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there's never been a better time to buy a big beautiful TV for your home the only problem is once you get that TV you're gonna realize that what you really want is a complete home theater and this top-5 we're counting down the essentials for today's modern home theater system and we're gonna start things off with a gaming console even if you never play a game on one which would be really tragic products like the PlayStation and the Xbox are serious media machines you can watch some Netflix listen to some music and even mow down a few zombies with a shotgun at number four a blu-ray player if you spent the extra money for a 1080p TV a blu-ray player is really the only way to see that resolution at its finest stop sitting on the fence there's tons of great content now and our latest editor's choice blu-ray player is under 150 bucks also remember the ps3 4 number 5 it's also a blu-ray player number 3 is a universal remote you're buying all the rest of this stuff you're gonna need one and logitech harmony remotes have been the best-in-class option for years the only thing that's changed is that you no longer have to spend over $100 just for the good stuff check out the Harmony 650 for a solid affordable option coming in at number two and I really shouldn't have to say it a speaker system don't be that person who drops a grand on a TV and then listens to the built-in speakers we have an editor's choice 5.1 speaker system for a fraction of what you paid for your TV and if you don't have the room try a sound bar the bottom line is if the movie explosions don't make you pee your pants a little bit you're doing it wrong now before we get to the number one home theater essential let me point out one component that you should avoid overpriced HDMI cables these things carry a digital signal like a USB cable and that $10 HDMI cable sends the same ones and zeros as that extra thick gold-plated $100 cable and with that hundred bucks you'll save you can buy our number-one modern home theater essential a media streamer now you could go with an Apple TV or a Roku HD but there's a good chance that you already have what you need the Xbox the ps3 and even a blu-ray player will have a huge slide the streaming options including Hulu and Netflix so there you go see net list of surprisingly affordable home theater essentials for more like this check out top-5 cnet.com I'm Donald Bell thanks for watching you