Looking to buy a home theather system, any advice greatly appreciated

[Blus Brother]

As Far as manufacturers go, if you have the money. TV - High end Mitsubishis or Pioneer Elite models, both are consistently the best TV manufacturers right now. I have a Mitsu Diamond series RPTV HDTV that the picture quality looks better than most DLPs (of course I have professionally calibrated mine). Speakers - I like Definitive Technology (Def Techs for short). Of course you wont find any of the models I have mentioned at Best Buy or Circuit City. If you have an Ultimate Electronics or specialized audio/video store where you live, then thats where I would look. other speakers worth a look Boston Acoustics, Paradigm, Klipsch to name a few