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My husband and I are considering buying a home theater system.  We're going to stick with a TV instead of a projector, but we did look into the idea.

From what I understand, you would buy the projector separately from the player and speakers.  You might want to check out this website to learn more about the zillion kinds of projectors there are:

http://www.projectorpeople.com/hometheater/default.asp.  They have a projector comparison page here:

http://www.projectorpeople.com/hometheater/ht-projector-comparisons.asp

The DVD/CD/MP3 player and sound system can all be bought together.  http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=category&id=pcmcat40200050002

I've heard a lot of good things about Bose, but Panasonic is more affordable and sounds really good.  A lot of the new players have only CD/DVD/MP3.  Panasonic has this one with a VCR:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7119156&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat40200050002&id=1109233823089

Zenith also makes a DVD/CD/VHS.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7119147&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat40200050002&id=1109233823033

You should have no problem buying a player and then just buying a home theater audio system. Usually you can figure out what kind of cables you'll need from looking at the boxes.  

I like to read reviews of the parts I might buy.  I find epinions and cnet pretty useful.

http://www.epinions.com/elec

http://reviews.cnet.com/4502-6740_7-0.html?tag=ont.htib&cdi=5503696

HTH!