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I have been looking and researching and after about 2 months, I just bought it. Are there better systems in this price range, of course there are, but I do not want to dedicate my life to it, so finally bouhgt this one. This has it all, and is a good system to buy.

I just installed the system in my home and I am going to give it a conservative 4 star even though I have found no short coming on this system yet.

Striking features:
1. Design and style - cant beat the looks.
2. Plays everything except DVD-RW.
3. Sound is quite nice.
4. Can take multiple inputs, and I have hooked the VCR and
dish network to its input.
5. Progressive scan at this price range, wow.
6. Outputs both the composite and S video out.
7. Powerful sub woofer.
8. Frequency response volume control, never seen that one
before.
9. Costs 2/3 rd of what I paid for my aiwa CD system 7 years
back.
10. 5.1 system.

Short comings:
1. VCD only has sound on the center and the sub woofer.
2. I think it can not handle PAL DVDs.
3. Holds only 1 disc, so keep changing the disc all the time.

Other features:
1. Speakers look like just about any other speakers in this
range.
2. Remote is to the point.
3. Generous wiring.
4. Needs RF modulator for older TVs.
5. Sub woofer stays on all the time ... wasting the
power, but that is true for all systems I think.

There is not much reviews on this system and also it is not a best seller either. I just checked and saw that some of the refurbished models are selling for more than twice what I paid for a new system, so I think I did alright.

Impressive home theater system with excellent power. On top of the great sound and quality video it has very stylish design features that compliment its quality audio and video output!!

I have no sound out of this after 14 months. I looks like this sound problem occurs with a lot of people.

I bought this system a month ago. I would have to say that it's simplicity is amazing, it's sleek and the speaker size is just right. Though, there's a downside:High frequencies are barely heard. I installed 5 surface mount tweeters beside each cube, and the sound improvement was very noticeable. I strongly recommend to anyone that owns this model to do the same, these tweeters are not expensive, and the upgrade is worth the effort.
All the system's other features are very user friendly. Also it has a zoom power (x1.5) that allows you to see widescreen bigger, as though you are watching full screen.
For the frequency response is that I give the system a strong 4 stars.

I've had this system for a while and feel it was a great buy for the price. I've enjoyed the many options that the system provides, and am very pleased overall.