I can never find receivers in Wal-Mart or anywhere else!

[JamesKurtovich]

Perhaps I am not looking in the right places. I am relatively new to HT and after purchasing my HDTV, I wanted a good sound system to go along with it. I had inherited an RCA receiver, 5.1 ch, 300 watts from a family member and it died out on me. I purchased its apparent successor at 1,000 watts. It seems weaker than the older model. It was $140 at Wal-Mart.

This is a newbie question.. alright? Why are there no receivers anywhere in Wal-Mart or Fred Meyer? All I see are DVD HT set-ups that really are only made for DVD's and not for DVD/VCR/AUX/CD/etc. This RCA receiver is horrible but it's much better than listening to the speakers on the TV. What I need is a good quality receiver that'll accomodate Blu-ray audio (7.1)? The speakers and subwoofer seem decent on this set-up, it's the lack of power in the receiver that sucks.

http://www.amazon.com/RCA-5-1-Channe.../dp/B000P6J79E

Any tips? Also... WIRES. They're everywhere!