content: Why, so they can have all their propaganda viewing recorded?  No, because the person I'm wanting to get a TV for is old, can't drive and lives in a cold environment where there's not much to do in the Winter. He hates cable TV and has (((Amazon))) Prime because they are a monopoly and shopping is difficult. I showed him on his laptop that he could also watch movies on Amazon Prime and they had extra channels you could pay for with hundreds of classic westerns and old TV shows without commercials for $2-4/month, much cheaper than cable. He doesn't want to watch movies on a laptop for obvious reasons. So I'm hoping to get him a large screen smart TV with a very simple and intuitive app so he can work it by himself without to much trouble. He currently has an SD CRT television.  Do you have any personal recommendations on a 5.1 system?  Any system with at least a $250 receiver and I wouldn't spend any less than $400 for the front, center, left, and surround speakers, the most important being the center channel and the least important being the surround. If you don't have any neighbors close by, I recommend getting a real subwoofer, such as a SVS. I wouldn't spend less than $500 on a subwoofer and if you can afford it, get two.