see, now we're getting into major guy stuff . . . my hdtv is fairly old cause i got it 4 years ago when hdtv first started coming out, a 56" panasonic widescreen . . . now remember you can't have the phat hdtv video without having an equally money audio system . . . i have ifinity front, center, and surround w/ 12"sub, marantz receiver that has 5.1 and 6.1 capabilities, with dolby digital and dts es . . . fuck, i don't know how much money i've spent on cables alone, friggin component cables, optical cables and speaker cables, i can't go cheap . . . and to top it off, i subscribe to home theater mag . . .