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This system ROCKS. I had read great things about this Onkyo HTS in CR magazine again and again whenever they reviewed home theater equipment so when my dad wanted a system I ordered this for him without a second thought.Do yourself a favor, buy this HT-S5100 and spend the grand you saved on a bigger flat panel. CANT BEAT THIS DEAL.
They also gave me the option of receiving another new product but I chose the discount. The product came in a damaged box (probably the fault of the ups guys) but the company gave me a substantial discount due to this. I am very pleased with the product and the company.
It was shipped UPS by a sub contractor and the carton and styrofoam packing were badly damaged although the components were all OK. It plays wonderfully and we are very pleased with the performance. I've read in customer comments that the receiver tends to run hot, but with a DVD player on top it just gets wam and not uncomfortable to the touch. We are not audiophiles and bought this system because Consumer Reports rated it as tops by a wide margin in it's group. Instructions were clear and concise. The mfr says they will not accept any warranty returns unless in original packaging, so I may have a problem.
What else can I say, buy it and get the Harmony One too. If I was not already married, I'd take this system out behind the bleachers and get it pregnant. I found HDMI cables wickedly cheap online -- like under $10 -- and have it on good authority that it is not worth spending billions on them. I could have gone for a more expensive set up, but I was already buying a new 52" HDTV and some very un-manly off white buffet-like stand to house the setup at my bride's insistence. I also added a speaker switch box so I can run an extra set of "B" speakers. The whole set is now orchestratd by my Logitec Harmony One remote, which I highly recommend.
I convinced some family members to chip in and we collectively purchased another one as a gift for my brother. As many have written, the size of the speakers is a bit much, but otherwise I could not be happier with the system. I have a Sony CD/DVD, Sony PS3, Sky-Fi2 (XM), and HD cable box running through it. The sound is great and Blu-ray movies rock the entire house. The set up was reasonably painless although took some cognition to figure out how to configure all of the components. After conducting much research into home theatres in a box, I went with this one.
I substituted the color coded Onkyo wires for some beefier ones at Radio Shack and used a DLO dock for the ipod (instead of the included one). As always, Amazon had the best price online.
For the money it is excellent quality and the sound is great. I would recomend it to anyone who was interested in a resonably priced system with a great sound. I am very happy with my purchase of this system. It was very easy to install and have up working in no time.
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