Diwali 2016: The best Home Theatre System to fit any budget

This Diwali is perfect for the cleaning your house as you always wanted and to buy brand new things to decorate your home. If you are a movie buff or just someone who wants a good audio visual experience while consuming content, we would suggest investing in a home theatre system. We look at some very good Home Theatre Systems (HTS) to play your favourite movies, serials, sports channels and music. Time to upgrade from the squeaky TV sound to something better for the whole family. Creative Inspire T6300 MRP: Rs 7,499 Street Price: Rs. 5,400 approx  If you are looking for good cheap surround sound, Creative ought to inspire you with T6300’s. These speakers use Creative Dual Slot Exposure (DSE) design which makes the speaker louder and deeper while maintaining a compact size. The bass is easily adjustable with a wired remote to control the speakers. These 5.1’s are meant to be for a small room and on the desk rather than a full blown home theatre experience for the family. You cannot wall mount these and the subwoofer is a bit light, nothing like a few Kilos of books on top of the sub to fix the bouncing bass issue. Special Mention Logitech Bluetooth Audio Adapter MRP: Rs 2,295 Street Price: Rs 1,500 approx  Not all devices have Bluetooth capability but don’t let that stop you, Logitech’s little Bluetooth wonder solves that issue with giving you wireless audio stream capability. Now play your music wirelessly from anywhere (range 50 feet) or any device by connecting to any speaker with a 3.5mm or RCA connection. Philips HTD2520 Home Theater System MRP: Rs 14,000 Street Price: Rs 9,900 approx  For those who don’t care about uppity snobby Blu-rays, the Philips DVD HTS is perfect without spending too much and yet getting your money’s worth. The HTD2520 has USB, in addition, to playing all DVD and CD discs with DivX Ultra Certified for those ‘ahem’ compressed movie files, Dolby Digital, Composite video (CVBS) output, AUX in and Fixed FM Antenna. Samsung Blu-ray Home Entertainment System H4500 MRP: Rs 16,990 Street Price: Rs 15,500 approx  The HT-H4500R is a 500W 5.1 channel system with Full HD 3D and HDMI (ARC). It uses Samsung’s BD Wise tech which takes care of syncing all HDMI-connected Samsung devices and intelligently shuts off the TV screen when you’re only listening to audio through the AV player. Throw any disc format at the player and it simply plays it without any issue. LG 3D Blu- Ray Playback with 1000W RMS & Powerful Bass Sound MRP: Rs 21,990 Street Price: Rs 20,500 approx  “With great power comes even greater display of it”. If you want double the power of the previous HTS, LG LHB625 might just fit the bill with 1000W RMS! These powerful Dolby Digital speakers come well equipped with a lot of features such as Bluetooth, 3D Blu-ray playback, LG Remote App control, External HDD Playback, USB Direct Recording and Firmware update via network. If you ever wanted to blow the socks off your neighbour, this is the system you’d want, just don’t forget to keep the system on an all-time low after 10PM unless you want to entertain the cops right in your living room. Sony Blu-ray Home Theatre System with Bluetooth MRP: Rs 32,990 Street Price: Rs 29,500 approx  Sony’s BDV-E4100 are super sleek & sexy looking speakers, the kind you’d want to show off and awe friends and family. The front two speakers are tall to give an immersive cinema like sound, One-touch listening lets you share music from your NFC and Bluetooth devices, and wirelessly you can share movies, photos, etc. The player can play anything thrown at it whether it be 3D blu-rays, DVD’s, XVID, MPEG formats, external HDD’s (FAT or NTFS), inbuilt Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz) and several Dolby Digital standards. Yamaha YHT-299 HTS MRP: Rs 41,000 Street Price: Rs 38,500 approx  What’s an HTS guide without mentioning Yamaha? Unlike Samsung, LG and Sony, the YHT-299 is purely just an amp and speakers and FM/AM Tuner, the optical drive will need to bought separately. If pure-breds are your concern, Yamaha is something you ought to consider. This is 135W per channel speaker, discrete amp configuration, HD Audio decoding with Cinema DSP (17 DSP programmes), 4K and 3D HDMI pass-through for next generation super high-resolution images, HDMI (4in/1out) with 3D and Audio Return Channel (ARC) and YPAO sound optimisation for automatic speaker setup. The front panel features a USB Digital Connection for iPod/iPhone and USB thumb drives. Be careful about buying the online, as Yamaha may not honour the warranty. Bose CineMate 15 home cinema speaker system MRP: Rs 50,000 Special Diwali Price: Rs 40,500 approx  Bose is known for their well-integrated sound solutions and the CineMate 15 is no different. In typical Bose style, the speaker is minimalistic having only 2 speakers and a detailed remote. The audio connection is on the soundbar itself, using either the analogue, optical digital or coaxial digital audio input, depending on the TV’s output type. The speaker isn’t a surround sound system but uses Bose’s proprietary ‘TrueSpace’ signal to wide, spacious sound from a small speaker, with deep bass using their own ‘Acoustimass’ module. If space is a concern and class is what you want to exude, Bose is right up your alley. These are the typical integrated Home theatre sound systems that one would fit any budget. If we have missed out your favourite HTS, let us know in the comments below. And have a happy, safe and sound Diwali.