You do not have to spend a fourtune to get a quality system that will put any Home Theater in a Box (HTiB) to shame. Go with an Onkyo, Denon, Marantz, or Yamaha receiver from around $450.00 All of these options will provide exceptional performance for the money and component video upconversion. Then choose a quality speaker system, such as the Paradigm Cinema 70 system ($636.00). You will then have a system that will provide far superior performance and long term capability.