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    Setting up my first Home Theater, not sure what can or should be done - advice please!

    Thanks schan! Those last two seem very appetizing and within my budget :) thanks for all the help!
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    Setting up my first Home Theater, not sure what can or should be done - advice please!

    schan1269 is right, AVRs are overkill for what I want to do. I might end up getting one if nothing else comes up, but that'll take some convincing :/The speakers do have volume control and I'll likely end up using that, yes. The optical decoder... two questions: 1) are there 7.1 versions? 2)...
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    Setting up my first Home Theater, not sure what can or should be done - advice please!

    They're old Creative Inspire 7100 speakers. Not much to look at but better than the TV's speakers, especially when watching Blu-Rays with good soundtracks.Looking at your feature list, I'm fairly sure I wouldn't put most of that to use. My speakers aren't good enough to benefit from them and my...
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    Setting up my first Home Theater, not sure what can or should be done - advice please!

    Well, 7.1 surround support is the key thing. Apart from that, a few HDMI ports are always welcome, and possibly something small-ish or easily hidden. Just out of curiosity, what are you getting on those $800 AVRs that a $250 doesn't have?Thanks for the help!
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    Setting up my first Home Theater, not sure what can or should be done - advice please!

    Well boo :( I am not a happy bunny. Thanks for the quick answer though. Could I bother you to ask a few more things?1) what does an AVR do that justifies that kind of cash? 2) what should I be looking for in an AVR? Eg features, component quality, inputs and outputs... what's most important in...
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    Setting up my first Home Theater, not sure what can or should be done - advice please!

    Hi! I'm setting up my first Home Theater and I'm fairly happy with my setup; I have a Raspberry Pi hooked up to the TV, streaming 1080p content from my laptop, a DVD drive and everything is working smoothly down to the iPhone remote control :DThing is, I have a set of 7.1 speakers hooked up to...
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