June 3, 2008

Who Makes The Best Home Theater Equipment?

theater1(2).jpg Each year CEPro does a survey of the top 100 American consumer electronics installation companies to find out what the top 5 favored brands are in a bunch of CE categories. They run the gambit from central vacuum to DVR's, and for the best run-through of everything we suggest you take a look at the slideshow at CEPro's website. But if you just want a little free advice from the pros, here's the favored brand in a variety of home theater categories from America's best installers.

Acoustical treatments--Acoustic Innovations
A/V receivers--Integra
Bookshelf speakers--B&W
Broadband--Linksys
Cabling--Monster
DVD players--Sony
DVRs--DirecTV
Floorstanding speakers--B&W
Front Projection TVs--Runco
Home theater amps--Integra
In-wall/In-ceiling speakers--SpeakerCraft
Remotes & IR--Xantech
LCD TVs--Sharp
Lifts/Mounts--Chief
Lighting control--Lutron
Media servers--Kaleidescape
Multi-channel amps--Crestron
Plasma TVs--Pioneer
Projection screens--Stewart Filmscreen
Rear projection TVs--Sony
Satellites--DirecTV
Scalers--Runco
Seating--Acoustic Innovations
Two-channel amps--Rotel
Whole-home automation--Crestron

We definitely recommend checking out the slideshow linked to above, but if you have some cash to burn and are looking for the hottest names in home theater equipment, the above brands should be exactly what you're looking for.