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Listener Joe's $5K Theater

Joe was asked to assemble a good home theater package for some friends, given a $5,000 budget. He managed to pull off what he would consider to be a "premium" system with $1000 to spare. Here's what he came up with:

HDTV: 50" Panasonic TH 50PX77U $1669.95
Receiver: Onkyo TX SR705 $615.27
5.1 Speakers: Aperion Intimus 532 Cinema (with 10" Sub!!!) $1339.00
DVD Player: OPPO Digital DV-980H (Upconverting DVD player) - $169.00
Remote: Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote: $249.99

Total Cost: $4043.21

Miscellaneous - Just under $1000 left to hire an electrician to run the surround wires and buy speaker stands, TV Stand, cabling, etc.

HT Guys ideas for that extra $1000. If you've got it, you might as well spend it!
Instant movies: Vudu Set Top Box: $295.00
Blu-ray movies: Sony BDP-S300: $366.29
HD-DVD movies: Toshiba HD-A30: $151.68

Or if you prefer, you can select your own amount