Need Help with Speakers

Hello all!

I'm looking to buy both a new home theater system and a new HDTV for my dorm room. In terms of speaker systems, I've looked at all the major manufacturers, I think; I took a look at Bose, but that of course is WAY out of my budget. I also looked at Onkyo, Sony and Yamaha, but they didn't seem all that great. What I did like was the Logitech Z-5500's and the Samsung 7.1 Blu-Ray set. I have a Playstation 3, so I don't need the Blu-Ray player, thus this is a bit of a minus for me, but I can resell it or give it to family as a gift.

Just to clarify, I think I'm looking for a mid-range speaker system that can be used for music, gaming, movies and rocking the house . But I am on a limited budget...

Anyways, of these two, which is the nicer? Does anyone have any other suggestions? Oh, and I almost forgot, I'm going to try and grab a plasma Samsung (~42") HDTV for the room. I don't think that having both Samsung speakers and TV would make it THAT much easier to setup or use, but just in case it does make a difference, I thought I would mention it!

Thanks!
-Jota De

 

I live in the States, but between $500 and $1100 sounds reasonable to me. I would probably try to get them used, from Craigslist or eBay, but if not, that sounds like a good price range.

Excuse me if I mislabeled what I'm looking for, I just meant I can't afford $2200-$3200 for some of the Bose sets!

Any suggestions?