| Newbie (again)
Greetings... I've been out of the home theater scene for quite a few years now. And I'm looking to get back into it in a very slow way. But first, I need to demonstrate to the wife the joys of a decent home theater before I can get deep into it.
Here's what I have right now (it depresses me to see how far I've fallen)...
1) Standard Dev TV
2) Widescreen LCD Monitor (not TV) (And I'm very disappointed in the monitor itself. Apparently, it doesn't support anything but a very small number of resolutions. None of which are provided by the Comcast HDTV Cable Box. I turn on the monitor and I see 2 seconds of very nice looking TV output and then *BLANK*. Nothing. Nada.
3) XBox 360
4) Comcast HDTV Cable box (which obviously isn't doing a thing for me right now). I picked it up yesterday because the old box I had stopped working and I knew I'd be upgrading the system in the very near future (thanks to the Uncle Sam Savings Plan [aka Tax Return])
So, what I'm looking for is suggestions on a receiver and HDTV (preferably LCD) that I can get relatively cheaply to demonstrate to the wife how good it can be.
I'm looking at a Westinghouse LTV-19W6 for the TV (The size isn't wonderful, but I don't have a large theater room anyway) and a Sony STR-DG500 with some low-middle of the road speakers. I can pick this up for around $525 or so. Is there better alternatives out there that would be around the same price range?
I'm hoping that the wife will like it enough that she'll "allow" me to upgrade the system slowly throught the following year(s).
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