TV & Home Theater

[engrdevildog]

I'm consolidating all my peripherals onto the 6 year old 60" JVC HDtv that is connected via the Dish satellite.  I'm pretty sure I'll need a receiver and want to replace my old home theater system as well.  Just moved into a temporary house, so won't be doing any major mods or permanent installation though & therefore wireless speakers would be a definite plus.  The other significant issue is that my wife wears hearing aids so we definitely need a sound system that will allow dialogue enhancing &/or a separate personal amp system, compatible with the HTS.  She's tried TV ears, but the ear plugs are uncomfortable for her. Are headphones the best solution?

I have a wireless router, so what's the best solution for accessing the internet and viewing on the HDtv?

Thanks for any/all feedback and recommendations

Semper Fidelis

Ken

[NickJ_86]

Ken,

Wired or wireless over-the-ear headphones would be a great solution for you if your main concern is dialogue clarity.  Especially if you're in a temporary location and want ease of use/setup.  Now, if you want something you can both watch movies and play music on, and you want to keep wiring to the bare minimum (as well as killing two birds with one stone by having internet streaming on the TV...), I highly recommend an integrated home-theater-in-a-box with Blu-ray Player (i.e. Samsung, Sony) that have wireless rear speakers.  The Blu-ray player part of it will have the Wi-Fi built-in and the rear speakers will get their power from a wireless receiving box that needs only plug into power anywhere in the room.  You can get decent clear sound from these by running your Dish box directly into an HDMI input on the home theater and have a second HDMI cable running from the output on the system to an HDMI input on the TV.  Food for thought!

[engrdevildog]

Thanks Nick! I'm considering the Denon 1912 to use in conjunction with my Sony HTS, wireless rear speaker kit and a Sony wireless headset for the wife. I've read that it has adequate connectors for all the peripherals and good sound quality. Make sense to you?

[NickJ_86]

The Denon AVR-1912 is a solid performing receiver.  As long as your Sony HTS has speakers that are compatible with bare wire terminals on the Denon, you're fine there.  Denon is reputable for not only quality of sound, but also efficiency (producing clearer sound at lower volumes), as well as neutral sound reproduction (not adding to or subtracting from the original recordings of movies and music).  It's got multiple HDMI inputs, scores of analog connections, and AM/FM antennas for listening to the radio right from your home theater.  Plugged into a decent surge protector, your system is good to last for years to come and also future-proofed.  And with the Sony wireless headset, you're covered on all bases.  Sounds like you've got it well figured out!!!  

[engrdevildog]

Thanks for the reinforcing fires Nick! I sure hope it all works out; don't want to spend that much money and still have problems, nor do I want to duplicate capabilities unless absolutely necessary.