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Which home theater in the box woud you buy?

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4/18/09 at 8:41pm
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Currently I have a samsung 46b650 tv. The home theater that I will be purchasing will be connected to an xbox 360, comcast hd box, and I will be streaming from my computer through hdmi, so it has to be able to decode from hdmi, no pass-through. These are the ones that I am currently looking at:

Samsung ht-as720st
Blu-ray matching home theater system HT-AS720 - home theatre systems - home theatre | SAMSUNG

Sony SS2300
HT-SS2300 | Blu-ray Disc™ Player Matching Component Home Theater System | Sony | SonyStyle USA


Yamaha
YHT-590


My main purpose will be bluray movies followed closely to music. Which one do you recommend?
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4/18/09 at 9:17pm
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Re: Which home theater in the box woud you buy?

I think I'd go with this one:
Amazon.com: Onkyo HT-S6100 7.1 Channel Receiver and Speaker Package: Electronics
Samsung HL61A750 (LED DLP)            Onkyo TX-SR805
Oppo BDP-83 Blu ray                                  Polk Audio LSi9
Polk Audio LSiC                                  Sony SS-MB100H
JBL PSW1200 (Sub)                        ...
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4/18/09 at 9:30pm
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Re: Which home theater in the box woud you buy?

thing is though, sorry forgot to mention. My budget is around 300-400 dollars.
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4/18/09 at 11:14pm
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Re: Which home theater in the box woud you buy?

I'd go with the Yamaha just based on rep. But really, none of those is going to sound that great. See if this one fits your needs. Onkyo 5100/$299. It's a factory refurb but comes with a one year warranty from Onkyo. It's also available in black for $319.

Edit: The 5100 is a switcher. Bummer. Guess I'd go with the Yamaha.
"Everyday room": Mitsubishi 52631 RPTV, H/K 520, H/K dvd-5, H/K 8380, H/K CDR 20, OPPO BDP-83 BluRay player, Dish-HD, Infinity Beta 20's-C250-OWS1's, Dayton HSU10.
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4/20/09 at 5:24pm
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Re: Which home theater in the box woud you buy?

None of the systems you listed will decode the lossless Dolby TrueHD or DTS Master Audio formats found on Blu-Ray discs. They all basically just decode the lossy DD and DTS formats. In order to have decoding of the newer formats you are going to have to go with a system such as the Onkyo HT-S6100 that another poster mentioned. It's going to run you around $500-$600 though. However - you absolutely will NOT be disappointed in the sound.
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4/21/09 at 5:37am
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Re: Which home theater in the box woud you buy?

well what I am planning to do is run the movies from my htpc. By video card can send pcm through hdmi which these 3 home theaters can get.
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