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   Panasonic…Best Buy has the best ones at great prices

   Comment by TaTTooeD_QueeN — September 24, 2007 @ 7:51 am

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   Bose makes great stuff. This is a good system, assuming that you can live w/o Surround Sound :–cinemate-digital-home-theater–650146257–550310298

   For a lower-end system w/SS try:–onkyo-htsr800-black-7-1-channel-home-theater-in-a-box–210569366–443728542

   Comment by jglick1999 — September 25, 2007 @ 7:44 pm

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   Also Denon makes great stuff. again there high end stuff is very nice, so i would expect good things from them even at this price range.

   Comment by PHXO — September 28, 2007 @ 8:17 pm

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   Do not buy a “all-in-one” type system with a slim-line box that acts like a receiver and a DVD player. These are inexpensive, but one part breaks and you throw the system away.

   When you look for a HTIB (Home Theater in a Box) make sure:

   - The receiver is a big box with LOTS of connections on the back. It should look like the stand-alone AV Receivers sold separately.

   - The subwoofer is self-powered and has an RCA jack for input. Speaker wire jacks are ok, but make sure it has an RCA jack.

   - The DVD player is separate.

   - The 5 speakers are small, monitor-style box’s like stand-alone speakers. Not molded plastic. Not futuristic looking mini things.

   Make sure to count the number of coaxial-digital or optical inputs on the receiver. The more the better.

   HDMI switching is nice to have, but not usually available on a $500 system. You can always send video/HDMI to the TV, but send the audio to the receiver. A typical home system needs to feed the receiver the audio for:

   - HD CATV box or Sat box
   - DVD Player
   - Game System

   This is why you need a big, boxy receiver with lots of spare inputs - to handle all the different things you want to hook up.

   Right now Best Buy has something like the Yamaha YHT-380 system for $380. Add on one of those $99 Toshiba HD-DVD players and you have a very nice setup for about $500.

   Comment by sirbobx — October 1, 2007 @ 11:51 am

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   You are a good wife for doing this for your husband.

   I agree with sirbobx. Try to buy separate units. That way if your husband wants to upgrade any of his equipment he can do so with out having to get rid of the whole unit. Meaning a powered subwoofer, separate dvd player, separate receiver and speakers. Good luck

   Comment by mad080572 — October 3, 2007 @ 9:09 pm

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   go to crutchfield.com. You can learn a lot about home theatre and all the the sysytems they sell are good.

   Comment by Alan J — October 5, 2007 @ 1:42 am

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   check out yamaha website. they have pretty good home theater in a box set ups or if you want to do it all seperate i picked up a yamaha 6.1 reciever for 250 yamaha 6.1 speakers for200 and i have a cheap panasonic dvd player i paid 100 for and the sytem rocks the whole house with low bass and clear mids and highs and i could always upgrade or add whatever i want on it

   Comment by jeff_fowler108 — October 5, 2007 @ 8:10 pm

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