i paid approx £380 for the yamaha rxv681, £275 i think for the canton movie 75, approx £33 for the speaker cable.
decent bit over budget but i didnt get much pushback from the wife so went for it.
it sounds good but i’m a bit confused about all the different surround sounds. although it mentioned all the methods of SS it COULD use, i thought it was pretty automatic and simply matched the source material???
it is connected via ethernet which i agee gives me confidence over wifi.
it is awesome. i was concerned it wouldnt be as good as the demo we had had on the htc vive but it is ace.
we’ve bought and been playing –
resi evil 7
rush of blood
farpoint
vr worlds
job simulator
playroom vr (free)
the move controllers are more accurate than i thought
it’s a bit awkward sometimes trying to get the perfect sharpness of image but a bit of messing with the headset up/down and left/right gets it there usually
right, i think i have now got approx £500 for AV receiver and speakers. (not inc the cable and connections)
someone on the av forum suggested paying double or even treble that spent on the receiver for the speakers. so with my budget (which i dont think is TOO small) that would mean only spending between £165 and £120 approx for a receiver which is surely too low.
i was thinking of the opposite. spending high (ish) on the receiver, about £350 for the yamaha rxv681 and about £150 for the speakers such as either the yamaha nsp40 or denon sys2020. at least then i will still hear a huge improvement over my £100 soundbar and i can then upgrade the speakers at a later date while the receiver will be fine for quite a while.
Only problem with some of those suggestions, he has no internet. Due to being a 6 month rental agreement that he doesn’t think he’ll be renewing he never got it done. Also, the data signal isn’t great.
Do any of the Android apps save to device or are they all for remote viewing?
Looks like it doesn’t last much longer when doing motion detection. I don’t think it’s designed for what you want to do.
cheers dave. as i say, i’m not confident i am getting it into motion detection mode as when i check back the footage it is just continuous 5 minute segments
If you have an aerial, you could get free view box. Usually cheaper as there is more choice. There is nothing between free view and free sat. Saves buying and hanging a dish.
cheers mate. it seems to suggest something like 60+ channels for freeview (they have freeview built in to their tv anyway) and 200+ channels for freesat. i think that plenty are radio but so would freeview i believe.
they may be willing to stretch to the humax freesat. the old sky dish has been unused for maybe 10 years and he thinks he may have snipped the cable so maybe a new dish and cables will be needed.
Woke up to an Amazon email regarding discounts and low and behold the braun 5040 had been reduced to less than £60. Less than the lower 3 series. I think it is usually closer to £100 so I’ve ordered that.
