Jim, just on the off chance you absorb enough info to get yourself comfortable, ecost (authorized Denomn etailer) has a slug of equipment available here . Search the board on "ecost" and you'll find lotsa happy campers.

The 2803 and 3803 receivers are steals. Likewise the DVD 2200 or 2900. For a 5 disc CD/progressive scan DVD player (with excellent PQ), I picked up a DVM-4800 and it's wonderful.

Might be early in the game for you to make decisions, but the models I mentioned are all mid to top o the line and each is at LEAST half of the original MSRP.

On blind faith, the 2803 and 2200 would be great. the 3803 and 2900 would be better. I hope this is helpful.