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keviny1:
ill start off by saying i love watching movies on my home theater setup, i currently have a magnavox bluray player and a phillips dvd surround sound system. i was thinking about selling both and get a bluray/surround sound combo such as a http://www.samsung.com/ca/consumer/tv-video/home-theatre/home-theatre-systems/HT-D5130/ZC . What do you guys think about this decision? i do not have a whole lot of knowledge in the sound system department, just that it makes the movie experience so much better. 

halfelite:
What is your budget? Most theaters in a box are not very good, they are under powered and priced a little high. If You are willing to spend a little more you can piece together something that will last you a long time.

keviny1:
400 was my limit. thats including what i get from selling the other equipment. so your saying it would be better off if i went and bought a receiver and speakers separately? 

halfelite:
Yes. the main issue with the all in ones is they usually have minimal port options. So if you have a lot of devices they cant use it.  another option is look at the boxes like these http://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-HT-S5400-7-1-Channel-Theater-System/dp/B004O0TREC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1330306732&sr=8-5 that come with a semi decent receiver. Usually only thing they lack is upscaling of sd sources to hdmi output.  Then later down the road you can add a nice set of speakers to it to make it a very nice setup.

datora:
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I was looking at this one very carefully:

ONKYO HT-S3400 5.1 Home Theater System

Currently on sale for $250 delivered ... unfortunately, the clearance sale on it ends 27 Feb ... so time is real short just now to make a decision.

You would then need to buy a blu ray player to plug into it, but it's got a lot of flexibility to connect a lot of things through.  For the money, the quality would be very difficult (maybe even impossible) to beat.  Most everything else I've seen with similar specs and positive reviews/customer happiness runs in the $350 to $600 range.  And up.

I would have bought this last week, except I just couldn't scrape the funds together for it.

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