just got some speakers for my truck { crystals} they sound awsome might want to see if you have them where you live. went to listen to speaker at different audio shops and these where the best i thought for my taste. also got an amp and a 10" sub and alpine radio cd and changer
i had mine on the floor right in front of my big screen for the same reason as you,did not want to place the big monster on top of my tv,but once i placed it there it sounds 20 times clearer and better.
so thats where it is everythings ok so far.
go with Dishnetwork,i have it and im happy and it also has 3 outputs of video per reciever and the new reciever has hdtv output. so this would mean that you need 2 recievers right to getwhat your after.