What the book covers: This new edition delivers the same, solid information meant to demystify the process of building a home theater system including buying, setting up, and optimizing television, audio, DVD/DVR, satellite, cable, gaming, and other core components.New to this edition: Now at full-sized For Dummies trim, this new edition delivers 30% more content than the previous edition, including coverage on these cutting edge topics: New surround sound standards (Dolby pro logic IIx becoming standard, Dolby Digital Plus entering the market) HD-DVD and BluRAY as well as other High Def DVD standards Advent of inexpensive "universal" players for SACD, DVD and DVD-A. Upconverting DVD players for connections to HDTVs and plasmas. Major updates to HDTV itself with major updates -- increases in kinds of content and sources thereof, advent of integrated HDTVs, CableCARD, huge explosion of shows now filmed in HD. The newest connection systems including HDMI on the video side of things and digital connections including SACD or DVD-A on the audio side of things New speaker systems that combine some or all of the front or surrounds into single units for smaller rooms . Improvements in wireless, more wireless surround speakers New systems (like Sonos) that make whole house music sharing much better, easier, faster. Media Center and Home Theater PCs much improved -- support HDTV, remoting (media center extenders). Video servers and media servers for the home.