Guys,
After my previous advice from you not to buy a sound bar and to rather build one, I tried for few weeks to look around and got pretty overwhelmed (I think I took in too much info in too short of a time and went cross-eyed!). Ended up buying the Home theater bundle with Pioneer VSX 5231 and Bose acoustimass 5.1 system ( this may not be the best name to mention here but...) with belkin bluetooth for about 800+ (total). After tweaking with it for last 3 weeks, I realized that the remote control for Pioneer sucks in the fact that I cannot program it to control my Panasonic Plasma. So, Now I have TV remote, ROKU remote and Pioneer remote. I like the sound overall. My use is a mix of TV/movie/Audio.
So, my issue is that now that I understand more as to what I need from my receiver, I need help buying a decent receiver and speakers.
If I keep my total budget at 1000 dollars (About 300ish for receiver and 700ish on speakers), is there a decent set better than what I have right now, with a great universal remote. (I do not care about internet capability since I can use ROKU to do all that) Bluetooth maybe helpful but it is not a deal breaker) even 4-5 HDMIs ins are enough for me.
I saw few deals on YAMAHA 5.1 Channel Network A/V Receiver - Refurbished (RX-V475-R) for $200.00 at Frys vs Onkyo 595-watt 7.2-Channel Network Receiver, model no. HT-RC560 for $300 at Walmart. You can mention any other receivers too, if any come to your mind.
Also looked at another HT set-Onkyo HT-S9400THX 7.1-Channel Network A/V Receiver/Speaker Package for 800+ at Amazon (as recommended by another website)! Or any other speaker set that Y'all can think of on top of your head.
I will really appreciate any kind of help.
Thanks
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