drios,
Welcome to HTShack, here you will find good people with a lot of experience that will help you along the way to great Audio.
I would advise staying away from HTiB set-ups. You'll get more bang for your $$$ w/ seperates. For your bugget you could get a future proof receiver and a awesome 5.1 speaker system.
SVSound.com is a great place to start for speakers and subwoofers.
SBS-01 packages (5.1) for $999
SBS-01 packages (7.1) for $1,175
All the best,
hyghwayman