I will admit - the camcorder came with bare minimal documentation - and what it did have was very general in nature - which i was perfectly fine with. It comes with the following: 2 AA alkaline batteries (YES!), USB cable, A/V cable, earphone, wrist strap and a pretty nice black carrying pouch.

I played with it for a good full day - taking videos / pics / just audio recordings and transferred them over to my machine without any problems and the videos showed up perfectly. No need to convert or anything like that - so standard codecs seem to be used which makes life so much simpler. I also tested the videos on YouTube and they showed up perfect. Now granted this is a standard-definition and therefore does not capture anything in perfect high-def quality - this is a fun cam and in a well-lit environment can do the job very well.

It is cool to know that it does accomodate for a SD card and has 64MB internal memory - which is more then enough for a couple of days worth of picture snapping and recording... just remember for around $60 this is a quick and simple camcorder. If you want something light and simple to use - seriously consider this device. Perfect gift for the budding YouTube fan and we all know one.

A 1080p Up-Converting Universal DVD Player is the answer for now, it comes at a fraction of the cost of the previously mentioned giant formats and it even comes with an HDMI cable itself. Having good reviews from net.com simply helped my decision to purchase this DVD player. For the money spent, the quality and look of this DVD player are well worth it.

I am a huge fan of Polk Audio when it comes to speakers. Why? Well I know there are better sounding speakers out there but when I listen to them and realize for the type of quality I'm hearing and the price they're selling its a no-brainer! The last time I bought speakers was back in 2000, so when I went back out on the market looking for a subwoofer, I decided I was going to be non-biased and give other brands a shot at entering my home.

After a ton of research, it pretty much came down to Klipsch and *surprise suprise* Polk Audio. What were my requirements? My tv-room is pretty large so I needed something that could deliver big life-size bass. Since I dont have neighbors and tend to prefer movies where rockets are blasting off and guns are being fired.. I wanted something that could deliver the audio punch I was severly lacking. All signs pointed me towards the Polk Audio PSW-505 or the Klipsch RW-10D. I was really impressed with how the PSW505 was consistently receiving extremely high marks through out all the different home theatre websites, as did the RW-10D but when it came to price the PSW-505 beat out the RW-10D.. decision made.

Now I can feel the floor rumble when I turn up the volume when any action is going on and I'm that much closer to a true home theatre experience. I already dis-like going to the cinema so this has definitely given me more cost-savings by not needing to spend $50 (tickets+grub) at a dirty movieplex with a ton of annoying distractions.

The receiver is 500W 6.1 capable, and with my newest purchase of a Polk Subwoofer and utilizing the Rocketfish Wireless Speaker Kit I could see myself being setup in no time to have a true HD home theatre experience with this extremely cost-effective receiver. The BestBuy salesperson came along and even mentioned how this puppy has the 'Digital Cinema Auto Calibration' feature... naturally I bit and asked 'What exactly does that mean?'.. to which he responded that it has an outboard microphone to optimize the receiver output based on checking and adjusting for the speakers, distances from where you're sitting and sound pressure levels. Sold! Apparently there's a microphone which they include which you simply hook up and place right about where you intend to do your watching / listening from and the receiver auto detects and calibrates the experience to be at an optimal quality based from where you're going to be doing all the popcorn eating.