In the city of Sydney, there is a buying craze going on for new digital ready wide screen TVs and top of the line home theatre centers as Australia modernizes and the economy continues to soar. There is any number of companies who would love to sell you these pricey systems and they’ll bend over backward to catch your eye and sell you the best system they can get their hands on.

Don’t be fooled!

For starters, the systems offered by most retailers are identical in every respect other than brand name. There are only so many companies making these high end home theater systems, after all. None of these retailers have their own private, secret manufacturer who no one else knows about.

Also, these shops pay their sales personnel on a commission basis, meaning that hey are more occupied with the size of their paycheck than they are with selling you a home theater system which actually meets your needs.

But there’s something else, they won’t install it for you. They probably won’t even care about the unique installation requirements of your home. They will sell you the most expensive system they can, or the system that management has told them they need to move the most of, without even asking you what your house set up is like, what your electrical system is like, what your reception system is like, or anything else.

The systems which they will try to sell you are generally the most expensive and elaborate ones - these will also take the most effort to set up in your home, If a system is very complex, it must therefore have lots of great features, correct? This is the assumption which sales staff is hoping you will make when looking at home theater systems.

YOU will have a terrible time trying to put this system together yourself in your home, and it will drive you nuts trying to separate all those wires, put them in the right places, and keep them from getting tangled or being an eyesore. And good luck and pack a lunch as you try to get the remotes correctly coordinated. Hook something up wrong and you may even damage your system and that won’t be covered by the flimsy warranty.

As a result the company that sells you the system will in the kindness of their heart get you hooked up with a service provider who will come and hook up your system (assuming it can be hooked up) for an extra fee, a fee which can be substantial. This fee was not included in the price of the system because the service provider supply something completely different and independent.

Even worse, if the service provider makes some kind of error in setup, the retailer will be of no help to you. And if the retailer has sold you a system which does not work for your home, the service provider will similarly be of no help to you and you will simply have lost time and money - a lot of money.

You would be best served by going to a home theater electronics specialist. You can save a lot of time and money this way, not to mention hassle.

An independent electronics consultant can be of great help to you here - they will work with you to figure out what you want in a home theater system and how this will integrate into your home. They will then install the system for you and their service is backed by a guarantee.

Don’t even think about buying a home theatre entertainment system until you have met with such a consultant.