Gearing Up For Home Theater

What do you want (or better yet, what do you need) in your home entertainment system?

TV or video display? Check. Speakers? Check. Numerous components to flash lights at you while you revel in surround sound? Maybe not so check. Actually, you should get these systems before you settle on speakers, because they’ll have to match. Don’t worry, you don’t need much: a surround-sound receiver, DVD player and cable or satellite box will do the trick. But you might want to add a TiVo-like DVR (digital video recorder) and DVD recorder. Or you might power up with some separate amplifiers. Or you might decide to go all out with a satellite radio tuner, a media server and a whole-house audio system. Here’s what’s what. Get what you want.



The Essentials:

A surround-sound receiver...

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