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I'm planning on purchasing either the Epic Grand Master or the Epic 60 Home Theater package. The room the system will go in is about 200 sq. feet (12 x 16 approx.) so I'm leaning towards the Grand Master.

I'm trying to decide what TV, receiver and DVD player to buy. Does anyone have any suggestions? My personal preference for TV's would be to stay away from a big screen TV, I prefer the widescreen tv's (ex: Sony 36HS510 36" Widescreen TV). For DVD players and receivers I don't really have a preference.

Money is not really an issue as I plan to keep all of these products for a while. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Thank you!

This is becoming a standard reply to your question: "Did I hear Sushi say projector?"

But if your room setup limits you to rear projection TV's Sony and Mitsubishi are good choices. Although I bought a Sony for picture clarity but if I am going to do it again, I would buy a front projector.

There are few brands of receiver that are often mentioned in this forum. I bought a Denon.

If you search this forum for those topics you will get a good basis for your decision.

Thanks for the quick reply!
My room really doesn't allow for a projector. Is there any specific TV that you suggest? Which Sony do you have?

With regards to a receiver, what do you think about the Harmon Kardon AVR-525? I've heard many good things about it.

Robin

You really can't go wrong with the AVR-525. Just be aware that is is one of the longer (deeper) receivers out there. If your AV furniture has a solid back on it, it might not fit.

If I'm looking at the AVR-525, what other receivers should I be looking at too? What Denon receiver is comparable? Is there any other manufacturers that make receivers comparable in price and performance?

Thanks again for all of your help!

There are too many to list. However, if you keep your choices down to Pioneer Elite, Denon, Harman-Kardon, and (for spiffnme's sake) Rotel, then you should be able to find a great performance/feature/price balance to fit your needs. Yamaha and Onkyo also make great receivers in that price range, but you have to draw the line somewhere.

I had one of those thick cardboard type of backs...I just cut out a hole where my receiver sits so that it would go in far enough and not hang off the edge.

I've got a lovely Danish entertainment center that is completely open in the back. It also doubles as a speaker stand. It was never designed to hold a TV, though. Notice the thick round dowel I wedged under it between the VCR and DVD player...

I bought a Sony KP-65WV700. When you feed it with HD signals, the picture quality is superb. Like you, I also prefer the widescreen.

If you visit the Sony site, you can see what are available. As far as prices are concerned, dealers close to you could give you good price breaks, maybe better than what Sony internet site could give you.

The new Sony ES series receivers are now out, the ES3000 looks really nice with component video upconversion like the Denon AVR-3803. The 1000 and 2000 both do composite to S-Video upconversion.