Victor Macallister: Choose a pair of decent "bookshelf" speakers and a receiver rated for about the same number of watts (RMS) per channel as the speakers are rated to handle.An exact match is not necessary.Connect the laptop's headphone jack to a line-level input (aux, CD, etc.)on the receiver.That setup will blow away any so-called "computer speakers".Buying used stereo equipment could lower the cost considerably without reducing the quality of the results....Show more
Joeann Hoyt: Many home theater systems do not have a DVD player with them. You can buy them that are simply the amp to power the speakers. However the ones with the player usually do not cost any more as the amp and player are still only one unit.
Mauro Cowee: It depends on how you listen Computer speakers are designed for near field listening where the listener sits relatively close to the speakers where dedicated home theater speakers are designed to filling an entire room with sound and for! less intimate sitting...take a look at the Boston Acoustic CS 2310 5.1 speaker system for a good surround speakers system in your price range...also the polk audio RM 6750 but home theater speakers will not play without an AV receiver also....AV Receivers start around $150 and up...If your just going to sit in front of the computer and watch movies then computer speakers would be a better buy.......Show more
Jefferson Sarson: HTiB systems are dirt. Don't bother. Stand alone component disc players are relatively inexpensive. HTiBs are just cheap, period.
Bruno Galasso: It seems that the bulk of the home theater systems that you have seen are what we call the cheap and nasty all-in-one pieces of crap that aren't worth getting if you got it for free. They commonly have built in disc players, and when any one part breaks, the whole system goes into the trash. Oh, and they tend to ONLY give you 5.1 sound when you are playing a disc in them. Now, while your budget is! a bit low, you can get a basic entry level receiver and speak! er combo that is good, and has far better connectivity than the cheapie systems. Take a look at this one: Pioneer HTP-074 5.1 Channel Home Theater Package, Black, $300 on Amazon. There's also an Onkyo system, the 3700, for the same price. While their speakers are only OK, relative to better home audio speakers, they are still way, way better than any speakers you get with the all-in-one systems, and you also get a proper audio video receiver in the mix, as well....Show more
Glynda Darrin: post a pic of your laptop's connections,as in 2 plugs,one for headphones & ext speakers
Rebbecca Sorkin: Some problems here:"... to hook them up with my laptop and my LCD TV"Your laptop is a STEREO device or 2.0.Your HDTV is a Dolby Digital device or 5.1If you do the math you will see that you CANNOT use a stereo setup for your TV. Modern HDTV's no longer support simple stereo connections.Another issue:".., or should I save up to buy some really good computer speakers?"Compute! r speakers are for desktop use, not full room.Computer speakers usually use headphone (3.5mm) jacks. None of your living room gear is compatible with this. The 5.1 computer speakers MIGHT have an optical input for your HDTV, but when you hook up your laptop, only the front 2 speakers will work.Do you see - lots of problems.This is a $700 system that will give you all the good parts to do everything you want, but also give you an upgrade path for the parts so you don't toss the whole system to upgrade 1 thing:https://www.amazon.com/Denon-DHT-1513BA-Channel-Th......Show more
Michelle Sohre: I feel sorry for you. You are missing out on music because you use such crappy gear. A pair of AR 18S speakers and a 15 watt Pioneer SX 434 receiver would blow away the stuff you are considering - all this gear is around 30 years old and far superior to computer speakers and HTIB junk.
Sammy Kar: Computer speakers are designed for a desktop. They cannot fill a room larger than! a closet.
Glynda Darrin: Let's take a step back first.A theater ! system consists of a surround sound processor, speakers, and 1 or more sources.The source can be your cable/satellite box, blu-ray player, video game console or PC, etc.The surround sound processor is generally bundled with the receiver, and produces the separated signals for the speakers to play.Some products combine these together, such as your "Home Theater In A Box" kits. Do not buy one of these! While they combine the surround sound processor with the blu-ray player and include the surround speakers all in a single box for a low price, you get what you pay for. Generally the speakers are low quality, and worse still, the blu-ray player has no other audio inputs. This means if you want to connect some other device - such as your cable box - you are out of luck.So, NO HTIB! Buy a separate processor/receiver, blu-ray player, and speakers. You'll be much happier with the results!Computer speakers - unless the space you are using your system is very small, like 6' x ! 6', computer speakers are NOT a viable solution simply because they are not physically designed to handle larger spaces.I used a surround sound computer speaker kit in my old bedroom and it was sufficient, but that set up didn't have nearly enough power to fill my living room.Most modern TVs have an audio OUTPUT for surround sound - either optical audio or digital co-ax, or both. This allows you to connect all your sources to the TV (PC, cable box, game console), and run a single audio cable to your surround sound system. Your TV becomes your hub, as it were. Simply change the input on the TV to switch between devices.Because of this, you no longer have to buy a separate surround sound receiver + speakers. Instead you can buy a sound bar setup. The soundbar combines the surround sound processor, with your speakers.Some sound bars can emulate surround sound (rear speakers) with just the front speaker bar - no rear speakers required. However I really recommend a soundba! r that has separate rear speakers. A soundbar with subwoofer and wirel! ess rear speakers is about $600-700, so I would suggest saving up for that....Show more
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