My first advice when building a top quality home theater is to buy one piece at a time instead of building it all at the same time. This enables you to consistently upgrade your system without breaking the budget all at the same time. It also offers you the time to save for higher quality pieces in your system instead of trying to make a make or break purchase. One thing to bear in mind when buying pieces individually is to make certain they're all compatible ( this is particularly vital with speakers, which I would recommend buying together as a set whenever it's possible ). The TV is the very first thing you should buy when building your house theater as most everything in your house theater will center around your TV. High-definition televisions are getting more and commoner and provide high quality to several other TVs you'll find on the market. If you have got the means with which to get this type of TV I strongly recommend that you do so. When you have your TV you can begin buying other elements so as to complete your system. The following part I suggest is a receiver or amplifier. This is the piece that brings all the other elements together. Without a fair receiver it is extremely unlikely to have a fair home theater. The receiver acts as a kind of conductor for the sound and image of your house theater.
This is a chunk of clobber that shouldn't be stinted on when talking of quality, as you'll totally miss a vital part of the 'theater' experience without it. Next are the speakers. Speakers are also important to the 'theater' experience of your house theater. The speakers are what provide that 'movie quality' sound that's so vital to most fans and what will make your system the envy of the neighborhood. I strongly recommend buying speakers as a set so as to insure compatibility. Ultimately , the DVD player or recorder rounds out the system. It is down to you and your preferences whether or not you wish to speculate in a high dollar ( currently ) high-definition DVD player. If you have HD TV and plan to buy HD disks for your pictures then this is the way to go.
