I didn't look at the name of who left the message when I replied. I was just assuming it was a newbe, oops. I hadn't had my first cup of coffee yet.
Personally, I would want the equipment away from my view so all the lights wouldn't affect the viewing pleasure. As for movie storage, you could put that in a different room. There's no reason to have to have it in the HT room.
I've always heard, and it makes sense, that 3 identical speakers across the front would sound the best. Since you already have the M60's.... But I suppose you could mount a VP180 on a stand behind the screen so that it's approx in the center of the screen. I would raise the M60's also.
I thought that the rear ports had to fire off of the rear wall from about 2 to 8 inches in order to get their effect.
