Is Dad clamoring for more eye and ear candy in the den? You can amp up his A/V without tearing up his living room (and your wallet) in the process. These five gift ideas will let him crank his iPod on his home stereo, tune in to satellite radio, watch his movies with surround sound, and more.

iPod dock: Your dad doesn't need a whole new receiver to listen to his iPod over his home theater. The Kensington Entertainment Dock 500 ($100) works plugs straight into any home receiver with RCA-type audio inputs, and he can even watch iPod videos on his TV over the S-video output. The dock will also charge Dad's iPod while it plays, which is a nice touch. The kit includes a remote that'll let him skip songs and access the iPod's menu.

Universal remote: Your dad's going to need a top-notch remote to handle all his peripherals, and Logitech's latest universal remote might be just the ticket. The Harmony 720 ($200) will manage his flat-screen display, receiver, DVD and even a gaming console all from one remote. All he has to do is log onto the Logitech Web site, select his components, attach the 720 to his PC via its USB port, and sync; the Harmony will then organize his devices into one-touch activities that he can access from the 720's color screen.

Instant surround sound: Does Dad have a hankering for surround sound? No need to cram his living room with six speakers and drape speaker wire on the walls; instead, get him Yamaha's impressive single-speaker surround system. The Digital Sound Projector YSP-1100 ($1,300) comes with 42 drivers and two woofers that bounce sound all over the room, making for the next best thing to discrete surround speakers. The YSP-1100 also comes with a built-in amplifier, complete with Dolby Digital and DTS decoding; just plug your father's DVD player directly into the unit and he'll be good to go.

Satellite radio: Is your dad hankering to jump onto the satellite radio bandwagon? Give him the AGT Sportscaster ($60), a bargain XM Radio receiver, along with the Sportscaster Home Kit ($50), which includes a docking cradle, an antenna, and an RCA cable that will hook into the audio inputs on his home theater. The Sportscaster boasts a three-line display, 30 channel presets and, of course, access to 171 XM channels. The package also comes with a car kit, so your father can listen to his favorite shows while he's on the road.

Almost high-def DVD: If your dad's a movie fanatic and a videophile, he might appreciate a DVD player that makes the most of his flat-panel HDTV. The Oppo DV-981HD ($230) isn't a true high-def player—which Dad might consider a good thing, considering the messy Blu-ray/HD DVD format war—but it does a nimble job of upscaling standard-definition DVDs to 720p, 1081i or even 1080p over its HDMI output. The DV-981HD packs Faroudja's DCDi video processing for the smoothest possible picture, and it even plays international PAL discs, DVD-Audio and SACD digital audio discs.