Ok, SO I'm moving house in a week and have this wonderful attic room I've decided to turn into a home cinema/Office. So my plan is simple, My pc (reasonable i5 gaming machine running a HD 7870, onboard sound only, Have Bluray Drive) will be set up at the desk as normal, but I will have connected to it a Projector via HDMI (Viewsonic PJD7820HD) by HDMI mounted above the doorway pointing at the end wall. Giving a good 95" Screen. This bit is simple to me and utalising a Bluetooth keyboard I can control the PC from my sofa happily and watch any moving from my PC and even game on the Projector.
The bit that I'm struggling to make the best of is sound. At the moment I use a headset for my PC for everything, and whilst that's fine at the desk, on the sofa I want real sound, I want to be able to feel it and for it to be guest proof. The issue I have is deciding on the best way of getting this set up and the most cost effective method as well. Should I look at a high end sound card and individual speakers into each port? Should I run the Video out through a home cinema audio system before going into the Projector (are there many that have HDMI in and HDCP?), Is simply connecting a set of 5.1 or 7.1 speakers via a single audio jack going to give anywhere near the sound quality?
I'm lost as to where to start unfortunately, Anybody got any guidance to share?
Thanks