I'm also looking for a good home theater system in the $250 price range. Well, 'good' is a subjective term, but this is for my parents who are used to the speakers built in to their TV, so basically we're going for a DD 5.1 Receiver, reasonable amount of inputs, smallish to bookshelf size speakers, a decent power rating, and a quality name (I'd like to avoid some of the extremely cheap brands). Anybody who could help or has suggestions would be great.