Dated 07/12/07 - Excerpt reprinted with permission
Home Entertainment
Home Theater in a Box
You finally splurged on that flat-panel TV? Now you just need a place to show it off and some new speakers. Take a look at these entertainment consoles and equipment for some simple ideas
By Cliff Edwards
Many consumers
flocking to glitzy, flat-panel HDTVs have one of those
"Gotcha!" moments when they get it home. Suddenly the
old TV cabinet looks too small or too rickety to
showcase the new gear. And that old sound system just
doesn't do high-def, surround-sound justice. You can dig
deeper into your pockets and spend another $5,000 to
$10,000 to really deck out the place, but the complexity
of building and setting up such a system is a turn-off
for many. That's why we went on the hunt for our own
home theater in a box—entertainment consoles and
equipment that are easy for non-techies to set up and
use. Here are some of our favorites:
