Samsung HT-WP38 DVD Home Theater System with USB Plug-and-play and Wireless Rear Channel
A Phenomenal Home Theater
This is by far the best bang for the buck in home theater currently.  My Dad decided his system needed an upgrade and so I started digging around local stores and browsing the web.  The more I checked around the more apparent it became that this system is head and shoulders above anything else in its class.  The inclusion of the wireless rear channel is a $200 value in competing systems such as Panasonic's. <br /> <br />Setup was a breaze.  All the speaker wires were color-coded and snap in and out of the rear of the unit which made adjusting wires during cleanup considerably easier.  When we cranked it up the first time the dog went cowering in a different room because the roar of the lion's was so intense.  Aside from the laughter/sadness of scaring the dog hopefully you get the idea that this can produce a lot of sound.  The sound wasn't just loud either, it was crisp and responsive on a variety of DVD's I tried. <br /> <br />The only bump we hit in the entire process is that apparently the included remote is not compatible with Sylvania TV's (any Sylvania TV's).   I ended up killing the remote while trying codes for other brands of TV's to the point that it wouldn't work on the home theater any more.  I called Samsung and pleasantly surprised at how good their phone support was.  They answered the phone within a couple minutes and I spent less than 15 minutes on the phone with them.  They ended up replacing the remote via mail. <br /> <br />So, anyone that's not an audiophile with deep pockets will get a lot of benefit from this system.  Highly recommended.