[Mercian]

I am looking into purchasing or putting together a home theater system, but don't know much about it. Any suggestionss on where to get the best equipment/deals?

 

[Brown Radagast]

Hi Mercian, welcome to the forum


Everyone's budget is different - what's yours?


Then you'll get more people chime in with their suggestions.


Acceptable quality vs. affordability?


Happy hunting, and remember - there's always bigger, better gear out there, so look more into what features you'll need and the reviews for that item...look at both individual reviews as well as techie website reviews (i.e., Tom's Hardware, ZDNet, TechTV, CNET, Amazon, epinions, here, etc.)


Some primary things for A/V gear:

1) Dolby PL II/DTS/Dolby 5.1 or 6.1 or 7.1

2) Receiver watts output - I'd say at least 600 watts

3) Receiver has good input/output connectivity - S-Video, Component, possibly DVI, maybe even VGA (at least 2 component inputs, 3+ would be good).

 

[hometheaterguy]

 http://avsf.videogon.com/cgi-bin/buy.pl our forums marketplace, good deals abound here.

 

[Greg_R]

The best price is either used or new via the internet. Not always the best deals though (buyer beware!). However, there are some very popular brands on this forum that are only sold internet-direct.