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IT IS HERE THAT YOU SHALL BEHOLD THE BEAUTY KNOWN AS MY HOME THEATRE SYSTEM. SINCE I DON'T GET OUT OF THE HOUSE MUCH, I MUST SURROUND MYSELF WITH SOME OF LIFE'S FINER DISTRACTIONS. I HOPE YOU ENJOY VIEWING THE PICTURES AS WELL AS DESCRIPTIONS AND PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS.

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THE TELEVISION

THE DVD PLAYER

THE REMOTE

THE RECEIVER

THE SPEAKERS

THE SETUP

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THE TELEVISION: TOSHIBA 36HF73 36" FST PURE FLAT HDTV

36" FST PURE® Flat Picture Tube • CrystalScan HDSC™ • 720p Input Capability • Zoom Mode, 16:9 Mode (1080i Vertical Compression) • Invar Shadow Mask • 3D Y/C (4 MB, 10 Bit) Digital Comb Filter with Vertical Contour Correction • DFine™ Advanced High Speed Velocity Scan Modulation • Movie and Sports Modes • Dynamic Quadruple Focus • Color Temperature Control (Warm/Medium/Cool) • TruView™ • CableClear™DNR+ • Cinema Mode (3:2 Pulldown Switch) • Wide Band Video Amplifier • MTS Stereo/SAP with dbx® • Double Baffle Speaker System • SRS® WOW • Sub Bass System (SBS) • StableSound® • 20 W Audio (Total) • HD Window Multi-Scan POP • Tri-Lingual Icon On-Screen Display • Closed Captioning on Mute • V-Chip • Off/Sleep Timer • Channel Return • Power Return • Direct Video Input Selection • Individual A/V Settings by Input Type • Speed Tuning • Game Timer™ • PIP Sound • Front Panel Lock-Out • RF Input (2) • Front Panel A/V/S Input • Dual ColorStream® HD Component Video Inputs • Rear A/V/S Inputs (2) • DVI/HDTV Input • A/V Output (Fixed and Variable Audio) • Variable Audio Output • Center Channel Audio Input • Illuminated Universal Remote Control (4 item)

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THE DVD PLAYER: SONY PROGRESSIVE SCAN (more info to come soon)

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THE REMOTE: PHILIPS PRONTO NEO TOUCH-SCREEN PROGRAMMABLE REMOTE w/ MACROS

Programmable macros let you activate several functions on several components simultaneously by pushing 1 button • Dynamic backlit LCD with easy-to-use touch screen for quick, easy operation • Upgradable via PC Link, so it's future-proof • 1MB nonvolatile flash memory • Adjustable/programmable piezo buzzer • Comprehensive database of remote codes, plus learning function, allow the Pronto to control virtually any component (stereo, TV, DVD player, cable box, etc.) or appliance (air conditioner, fan, lighting) that has an infrared remote control • Clock with time/day/date display • PC software allows you to download files; add, delete and move devices and buttons; load graphics for display; and download software updates and upgrades (includes RS232 connector for PC downloading) • 160 x 100 touch-screen LCD with EL backlight • Based on the powerful platform and functionality of the original Pronto

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THE RECEIVER: DENON AVR-3803S

7.1 A/V Receiver with Dolby Digital Surround EX, Dolby Pro Logic II & DTS ES Discrete 6.1 • Dolby Digital Surround EX, Pro Logic II decoding with Cinema and Music Modes • DTS Extended Surround Discrete 6.1 decoding • DTS Extended Surround Matrix 6.1 decoding • DTS Neo:6 Cinema & Music Surround decoding • DTS ES 96/24 5.1 decoding for DVD Video  • New DDSC-Digital featuring Analog Devices Melody 100 (HammerHead SHARC) 32 bit floating point DSP processor • 7 Channels equal power amplifier section • 110 watts per channel (8 ohms, 20 Hz-20 kHz, <.05%THD) • 150 watts per channel (6 ohms, 1 kHz, <.7%THD) • 16 Burr-Brown PCM-1791 24 bit, 192 kHz high resolution DACs on all eight channels, in differential configuration • Real 24 bit, 96 kHz Digital Interface Receiver • 24 bit, 192 kHz A/D conversion (Burr-Brown PCM-1804) on all analog inputs • Pure Audio mode, features 4 DACs per audio channel in dual-differential configuration • ALPHA 24 Processing (AL24) in Stereo/Direct/Pure Direct modes (left/right channels) • Adjustable High and Low Pass Crossover (40/60/80/100/120Hz) • 2 Assignable component video inputs (100MHz), with On-Screen Display • Video Conversion of Composite to S-Video and/or to Component, with on-screen display • 7 sets composite and "S" video inputs • 7.1 external wide bandwidth (100 kHz) input for future multi-channel formats (such as DVD-Audio) • 5/7 Channel Stereo • Digitally regulated volume control with .5dB increment adjustments and step range of -80 to +15 • Audio Delay adjustment to match audio signals with video signals(0-200ms) • Personal Memory Plus • 7 assignable digital inputs (5 Optical, 2 Coaxial) • 2 Optical digital outputs • 9 analog inputs including built-in AM/FM tuner • Multi-Zone 1 stereo pre-amp level audio outputs, fixed or variable level • Multi-Zone 1 Composite Video output • Power Amplifier Assign function, lets you assign 2 of the 7 amp channels to drive second zone speakers directly • LCD dot-matrix programmable/learning remote full backlighting • Serial Port for Third Party RS-232 Control Systems • Remote I/O ports • Assignable +12v trigger

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THE SPEAKERS: POLK AUDIO SERIES (see below)

CENTER CHANNEL: POLK AUDIO CSi40

FRONT R/L: POLK AUDIO RTi10

R/L: POLK AUDIO RTi28

REAR R/L: POLK AUDIO RTi38

SUB: POLK AUDIO PSW505