(MONEY Magazine) – Once you have your own media room, it's shopping time. Here are equipment options for three budgets. Particularly at the high end, prices vary dramatically. Check Mydigitaluniverse.com, Crutchfield.com, Electronics.cnet.com and Amazon.com. --BRIAN L. CLARK

$5,000

--Phillips 34PW9817 flat-screen HDTV: $2,700. with --Polk Audio DS-7200 Theater System including receiver and DVD player: $2,000 OR

--Bose Acoustimass 10, Series II home theater speakers: $999 --Panasonic DVD-RP91 DVD player. $435 --Onkyo TX-DS797 home theater receiver: $1,000.

This Phillips HDTV has the same aspect ratio as a movie screen, so you won't need to watch movies "edited for television." The Onkyo receiver is THX certified, so you'll hear every squeak, and the Bose speakers deliver a big-theater sound. If you don't want to track down separate components, the Polk system is a terrific way to go.

10,000

--Sony 42-inch Vega Plasma Flat Panel TV: $7,999 --Polk system or components (speakers, DVD player and receiver) from the $5,000 set-up above: $2,000 to $2,434

The picture on this flat-screen Sony is so clear it's like looking through a perfectly clean picture window.

$25,000

--Pioneer Elite PureVision Pro-1000HD Liquid Plasma Display: $15,999 --Kenwood VR-900 Audio/Video Receiver: $2,299 --Pioneer DV-47A DVD video/DVD Audio/SACD player: $850 --Atlantic System 450e THX Ultra Speakers: $5,996

When you combine what may be the best 50-inch liquid plasma display on the market with a THX Ultra receiver and speakers, you see and hear Star Wars the way George Lucas intended.