do the same.

However, it is fine if you want to postpone. It's your call after all, just wanted to put this out so that there is no misconception.

Thanks.
Yes, I too have got a similar opinion from others. A good soundbar with Atmos feature and at least one HDMI IN port and one HDMI eArc out port (maybe ARC out port?) will do the job.

Anyway, it is end November now, and I think I will wait for Xmas or New year offers from Amazon to go for a sound bar.!

I have one more question - New soundbar will be connected as - Fire TV to HDMI IN of soundbar and Soundbar HDMI Out to TV. This point is ok. With this set up, can I continue using present connection simultaneously i.e. my present Sony HT receiver to the TV by optical or HDMI cables and as such will I be able to hear audio from this connection (my existing speakers) also?

 

[suku_patel_22]

You need ARC or eARC ONLY when you need audio from TV to come to the soundbar or AVR.

When your firestick/appletv/jio box is connected to HDMI IN, the HDMI OUT doesn't need to go to the ARC.

I was using mine with a VU tv from 2012 which didn't have ARC.

The soundbar is handling the audio and sending the video signal to the TV.