Today's Show:
We did this a couple years ago, and it's probably just as good an idea now as it was then. Being that many of you may have recently purchased your first HDTV at a great price on "Black Friday," we wanted to do a show that will help you decide on a Home Theater in a Box (HTIB) system that will bring the other half of the HD experience into your HD Theater. We list and briefly discuss 5 systems; all of which support Blu-ray - some even include it.

Post Black Friday HTiB Round-up

Sony BDVIS1000, 5.1Ch Blu-ray Disc/DVD Home Theater System, 50 watts x 5 channels, Integrated single BD/DVD/CD Player, S-Air Wireless Surround included, New audio codec support (Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD-MA), HDMI repeater (2in/1out), BD-Live Ready (upgradable), 1080/24p, Digital Media Port interface, Digital Cinema Auto Calibration (mic included), DVD Upscale to 1080p resolution, $979 street

Denon DHT-789BA, 5.1-Channel Home Theater System, 90 watts x 7 channels, New audio codec support (Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD-MA), Audyssey MultEQ, Dynamic Volume and Dynamic EQ audio processing, Boston Acoustics Horizon MCS 100 5.1 channel home theater speaker system, $899 street

Panasonic SC-BT100, 5.1 Blu-Ray Home Theater System, 1250 watts Total Power, Blu-ray Disc Player built-in, Full-HD 1080p High Quality Picture, New audio codec support (Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD-MA), Integrated Universal Dock for iPod, VIERA Link, only $634 street

Onkyo HT-S6100, 7.1 Channel Receiver and Speaker Package, 130 watts/channel at 8 ohms, 1080p Capable HDMI (v1.3a) (4 in/1 out), New audio codec support (Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD-MA), HDMI Video Upconversion, Audyssey 2EQ and Dynamic EQ, iPod dock included, $549 street

Samsung HT-BD2ST, Blu-ray Home Theater System, 7.1 ch system with 1100w total output power, 6 Satellite speakers included, Powered Subwoofer, New audio codec support (Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD-MA), HDMI out with 1080p (Full HD), 1080/24p, $983 street

Posted by The HT Guys, December 1, 2008 10:40 PM