What should I buy for my room first? Surround sound, TV, movie collection? Thanks for all your answers?

Question

I have a 15 inch TV and a collection of horror and comedies (lol I know kinda polar movie genre's lol) and wondered what I should get first, any suggestions would be great I'm trying to make my room look more desirable and more enjoyable kind of boring and dull now

Surround sound system (Please recommend a set up or something because I'm pretty in the dark if you choose this one not mandatory though)

1080i wide screen TV

entertainment center (I have something of the sort that would work but nothing that's totally desirable)

Movie posters for the room for decoration and with and more movies to my movie collection



I plan on getting a blue ray player but later.

Answer 1

It sounds like you already have a movie collection, so you might want to concentrate first on getting yourself a sound system.

The system you get is dependant upon your budget but you also want to future proof your investment before plunking down $3000 for equipment and figuring out later that you wished you paid a few grand more for better equipment. The regret can be costly.

You should go out to as many stores as you can get to and listen to equipment for yourself as everybody has different tastes. I have a marantz receiver, rega apollo cd player, pioneer elite dvd player and boston acoustic speakers and am very happy with my set up but you may like a different receiver and speakers. If you don't want to fiddle with any controls and have the sound come at you as the director/producer/writer intended, you will probably want a "flat" receiver like the Marantz or a NAD. When I say "flat," it means that there aren't the jazz, stadium, club, rock, etc settings that a lot of brands come with. You can adjust bass, treble and so on on them, they just don't have the preset rooms.

I also have $2000 invested in speaker cables and connectors. The wires you choose to hook everything up with is just as important as your components and speakers.

A great way to save money or to make your dollar go further is to buy close out equipment. Sites like www.musicdirect.com and www.audioadvisor.com have closeouts all the time on top end equipment. These are items that just have a new model coming in. Audioadvisor also has bedrock speaker cable on sale for unbeleivably cheap if you want to shell out the cash for good speaker cables.

For your TV, going out and seeing each TV is key as well. I bought a Sony Wega 32" flat screen tube 3 years ago and it has a better picture than 98% of the plasmas and LCDs out there. Yeah, it weighs a ton (but that's what free delivery is for) but you can probably still get the 36" version of that Sony (or the XBR model) at Circuit City now for about $500 and it has an HDMI hookup so you'll still be getting the Hi-Def picture from your blu-ray player you plan on buying.

Answer 2

Hi there. First we need to know your budget. What is the size of your room?. Is sound quality very important to you?. Surround Sound speakers are 5.1 (five speakers plus a subwoofer) 6.1(six speakers plus a subwoofer) and 7.1 (seven speakers plus a subwoofer) Surround Sound Receivers have 5.1,6.1 and 7.1 channels to drive the speakers.If you are going to buy a Blu-Ray Player later on (good idea to wait) try to get the best one available.This piece of equipment is the most important part of your Home Theater System.The quality of the signal coming out of this first component will determine the final sound you will hear from your speakers.
So if you could supply some extra info. i can better suggest to you what i think you should have.

Answer 3

I would start with the 1080i TV. Your current 15 inch tv is not fully compatable with a surround sound system, so it would not make sense to buy the surround sound sytem first. (If you want to use it right away)

Here's what I rock:

RCA 52" CRT HDTV (W/ HDMI)
Onkyo 5.1 Surround Sound Audio Receiver (Optical and Coaxial Sound inputs for true Surround Sound)
Toshiba Progressive Scan DVD Player
RCA 4 Head StereoVCR (OLD SKOOL!!)
Motorola Cable Box (Comcast)

Answer 4

I guess wide screen TV would be great?

Answer 5

Isnt you girlfriend Pregnate..I think you should save the money for the baby!!!!

Answer 6

I wouldnt be mad but i would sure as hell be jealous,pity about your friend though.

Answer 7

go to best buy and they will help u