I want to buy a home acting system for my husband on his b'day, any suggestions on polite ones?
Answers: Do not buy a "all-in-one" type system with a slim-line box that act like a addressee 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 contained by a Box) make sure:
- The addressee is a big box with LOTS of connections on the final. It should look like the stand-alone AV Receivers sold separately.
- The subwoofer is self-powered and have an RCA jack for input. Speaker wire jacks are ok, but cause sure it has an RCA jack.
- The DVD player is separate.
- The 5 speakers are small, monitor-style box's approaching 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 own, but not usually available on a $500 system. You can always convey video/HDMI to the TV, but send the audio to the addressee. A typical home system needs to nurture the receiver the audio for:
- HD CATV box or Sat box
- DVD Player
- Game System
This is why you necessitate a big, boxy receiver near lots of spare inputs - to handle adjectives the different things you want to hook up.
Right now Best Buy have something like the Yamaha YHT-380 system for $380. Add on one of those $99 Toshiba HD-DVD players and you enjoy a very nice setup for around $500.
Panasonic...Best Buy has the best ones at great prices
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