What are the best home surround sound systems out there?

What are the best home surround systems out there, for a cinema-like experience?

1. Kind of a subjective question, but it depends on your budget. And you can get very good home theater systems for a very reasonable price...

2. Yes, that's more a question of what your budget is, and what kinds of inputs you are going to use. For a system with a very large TV, such as 60 inches or more, and/or with a BluRay disc player, you will likely want to have a more powerful and versatile system than with a smaller TV and/or a regular DVD player. You can start in HT systems for about $500. There are some great 5.1 receivers and speaker systems available. For more money, you can get a more powerful receiver, with more inputs and outputs, move up to at least 7.1 and get much bigger and more powerful speakers. Its also quite possible to go so far upscale that each pair of speakers have their own dedicated power amplifier, and at that point, you're into the multi thousands of $$$. It's all a matter of balance; theres no point in having a $10,000 audio system with a 26 inch tube TV and a basic DVD player, and theres no point in connecting a BluRay player and a 60 inch LCD to a $200 all in one box system.

3. Here is my stock suggestions for HT speakers:

Buy a brand where all they make is speakers
Buy monitor-style speakers, not tower/huge power sucking things
Hit the Library for the Dec/Jan issues of magazines because they do "Best of the Year" and "Editors Choice" round up of speakers.

But to give a direct answer:

Bose is a very good make for high-end (but very expensive) surround sound speakers.
Yamaha reciever. get teh best you can afford. and get ALL the speakers. like 10 speakers. make it complete.
PBX from Powerbass, decent all-in-one 2.1/5.1 systems with affordable price, perfect for your LCD/LED/HD TV.