If you want to watch High Definition Television (HDTV) you need a television capable of displaying the high quality HDTV pictures. Such monitors continue to drop in price and are now below $1000. You also need a receiver which decodes the HDTV signal and outputs it to the television monitor. Some HDTV televisions have the receiver included within the monitor, some others HDTV televisions require a separate receiver box.

You will most likely want to include a blue ray DVD player in your home theater environment.  Blue ray DVD’s display wonderfully on a HDTV monitor.

You might also want to consider a multi-speaker sound system to round-out your home theater. This setup typically includes 6 speakers to provide 5-1 sound. It also includes an audio-visual (AV) receiver. An AV receiver is like a stereo receiver, but can also switch and pass through video signals from your HDTV receiver, satellite receiver, and DVD player.