My dads doing some shopping next weekend

[The Dude]

My dad asked me to help him put together a setup, His budget is 2500, sounds like he will be using his NFM card so I have to look there at what we can get.

Here is where we will be shopping http://www.nfm.com/list.aspx?dsNav=N:1070

He wants a LG smart TV 55-60 inch, a Blu Ray player with wifi(why I don't know when he would be getting a smart TV). Last but not least something that drives me nuts is a wireless sound system.

Anybody got any ideas.

[The Dude]

Heres some Ideas

http://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=37610847

Here is a 55" that would save him 500.

http://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=37695608

I guess most blu ray players these days are all wifi and with in 100.00 give or take.

http://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=37680055

Since the blu ray players are fairly cheap I could bump him up to a 3d tv for a couple hundred more.

http://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=37637519

Now for the sound system, I figure he should have about 1000 for this judging by the tv and blu ray.

Not Klipsch, but may be better then what is available.

http://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=33826769

This receiver looks budget friendly.

http://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=37790334

or maybe one of these 2

http://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=38210100

http://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=38210084

I don't think 7.1 or 5.1 is that important to him.

Or of course maybe one of these.

http://www.nfm.com/list.aspx?dsNav=N:4294966955-3328

Unless they have some nicer speakers on clearance thats about what we have to work with. Unless you folks have a better idea.

[Heritage_Head]

My dad asked me to help him put together a setup, His budget is 2500, sounds like he will be using his NFM card so I have to look there at what we can get.

Here is where we will be shopping http://www.nfm.com/list.aspx?dsNav=N:1070

He wants a LG smart TV 55-60 inch, a Blu Ray player with wifi(why I don't know when he would be getting a smart TV). Last but not least something that drives me nuts is a wireless sound system.

Anybody got any ideas.

I would talk him out of the wireless speakers. Just let him know its a great idea dad but it just has not caught on to where anything worth the money has been put out. Im sure he would pass on wasting money

[Heritage_Head]

The onkyo avr looks ok but those speakers are imo not worth it

Edited November 10, 2013 by reference_head

[Scrappydue]

all that onkyo stuff is a bunch of overpriced stuff. see if you can talk him inot just buying a tv and bluray player there and buy elsewhere for speakers. i have asked about them budging on price at our nebraska furniture here in kansas city, and they said no way. klipsch dealers should never budge on price. i shoed them emails from other dealers regarding price quotes i have got and they just laughed and said no way. for a 1000 you could get him a full rf-42ii home theater with a free sw-110 right now from acoustic sound design and they will package receivers with them too for bundle pricing.

[Heritage_Head]

all that onkyo stuff is a bunch of overpriced stuff. see if you can talk him inot just buying a tv and bluray player there and buy elsewhere for speakers. i have asked about them budging on price at our nebraska furniture here in kansas city, and they said no way. klipsch dealers should never budge on price. i shoed them emails from other dealers regarding price quotes i have got and they just laughed and said no way. for a 1000 you could get him a full rf-42ii home theater with a free sw-110 right now from acoustic sound design and they will package receivers with them too for bundle pricing.

good advise. Also i would look used with his budget he can get a really nice set up on the used market.

[The Dude]

Ya I was talking to my wife about used, I know I could get him a way better deal.

all that onkyo stuff is a bunch of overpriced stuff. see if you can talk him inot just buying a tv and bluray player there and buy elsewhere for speakers. i have asked about them budging on price at our nebraska furniture here in kansas city, and they said no way. klipsch dealers should never budge on price. i shoed them emails from other dealers regarding price quotes i have got and they just laughed and said no way. for a 1000 you could get him a full rf-42ii home theater with a free sw-110 right now from acoustic sound design and they will package receivers with them too for bundle pricing.

Thats a good Idea, The Mart here has crapy customer service so usually I hold that against them. I once got them to drop a rc52 from 350 down to 250 for that reason, plus I could get it locally as well for 250.

[Scrappydue]

Duder what's your location? I'm about to have my extremely mint WF-35 home theater for sale.

[The Dude]

Omaha, I will passing through KC in about a week and a half.

[Scrappydue]

Sending you a pm

[The Dude]

First I would like to thank you guys for your opinion, second thank Scrappy for the offer. My dad ended up with a LG 60" led 3d 240hz smart tv similar to the one above and close to that price. He picked up a Harman/Kardon receiver, and ended up with a set of Infinity's that sounded pretty decent. Anyways he liked it all and spent a little more then he wanted but has room for upgrading to 7.1 down the road. All in all I think he is pretty happy, he and his wife are liking this technology stuff more and more once they see what they can do with it. He was tickled that the receiver had a am/fm tuner built in.