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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Broken Fang" data-source="post: 496881" data-attributes="member: 3172">Well over the weekend we kust upgraded our nine year old entertainment system.  We purchased the following:TV - 32" Flat Screen - Sony KV32FS100 - $799DVD - JVC - don't remember the model # - $99Receiver/Speaker - Onkyo's HTiaB from Circuit City - $49914g Speaker wire from Home Depot - ~$20 for 100'Monster Subwoofer wire - ~$30Component Video and Digital Audio for DVD - ~$80S-Video for Satellite connection - ~$30The TV is awesome (the flat screen is nice to look at from the side...where our love seat is) and it has 16:9 compression for watching DVD's.  It doesn't have many other bells and whistles (no PIP) but is very nice.The DVD plater is not a progressive scan player. but if you don't have a HDTV you don't need one.  Everyone I talked to and everything I read when researching says progressive scan gives no better picture than a regular DVD player when viewed on a non-HDTV.The Onkyo is AWESOME!  It is by far the best sounding system we have heard in the $400-600 range.  Is supports both Dolby Digital and DTS and Dolby Pro Logic II.  650 Watts (5x100 and 150W powered sub).  The speaker boxes are wood NOT plastic and have decent sized mid-ranges.We played a variety of scenes from LotR and Star Wars on DVD and it was INCREDIBLE!  Sound blows you away (we actually had the windows shaking from the sub) and the picture with component video was PERFECT!</blockquote>