Digg.com and Revision3 founder Kevin Rose has been putting together a new home theater system and filming live-streaming videos of himself doing it. So is he going plasma or LCD?

Neither, he’s anchoring his system with an HD projector, the Panasonic PT-AE2000U. The projector delivers a 1080p HD picture at 1500 lumens and a 16,000:1 contrast ratio and is currently going for $2700 on Amazon.com (review of projector). To complement it, he’s mounting a large motorized projector screen on the wall. There seems to be a large window right next to the screen–is he concerned about light washing out the picture?

For a receiver, he’s going with a high-end Denon (model unknown). Connected to it are a Series 3 HD TiVO and an Apple TV.

He didn’t stint on the speakers. He’s got a pair of Klipsch XF-48 floor-standing speakers ($1249 each) along with a Klipsch subwoofer and center channel. His rear speakers were not shown, but with his good friend Jack Buser from Dolby there to help him set things up, I’m sure he’s got things covered. Or is that center speaker doubling for the surround sound duties?

Rough estimated cost of Kevin’s current setup?

Projector: $2700.
Projector screen: $700.
Denon receiver: $1200.
Series 3 HD TiVO: $660.
Klipsch right and left floor standing speaker: $2500 ($1249 each).
Klipsch subwoofer: $500.
Klipsch center speaker: $450.
Apple TV: $330.
Professional installation: free

Total: $9040

Kevin’s Qik videos: 1, 2.

*Update from Kevin* Mr. Rose says he does have the surround sound system, the XF-48 Home Theater System. Also, his Denon Receiver is the AVR-4308CI.

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The big topic on the AVSforums.com GV47LF thread is now audio sync problems with the TV. Some posters are claiming the sound is lagging behind the picture. There is some argument about the source of the problem. Is it the TV or the HDTV signal? One forum poster is claiming it not only occurs on over-the-air broadcasts but also with a DVD player he has connected directly into the TV. When he plugs the DVD player into his stereo receiver, the sound problem goes away. Another poster theorized that the TV is lagging while trying to convert the digital signal into a analog signal for the TV’s speakers.

Some posters are claiming they’ve had the audio boards in their TVs replaced, yet they are still having the problem. One poster said he became so frustrated, he returned the TV and went with another brand. This is not really deterring me form purchasing this TV, because some appear to be completely happy it. Besides, Costco has a 90-day return policy.