My brother almost got a home theater in a box! (1 Viewer)

[Jonathan Hayes]

Forgive me if there's a better place for posting this, but I couldn't tell from the main forum page...

A few years ago, you guys gave me great advice for a low end home theater system. I ended up with a Panasonic widescreen TV, a Denon receiver, a Sony subwoofer and Home Theater Direct speakers, and have been very pleased with them.

My brother now wants to get something similar for his house, and I wondered what you guys would advise. He has a decent display unit, so he basically needs a receiver and speaker system, and a DVD player. He's English, and has a bunch of English DVDs, so he also needs a multi-region DVD player; he apparently has some kind of converter that converts the signal to NTSC, but I figure a multi-region DVD player which outputs an NTSC signal would be the easiest way to go.

The budget (sharp intake of breath): about $1000 to $1200.

Any suggestions? I realize half of you spend more than that on CD cleaning equipment, but any suggestions would be gratefully accepted.

Thanks,

Jonathan

 

[Jonathan Hayes]

(Also, if this is the wrong forum for this question, please let me know where I should have posted it. Thanks!)

 

[DorianBryant]

This is for a receiver, speakers, and DVD player?

There are a million possibilities. I just helped my Dad with a similar budget. I have JBL speakers so I can give a break down of how that might work.

EC35 Center- $140 on-line price
2 pairs of JBL E30's- $280-online price
Dayton Sub from Parts Express-$140 shipped- (if able you may be able to get the entry level SVS subwoofer)

This brings you up to $560.

Receivers (many options)

HK AVR-235 -$340 shipped, on-line price
Pioneer 1014- $400 on-line price
Panasonic SA-XR50-$240 on-line price

This brings you to $900 with the HK receiver and give or take for the others. You then have up to $300 for DVD player and connections.

IMO, I would spend %60-70 on speakers and the remaining for receiver and DVD player.