Home Theaters: Which ones should I invest in?

Going to the theatres is fast becoming out of fashion.U.S. - price. Both of these will produce respectable
Thanks to the advantages offered by latestsound without burning a hole in your pocket.
technologies like DVD and satellite, folks are turningComing down to the player unit, the Panasonic
more and more to watching movies at home. HomeDMR-ES40VS VHS/DVD Recorder is a great deal,
theatres are fast gaining popularity as a good setwith its performance and efficiency, at an approximate
offers one great advantage - You can watch your oldpricing of $210 U.S. It comes in two color sets- silver
favorite movies which are still on VHS tapes,and black and perhaps the best feature of this unit is
something which you really enjoy. Moreover, the soundthat it can convert old VHS tapes, which we all have
is a lot better with "surround sound" technology and soaround, to DVD readily.
are the latest DVD players, which offer nice qualityAnd now, enter the arena of display units, with HDTV
and can copy over VCR. The video display unit,sets which are available in a broad range in pricing and
however, plays a significant role in making or spoilingstyling from the flat to the curved and from the small
your entire experience. For most of us, the display unitto the gigantic 50" Samsung HL-R5067W 50"
is just a regular television, which producesHD-Ready DLP TV, costing approximately $1500 price,
sub-acceptable to fairly good images depending on thewhich is hard to turn down. But if you want your
make and model of the unit, which ultimately results inimages projected across a wall, expect to shell out
people going for High Definition.anywhere ranging from $1100 U.S. to several thousand
Now let's analyze what to look for in a good homedollars, and for obvious reasons, they aren't all that
theatre setup- Quality sound, VCR to DVD players,popular yet. So if you own a regular sized counsel that
and possibly a new T.V. set. We shall consider allholds the T.V., the books and records, then you might
these as if the money would be spent from our ownprobably be going to look for something in the 32"to
pocket and that we shall be viewing movies as much38" range, and these are readily available in the market,
as an average family in the U.S. does, which is roughlyranging in prices from seven or eight hundred all the
20 hours per week.way up to thousands. Choosing a fairly nice television,
The Logitech Z-640 6 Speaker Surround Soundthe SAMSUNG TX-R3080WH 30" Wide SlimFit
System is being offered for a competent price of onlyHDTV w/ Built-In HD Tuner, costing approximately
$69 U.S. - price. Or if you are looking for decenteight to nine hundred, is worth mentionable with good
performance, look at the Sony HT-DDW670 Homepicture quality, excellent reputation and all.
Theater in a Box System costing approximately $179