What speakers are compatible with the red and white T.V. cables?

What cables do i need when setting up surround sound system. speakers to base. do i need cables to tv.?

• speakers plug into base unit what other cables do i require. do i need cables to go from the base unit to the tv.

• Answer:

  The only cable you need our TV is the Video cable, whether it be Composite (Yellow), SVideo, Component (RGB) or DVI/HDMI. You don't need the audio to TV and here's why. Most TVs speakers are only 8 - 10 watts. Some HDTVs may be as high as 30. When you connect the audio sources to your Surround Sound receiver, the receiver is able to separate te appropriate channels and send the corrrect sound signals to the appropriate speakers. When you send the same signals to a TV set with 2 stereo speakers all of the info is sent to the processor in the TV and the signal is artificially compreessed into those speakers..(this is not the same as downmixing) and all your audios will come out of the TV speakers except the LFE effects. The problem with this is that if you have your surround sytem on and the TV speakers on at a reasonable level, the sound will not sound as intended, in fact , if the delays on the receiver arenot set peoperly, the audio coming out of the surround system will not be in sync with the audio coming out of TV, it will sound like a memnetary echo, or very hallow. Some newer TVs can sync up better but you still have backround sounds coming out of the TV and that can drown out the dialogue channel. The better designed systems are designed to boost the center channel when there is dialogue present, bost the backround when the sound effects are to be heard. Using the TV speakers as a second Center channel can be achieved if you are knowledgeable about setting the appropriate sound delays in the receiver. The only time you wont need to do this is if you are watching cable or sattelite TV and have the cable box audio going to both the TV and the receiver.