an AV Amp/Recievers
the AV stands for audio and visual this is the one you need for all your surround sound,two channel and five channel music needs
Go for an AV amp/Reciever best of both worlds
an Amp is just the old standard left and right front channels(2 channel)
regarding a Plasma Screen/TV etc even computer monitors(you dont really see HD Ready Logo'd comp monitors though) anything in the stores that dares to bare the HD ready Logo is obviously ready
HDMI is a cable and a socket and can transmit sound and a visual signal so one cable is needed from av amp/dvd player/screen,as you have stated you are HD ready just make sure you get all components with HDMI Inputs and outputs.
if your TV or Comp screen Plasma/DVD player etc has a DVI socket you can get cables DVI to HDMI or HDMI to DVI and as of now will be fine to use for HD transmissions but will not carry an audio signal...just visual signals so that means extra cluttery audio cables or a Digital Coax/Optical cable leading to your AV amp
DVD players have very advanced technology to to make the picture far superior than others
different chipsets very much like graphics cards for computers
the latest and greatest DVD player chipset is
HQV terranex
http://www.hqv.com/technology.cfm
http://www.hqv.com/benchmark.cfm
and dvd players that sports the HQV terranex chipset
MULTIREGION
http://www.avland.co.uk/denon/dvd2930/dvd2930.htm
http://www.avland.co.uk/denon/dvd3930/dvd3930.htm
as far as any recommendations on AV equipment it depends on your budget
look for this logo also
check these sites out
http://www.avland.co.uk/dvd/dvd.htm#dvdp DVD players
http://www.hifibitz.co.uk/category.asp?id=102
http://www.avland.co.uk/amplifier/index.htm(this is the easiest site to identify HDMI equipped recievers)
http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/p...cfm/category/5
reviews on Hardware
http://www.audioholics.com/productre...ware/index.php
http://www.audioreview.com/reviewscrx.aspx
http://www.hometheatermag.com/equipmentreviews/
excuse me if i've missed/misunderstood something or something doesn't make sense ...im cream cracker'd
but im sure Thrush will keep you posted and correct me if necessary
