Seating is something I'll be looking at next year, as (hopefully) I'll start looking at redoing the basement and putting my home theater there. I probably will opt for connected seating, and another row on a riser behind, as I've always been dissatisfied with how few people I can have over to watch a movie. Some of the online vendors look promising, but yeah, I'd have a lot more confidence in something I could check out locally. I don't really want anything TOO involved, however, as it really jacks up the price, and I'd rather have more money for the renovations. I think I'm going to be very conflicted about it. Ideally, I'd just make more money. I wish you luck with whatever your decision turns out to be. Hopefully some more people will chime in with what they're using.