It's not all bad being a(n almost) 30 year old gamer. Sometimes you can go out and get yourself something that you really want, be it a new game, console, or high end HDTV. In this case, the Mrs and I got back a nice tax refund, which we used to go out and find a nice 7.1 surround sound system.
Before this weekend, I had a 10 year old receiver that I bought shortly after moving out on my own, which I was never able to get to work the way it should. Sometimes I would get two speakers to work, sometimes I could get four, once in awhile I could get the sub woofer to work, but it never seemed right. Having experienced the difference, it was clear that I had no clue what I was doing before, and needed an all in one solution.
We spent Saturday running around to a few different stores before deciding to go with a all in one box set from Fry's. I wanted to make sure that it had HDMI ports going in and out, and wireless rear speakers, unfortunately I was going to be stuck with a Blu-Ray player with this setup, but other than that, I'm extremely happy with how it's all working.
While I haven't gotten to experience the full surround sound gaming experience yet (I haven't fully set up the XBox or Wii to make use of the surround sound), movies sound fantastic, and I've caught myself wondering where a noise was coming from to only have it be something that was happening in the background of a TV show.
Looking forward to playing God of War 3 on this once I finish off FF13.
