Westy - Mordaunt speakers are very nice. Personally, I prefer Missions, but Mordaunt do make great speakers. If you can tho, position them a tad wider than just right next to the TV, as you get a bigger (wider) soundstage

As Codey said, go for an active sub. Active means, as said, it has a built in amplifier, which means far less hassle than matching a sub to an amps capabilities, and not having to worry bout crossovers etc.... Plu,s as said, they can be tuned to the existing set up, room etc...

Codey - nah, I ain't that much of a tech junkie really.... And I agree, building up over time can be a bit of a bitch what with ever increasing technology, but as I said, I am unlikely to make use of HDMI for a good while (as in years) as other than possibly DVD, I've nothing to transmit through it (I don't have an HDMI capable TV, and the only "TV pictures" will be Freeview, which probably won't utilise HDMI for many years). On that note, I am watching HD-DVD, but I am one of these that will sit back and watch untill either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD has firmly won the title, and settled itself in the market. And most importantly, I won't buy a player till prices have dropped! I didn't buy a PS2 untill 5 years after it came out due to the fact I thought it wasn't worth the money. Same with DVD. When they came out they were £500-£1000 - I waited till they were sub £100 (actually got my first DVD player £60 lol) Nowadays they are like £20, so I will wait till the market fully embraces HD-DVD before making the swap.....