Wireless HD has long been the dream of many home entertainment enthusiasts. Looks like that dream is coming true.

The dilemma has hounded many since the advent of flat TVs: hanging the TV on the wall made difficult when you realize you need to run wires from your DVR, DVD, and so on up to the TV. This unsightly jungle of wires certainly ruins the effect of a floating TV.

Sure you could hire a custom installer to run the wires through the wall, but how about going a step further? How about wireless?

For me, nothing beats lying in bed watching movies on a big screen. I pay for this luxury by not having surround speakers because my wife doesn’t want the bedroom cluttered with extra gear. I’ve tried using those soundbars that claim to create multichannel sound from a single unit, but they don’t fool my ear. Yamaha’s YSP-3000 shares the single-unit approach of a soundbar, but the surround sound it produces is real.

Everything you need to know about flat-panel TV mounts.

Control4's integrated and singular approach to home automation makes A/V control a pleasure rather than a chore.

For an audio receiver to be worth its salt today, it must be able to handle the intricacies of video with the same precision as it does audio. So rather than waxing poetic on how nicely the GFR-700HD's controls blend into its industrial-tech black and silver finish, I'll start instead with the integral video scaler. It accepts video signals from legacy sources such as VCRs and DVD players, converts them into whatever resolution your video display prefers, then outputs the video to your display through an HDMI digital video jack.

Do you want to hear surround sound but lack the space for five speakers in your bedroom or den?

A pair of Canton CD 3200 active floorstanding speakers are all your TV needs to sound like a million dollars.

Everyone wants high-definition, so it seems everyone would want a high-definition DVD player. But most people are sitting on the fence rather than investing in Blu-ray or HD DVD, the two high-def DVD formats launched last year. Maybe it's less about what the player costs or which movie studio supports which format, and more about nobody wanting to be stuck with Beta when everyone has gone VHS. But now you can dismount the fence with confidence, thanks to LG Electronics. The company's BH100 Super Blu Player plays both Blu-ray and HD DVD.