Just Right!,

I have had this Home Theater System for almost two years. I have watched countless movies on it. I should say this is a great system. It is ideal for small rooms like the apartment living room I have it in. I admit there are more serious Home Theater Systems out there for sale. But at the price it is being offered, this system really rules.

It has both Dolby Digital AND DTS decoding. The sound reproduction is extremely accurate and crystal clear. Its common for me to get fooled by it into thinking someone is knocking at my door, or my cell phone is ringing etc etc. The speakers come in a wooden cabinet as opposed to plastic ones that most systems in this price range come with, and that helps the sound. The passive subwoofer does a pretty decent job. It is not the obnoxious blaring subwoofer that comes with some other systems, but it never fails to make its presence known.

The pictures are crispy clear too, thanks to the S-Video output (visibly better than the regular A/V output. Yes, I did experiment!). It also has a Cinema mode which gives that nice film-like tint to the picture. It also can produce 16:9 signal for widescreen TVs. It has a midnight mode that enhances lower frequency sounds subtly to give better (deeper) sound at low volumes. So you dont have to bother your neighbors when watching movies late night. It also has a number of DSP modes too, which is handy if you want to watch your TV programs in Dolby Digital (using Pro Logic) through the A/V input (cable not included). Installation was easy with all speaker cables included and color-coded.

The bad things ...? This isn't the sleekest system I have seen. Quite frankly, its bulky. But for me, what it can do is more important, and not what it looks like. The speaker wires were not long enough (6 meters for the surrounds). I had to get my own speaker wires from a local store.