Starting from scratch...

[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by Mobjack

Hello all. I have been on Blu-Ray.com for a while now, but I dont post much in the forums.

I am going through a separation and I will literally be starting with nothing. I have started a pretty nice Blu-Ray collection of movies and now I don't have anything to watch them on. I will moving to an apartment and was looking for some direction. My budget is not grand, but I am willing to spend $2 to $3k, but would like to get the most bang for as little buck as possible.

I saw a previous post where some folks were suggesting the Onkyo TX-SR606. Also the poster stated he was looking at the Onkyo HT-S6100 7.1-Channel Home Theater System.

I don't consider myself an audiophile so I probably don't need top of the line stuff. My old system was a Sony S300, Sharp Aquos 50" and a htib speaker/amp system and I enjoyed that very much.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Welcome mobjack!

I went through the same thing you did many years ago, and I also had to start from scratch. I understand your situation completely and not to worry.....things do eventually get better!

You have a very nice budget at $2G-$3G., so you have considerable options. The first thing I would do is decide on a viewing source. Plasma, LCD, DLP or Projector. This will be your biggest investment at the start and make sure you don't sacrifice yourself. That means (IMO), buy brand name like Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, LG, Sony and the like. Then decide on the audio side of things. Do you want a 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.1, etc type system?

At this budget level I would recommend a strong 2.0 system. You can always add later. Get a nice A/V Receiver (at least 3 HDMI inputs) and 2 good Front Speakers.

Go quality first!

John