[NJ H2]

Originally Posted by BKLYNH2

Thats some good info on the av receiver as i'd like to minimize the cables that run to the tv. Does that thing do the surround sound as well? It's good to here a lot of praise for the Pioneer it is definitely a top contender and the price is at 2 grand now, not too bad.

The HDMI Cable won't support Surround Sound but if you get a 5.1 or 7.1 Surround Sound Receiver it will. Since everything is running from the receiver it should be no problem to run surround sound speakers from the Receiver's location. I also did in-wall speakers for the 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound and it sounds great. It's not the best set-up out there but I have no speaker wire to deal with and since the speakers are in the walls no speaker stands. I used a JBL Dual in wall Subwoofer for the .1 with Hometech in wall speakers for the rest (5)
Onkyo makes a real good Receiver the TX-SR674 Somewhere between $600.00 and $700.00
You plug in all your equipment to the Onkyo and run 1 HDMI Cable to the TV.
Just don't forget you need the Infrared eye or Wall box if you do this. I have the Wall box with cat 5 wire running to a brain located in my basement. The brain distributes the individual remote controls signal to the appropriate equipment and now you can control everything from the location of the Infrared eye with ZERO CLUTTER!. I have a Logitech Universal remote control (as KenP mentioned) and it works great except I have the LOGITECH HARMONY 890. 1 Remote works everything!