Home Theater Systems Help

Our six year old DVD Home Theatre was needing last rights. It was time to bid it farewell and get a new one. After searching through many stores, we ended up at Best Buy and selected the Sony HDX266. We were able to get it for $287, but I had a 12% coupon.

Some basic facts about the system. The total output power is 1000 watts @ 1.5 ohms, 80Hz, 10%THD. Compared to some of the others I have heard, the sound on this is very good. Not in the class with the $1000+ systems, but for its price range.

Overall, the sound produced my this sound system has nothing to offer. I couldn’t say enough bad things about the lackluster, half-absent sound produced by the Lifestyle 50, so I won’t start. Considering the cost, I think Bose is selling this system for laughs. If the system cost $600 I could concieve of someone buying it for a nice set of computer speakers, but only if they had $600 to waste.

Unless you can’t hear and have $3500 that you can only spend on a Bose Lifestyle 50 please please don’t buy this thing.

I had heard of Bose, and I got a chance to hear it and I was ((wow)) by it for the size and sound. Movie,Sports and Video games is just so life like it unreal. I’m very happy with it. Anyone who is reading this should go hear it first before you knock it, This is what a Home Movie System should sound like. And the stored music of 340 hours is really nice all my music is right at my finger tip with the RF remote allow me to control my system from any were in my home. The setup was very easy, I told my wife if we ever part I’m taking my BOSE. With the Bose outdoor speakers and the Amp. the remote that’s called a Personal Music II, I can be outside on the deck enjoying all of my favorite music at the same time my wife is viewing her favorite soaps on TV which is cool, and I just can get over the sound for Football and Video Games on the system, The Wii Game System is aw some on here. All I can say is just Thanks Doc, Bose…………………………………. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . … . . .

This unit is nicely packaged, and easy to set up. The sounds is decent, given the low price. The picture is ok.

It won’t play CD-R and CD-RW, and says so in the manual. It doesn’t say that it doesn’t play DVDs!

It’s too bad that more and more DVDs are being released that it simply can’t play. Blame it on whoever you want, I choose to go to the manufacturer of the player and expect them to ensure that their player can play disks that EVERY OTHER PLAYER I’VE TRIED CAN!

I was looking to get into a budget Home Theater for under $600. I already had the T.V., DVD, and VCR, so what I needed was a good receiver and matched speakers. To be honest, I took the word of many people on the internet when I made this purchase. Sears didn’t even have this model on display, so I never even heard it before I set it up in my home.

Well Well Well…

Yet another Sony Product has found it’s way into my heart. Just like my Digital Camcorder, I stumbled across this little gem quite by accident, while walking through the local Sears. There it was, flanking a Hitachi HDTV. Beautiful, really. The simple elegance matched so perfectly with the practicality of it all. I stood in awe while the eager salesguy fired it up for me. I was sold. I seem to recall my wife, though she denies it, say something along the lines that we should get it (and the Hitachi HDTV). The wheels were turning as I got home and jumped on the net to research it. Kind of pricey, and still pretty new, so no real reviews about it. What I did find helped me have a starting point when I went back to Sears to see it again. I visited this system three times before I bought it. Thank God Sears has a price match guarantee…saved me $200.00!!! They wanted $999.00 and I found it online for $799.00 and after a phone call for verification, it was mine.

Bringing it home. Let me tell you. The box is FREAKING HUGE! It took up every bit of rear space in my Honda Odyssey, that is, behind the middle seats. You can park two Geo Metros in the box alone…pretty much as heavy too!

I got it home and set it up immediately. Then the test…Terminator 2. I had to put it in and replay the beginning to tweak the speakers and all. To say that I was impressed is an understatement. I previously purchased the Sony (again, a Sony!) SAW-M40 12-inch subwoofer, for my old system, and had planned to use it to boost the little 8-incher this system has in it. Turns out the little 8-incher is more than adequate. I put the SAW-M40 back in the box and returned it (clever, ain’t I?)…Technically, that is another $150 off the price I paid!

All in all I am super-impressed with this system. There are some quirky things, for instance, if you are listening to the TV through the system, and you open one of the CD/DVD trays, it automatically goes into CD/DVD mode, thus shutting off the sound from the TV. Come on, Sony… The remote is a little perplexing too. My remote from my now unused Sony (!) S-530D DVD player was much easier to use, as far as DVD control is concerned. Obviously desingned by a different engineering group altogether!

Then there is the matter of the crappy speaker wire they send with it…just junk. I am in the marker for some Monster Cable, but have been busy buying new living room furniture to match this system!!!

With the exception of the two grand I spent on a new sofa and two recliners, I can’t complain. It is enjoyable having people over and seeing how they are drawn in by the system. There are always lots of questions. Then of course All I have to do is pop in a disk and let it speak for itself. email me if you have any questions ecorrus73@hotmail.com

I remember that my brother called me and said: “Dad bought a Home Theatre”. oh my gosh. i was a little afraid. you know, my father is not the best tech buyer. when i came home i felt a little relieved. it was a Sony.

First: The price it’s good, even here in Lima.

The labeling its clearly enough, it doesn’t take me too much to install. i connect the tv and also try the radio tuner. the FM tuner sounds very clear, and i can “decode” the radio and every stereo input in Dolby , Dolby II and sounds great. the system comes with 4 stereo inputs and 2 digital (coaxial, wire included, and optical)

I’ll confess right here at the start, I probably have the lamest excuse ever for buying a home theater system.

This JVC was a one out of two choices for me. I recently sold my Sony DAV-S300 - a similar machine to the TH-A9. I want a machine to do it all: play DVDs and anything else in a pleasing way. I don”t want poor sound or have to upgrade in a few years. The DAV-S300 was a good machine, however it had limits with its own format compatibility. I have seen this JVC and am quite attracted to it, I set a demo room up with this machine - I also want to try the new Sony DAV-S500 or S800 machine - which play SACDs too! This JVC is a UK model; (basically region two not one like on epinions) model: TH-A9R (£590)

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I was the unhappy owner of a Bose Lifestyle 35. I felt the sound was, lacking life and clarity. The unit had no dolby prologic capabilities and was only 5.1. I didn’t feel like spending $3500 and up on a full blown system preferring to find a single solution Home Theatre In The Box (HTIB). This system seemed to be the top one on the market. It listed for $1700 and I found it on Ebay for $1050.