For a receiver and DVD player, I recommend Marantz.
Receivers:
the SR7500 ($1099) is a nice one-
105 Watts x 7 Channels THX Select Certified M.R.A.C (Marantz Room Accoustic Calibration) Video Up-conversion with TBC Speaker A/B Switching Multi Speaker "C" output Direct IR Flasher Inputs Pre-coded/Learning Remotethe SR8500 ($1299) adds a few extra features-
125 Watts x 7 Channels DVI Switching Toroidal Transformer Copper Plated Chassis HDCD Decoder
DVD players:
DV4600 ($299) has some good features-
DVD-V, DVD-R/RW, CD, CD-R/RW, VCD, MP3, WMA9, JPEG Playback Progressive Scan 54MHz/10Bit Video DAC and 192kHz/24Bit Audio DAC Aluminum Front Panel Marantz D-Bus connectionDV6600 ($599) adds a few more-
- DVD-Video/Audio, SACD-Stereo/Multi-channel, DVD-R/RW, CD, CD-R/RW, SVCD, VCD, MP3, WMA9, JPEG and DivX Discs
- Progressive Scan
- 480p, 720p and 1080i output from HDMI
- 108MHz/12-Bit Video D/A Converter and 192kHz/24-Bit Audio D/A Converters
- Faroudja DCDi
- Dolby Digital®/DTS Decoder
Most dealers will sell these for a little under retail.
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