Dream Systems

This is what I would buy if I were building a system within each category.  No effort has been made to appear unbiased by varying brands.

Budget:

Panasonic TC-P46G25 plasma $1400 (for bright room) or LG 50PK550 plasma $1300 (for dark room)

Pioneer VSX- 820-K receiver $300

Mirage Nanosat 5.1 speaker system $800

Panasonic DMP-BD655K Blu Ray player $160

Bang for the buck :

LG 55LH90 LED LCD $3000 (for bright room) or Panasonic TC-P58V10 plasma $2700 (for dark room)

Pioneer VSX-21TXH receiver $800

Mirage OS3 speakers (qty 7) $1750

HSU VTF-3 MK3 subwoofer $700

Sony PS3 slim Blu Ray player $300

Entry level high end :

LG 55LHX LED LCD $4900 (for brighter room) or Panasonic TC-P65V10 plasma $4000 (for dark room)

Integra DTR-70.1 receiver $2000

KEF speaker system consisting of two HTS9001 front speakers and one HTC9001 center, and three pair HTS3001SE surround speakers for side, rear, and height $5250

Epic Dual Empire subwoofer system $2000

Oppo BDP-83 Blu Ray player $500

High end:

Runco Q-750i DLP front projector $15000

Screen Research ClearPix2 screen

Integra DHC-80.1 pre/pro $2300

Bryston PowerPac 300 power amplifiers (three for front stage), PowerPac 120 power amplifiers (six for surrounds) $9600

Sound Lab R-3 electrostatic speakers L/C/R $10500

Mirage OS3 surround speakers for side, rear, and height $1500

Epic Dual Empire subwoofer system $2000

Oppo BDP-83 Blu Ray player $500

Ultimate Old-School:

2 Sony G90 CRT front projectors with Moome HDMI inputs, edge blended

Lumagen Radiance XE+ scaler

2 TV One C2-2450A Edge Blending units

Screen Excellence VistaCurve 2.35:1 120" wide Enlightor 4K acoustically transparent screen

McIntosh MX150 pre/pro

7 Sound Lab Majestic 945 full range electrostatics

7 Atma-Sphere MA-2 Mk 3.1 monoblock OTL tube amplifiers

Epic Quad Empires subwoofer system

McIntosh MVP881 Blu Ray player

Ultimate New-Tech:

Sim2 Grand Cinema C3X 3 chip 1080P DLP projector with Scope lens

Lumagen Radiance XE+ scaler

Screen Excellence VistaCurve 2.35:1 160" wide Enlightor 4K acoustically transparent screen

TacT Audio TCS mk III pre/pro

TacT Audio Boz 216/2200 modular digital power amplifier

7 Dali MegaLine III speakers

7 Martin Logan Descent i subwoofers-one per channel

4 JL Audio Gotham G213 subwoofers-LFE

Theta Compli Blu Blu Ray player

Let me know what you think!