Let me start by saying, I love home theater setups. I bought my first Pioneer in 1991, which was one of the first home receivers to offer Dolby Pro-Logic.
But now I'm faced with the task of upgrading our TV in the family room (32" LCD, with HDMI inputs, hoping enough in the budget for 1080). In looking at my aged receiver, 5 disc DVD player and speakers I'm thinking an audio upgrade is appropriate.
Now while I'll be buying a 32" LCD for this room, it's not going to be the TRUE home theater room. In 3-4 years time (when my daughter is done playing with her Barbies, we'll be turning the basement into a TRUE home theater with 1080 projector, Pioneer Elite Receiver, Blu-Ray disc player, HTPC, etc.). So in the mean time I was just looking at a home theater in a box to tide us all over.
Will I be just heartbrokenly disappointed in the quality of products in the Home Theater in a Box genre? Or will they be sufficient?
Links to the TV and Home Theater in a box being considered:
Samsung HT-Z410 home theater system
Samsung 32" 760p LCD LN32B360
Samsung 32" 1080p LCD LN32A550
But now I'm faced with the task of upgrading our TV in the family room (32" LCD, with HDMI inputs, hoping enough in the budget for 1080). In looking at my aged receiver, 5 disc DVD player and speakers I'm thinking an audio upgrade is appropriate.
Now while I'll be buying a 32" LCD for this room, it's not going to be the TRUE home theater room. In 3-4 years time (when my daughter is done playing with her Barbies, we'll be turning the basement into a TRUE home theater with 1080 projector, Pioneer Elite Receiver, Blu-Ray disc player, HTPC, etc.). So in the mean time I was just looking at a home theater in a box to tide us all over.
Will I be just heartbrokenly disappointed in the quality of products in the Home Theater in a Box genre? Or will they be sufficient?
Links to the TV and Home Theater in a box being considered:
Samsung HT-Z410 home theater system
Samsung 32" 760p LCD LN32B360
Samsung 32" 1080p LCD LN32A550