dvd to surround

[Malandro]

I've bought a dvd player recently and am now thinking about getting some kind of surround system. Is it possible to to buy the surround sound bits seperately or can I do I have to have a special dvd player? Can anyone recommend any sysytems?

[rja211077]

first question: does your DVD player have an integrated Dolby 5.1 amp? Does it have Dolby 5.1 output at all? what about DTS?

[Malandro]

Hmmm, I'll have to look. 5.1 you say? DTS?

[Metaphysical]

As rja211077 said, the first thing is to find out if your DVD player has a built in Dolby Digital 5.1 decoder or DTS (5 phono sockets on the rear of the player probably marked with '5.1 channel surround output' or 'DTS output' - http://www.galesjam.co.uk/dvdplayers.htm#Cons )

If you DVD player has that then all you need is a basic amp otherwise your looking for an amp with a built in Dolby Digital 5.1 & DTS decoder (for example http://www.richersounds.co.uk/index.php?f=itemdetl
.php&p=300498 ).