Kids' playroom. Connecting WII and Xbox... need advice on receiver

We just built the playroom and I wired for 5.1 and even ran the HDMI cable behind the wall to connect a receiver to the TV. This is for the kids room, may upgrade sometime, but they are 8 and 10, so sound purity and quality is not a big issue. Simplicity, simple operation and ability to have a single HDMI connection from receiver to TV is most important. Have simple Insignia speakers with powered subwoofer, now want to pick least expensive receiver for this room. Would also consider returning speakers if there is a home theater system that accepts both HDMI and analog input and does the job. Thanks!

Yes, I had considered running an etherent cable to the bedroom, but my wife doesn't like the idea of seeing the cable snaking through hallways. 
In the bedroom, I have connected the imac, mac mini and the AEBS with etherent cable.  It's just my connection to the internet that does not have the benefit of ethernet, although the speed I get from my cable internet is much slower than the wifi connection.
I would eventually like to move the cable modem upstairs and use the AEBS as the primary base station and the AX downstairs to extend my wireless network.  However, there is an issue in that the cable modem has to be the only device on the cable connection and I am currently using the cable connection to carry my DISH Network signal and basic cable signal to the bedroom.
I guess my question really boils down to this...Would an AE in place of the AX give a stronger signal to the 2nd AE in the bedroom.  I will turn off the AE tonight and see what kind of a signal I get from the AX downstairs.  I haven't tried it, but I suppose I could also move the Airport Extreme (5th Gen) downstairs and hook it directly to the cable modem and not even use the AX because the signal from the new AE should be as good or better than last year's AX - but then I would lose the gigabit ethernet between those devices - which is why I haven't done that yet.
I could also drop the $$$ on a Time Capsule for the bedroom and use it for all my backups (but that's kinda what I'm hoping to do with the mac mini) and move the AE downstairs to the cable modem.
Decisions, decisions.

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