| If you have been "sitting on the fence" | | | | shop around the $3-$5000 price range means |
| regarding home theater and are waiting for | | | | there is plenty of scope to pick up bargains |
| prices to drop further, all I can say is... | | | | so you'll need to keep an eye on the sales |
| there has never been a better time than now! | | | | pages. An LCD television, DVD player and |
| Prices have been decreasing steadily for a | | | | sub-woofer will set you back about |
| number of years and the thing to remember is | | | | $1500-$2500 and this should leave you plenty |
| you can build it up over time; you don't need | | | | of scope to shop around for a more than |
| to start off with the system on the market. | | | | competent digital sound projector. |
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| How Much Can You Expect To Pay? | | | | Working To A Budget |
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| Realistically, you could get started for as | | | | The best home theater system on the market |
| low as $1000. You won't get the best home | | | | will cost you a minimum of six figures. What |
| theater system on the market but you will get | | | | you need to realise is that unless you have |
| started! A television, a DVD player and some | | | | an inheritance coming your way, then it's |
| speakers but you would have to be a very | | | | ridiculous to put off getting a system |
| prudent second hand shopper. Or better still, | | | | because you think you have to have the best |
| for those who already have a TV, then for | | | | and most expensive brand products in your |
| less than a thousand bucks, you'll pick up a | | | | home. This is the reason why many people are |
| pretty handy set of speakers and DVD. | | | | left "sitting on the fence." It's the "when I |
| | | | win the lottery" mentality. |
| Between $3000-$5000 | | | | |
| | | | Start with a budget you can afford. $3000 is |
| Let's be honest, most people visualize home | | | | a great starting point and as explained |
| theater as something akin to having home | | | | earlier, will get you a handy system. Once |
| style cinema under their own roof. That's | | | | you have the core products in place, then you |
| exactly how it should be. High cinema prices | | | | can plan to expand. It's not uncommon for |
| have been a big turn off in recent years plus | | | | some systems to take more than a year to come |
| you are in control of the system. So what can | | | | together. |
| you expect to pay for a decent system? | | | | |
| $3000-$5000 will get you a more than a handy | | | | Home theater can be treated as a project. You |
| system. It will definately get you comments | | | | won't start off with the best system on the |
| from your friends. | | | | market but you can get it started for a |
| | | | reasonably low cost. Isn't it time you got |
| Given that a larger portion of people will | | | | off the fence and joined the revolution? |