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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lothar" data-source="post: 496091" data-attributes="member: 3225">Home Theater EconomicsHere is a good method to determine how much to spend on each component of your home theater.Spend half of your money on your video display and the other half on audio.Spend half of your audio budget on speakers.Spend one quarter of your audio budget on amplification.Spend one quarter of your audio budget on the playback device.With a budget of $1000, it breaks down like this:$500 on a television$250 on 5 speakers and a subwoofer$125 on a (dolby digital and/or dts) home theater receiver$125 on a dvd playerBased on those numbers, a 32" TV would not be a problem.  However, it would not have a progressive scan input.  A $125 DVD player would allow most any brand name basic single disc player.  $125 on a receiver would be very difficult to get digital sound, and $250 on speakers doesn't get you that much either.  So you should probably go for one of the home theater in a box combos.Good Luck.</blockquote>