Upgrading existing surround sound

[teepee]

Hello all!, I have an old surround sound system and the picture quality is not up to modern standards, can I buy a blue ray or upscalling dvd player and connect it to my existing system and have better vision and keep the great sound?Or can I buy a new central unit and replace the old one? My unit is SONY DAV-SR4W, yours tony

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[Catmambo]

Hi

Couple of different ways of appraoching this depending on budgets and how much you use your system.

1. Start from scratch and get a new Blu-ray Home Theatre Kit and replace everything.
2. Look at getting separates - so a separate AV receiver/amp, Blu-ray Player, speakers and sub, which will give you much more flexibility and even better quality. You could reuse your speakers and sub doing it this way and then replace them in due process if you wanted to.

Its impossible to buy the central unit as a standalone (unless someone is selling one second hand). If you are after a simple, good value, great sounding solution then number 1 is probably the best option - Sony options http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/home-cinema-systems/range/all-in-one#/1237484927716/1237484927700

If you are after something more flexible (allowing you to replace elements individually) even better sounding, then number 2 is the way to go I think. Starting with a good receiver  - http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/home-cinema-systems/range/2 and Blu-ray player  - http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/blu-ray-disc-player

Hope this helps

[Bravia55HX]

Hi,

that would depend on the Amp you select on whether you can use your sub or not as most subs that come in a kit are passive, and for separate Amps you would need an Active one.