Home Theater with Game Consoles...
I have a 57" HDTV, Xbox 360, Wii, and Direct TV and wish to purchase a Home Theater System that would connect all of them for under $650.00. Also, I would prefer wireless speakers because of the mounting layout, any advice or suggestions?
This is not your only option but believe it would be the most strait forward, most cost effective, and easily maintained.
I would recommend getting the XBox and Wii with HDMI cables and also use the HDMI off your Direct TV setup, these are minimal in cost and if your TV is fairly new should have three HDMI connections. Next I would recommend a sound bar with a wireless sub woofer. Most sound bars with connect to your TV with an optical cable and many are WiFi or Blue Tooth (I picked up a nice sounding LG setup for less than $300). In my setup we have a Blu-Ray, Dish Network, and a PS4 connected into an LG 55" HDTV. I select input on the TV and get to anything (and since the TV is WiFi get to all my web content like NetFlix, Hulu, etc.). Either the TV remote or my Dish Remote can control sound volume. So if I am just watching Dish, use the Dish remote, any thing else use the TV remote. I found that the receivers are a bit more pricey and always seem a bit behind in one technology or another (I have brought three receivers in less than ten years to try and keep up) . This is why we removed our Pioneer (and two Yamaha unit previously) that were middle to upper end units and each around $350-$450. Going with the Sound Bar allowed us to drop three front hard wire speakers, two hard wired ceiling speakers, and a hard wired sub-woofer. I was skeptical on the sound bar replacing my receiver/speakers but my cabling is so much cleaner and the sound is still great (surprisingly). Hope that helps.