The most commonly used types of home theater cables include:

• (in-wall) speaker wire to run from speaker channel outputs on back of the receiver to each speaker location. You may also wish to terminate the ends of the wire.

• subwoofer cable(s) to run from the LFE sub pre-out(s) on back of the receiver to the subwoofer location(s). Wireless options exist.

• HDMI cables to connect A/V source components such as a Blu-ray Disc player, PlayStation 3, or HDTV tuner to the receiver, and HDMI cable(s) to run out to the HD television and/or video projector.

• Ethernet cable to run from home network hub to network-ready A/V component(s).

• perhaps digital audio cables and/or component video cables, or even analog composite A/V cables depending on your equipment.

• surge protector with more than enough AC outlets to power and protect your home theater components.