Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #44124 in Home Theater
- Brand: Bose
- Model: 41793
Features
- Our popular 5-speaker surround sound system for your Blu-ray DiscTM player
- Direct/Reflecting® speakers, horizontal center speaker
- Customized audio performance for your room.
- HDMI connectivity for 2 sources,Video upscaling to 1080p
- Media console with abundant inputs/outputs, AM/FM tuner
Bose Lifestyle V20 Home Theater System - Black
Product Description
Bose Lifestyle V20 Black 51-channel Home Theater System - LSV20HTBLACK
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful.
Techy guy who wanted 1 Remote Simplicity (and some good sounding surround sound)
By Mark Gabryjelski
OK, so all I wanted was a great surround system that would accept an optical cable to throw out surround, and did NOT want to have a large receiver sitting under my TV for just that only purpose. The Display being separated from the Media Unit is awesome. I have an Xbox 360, Comcast Tivo (yes, Tivo from Camcast), and an Apple Mac Mini hooked up to a 52" Samsung LCD (1080p) TV, and just wanted surround sound. I was not evening looking for a remote...no remote shipped with any system actually works, right? I was still looking for a 1 remote control solution. (more on the remote later)Forget the fact that I paid $1700 for this...I know would still pay the $2,000 for it. I know Bose can be pricey.... If you are looking at this, you're considering it too. I would do it again, even without the sale price.It sounds damn good. It blows away any of those all in one's you see out there for $1,000 or less. I'm sure that at some price point, an all in one will sound better, but I'm sure it will cost a pretty penny. There is even good bass. Can I get more rumble with at 'proper' 8" or 10" subwoofer? Yes, if I want to, but LIstening to Rush, Moving Pictures sounds PERFECT! (had to up the Bass to a +8 to make this sound like that).Surround is good, bass is good, TV pass thru (for video) is good...even the remote is more than I expected.Points:Ships with (just about) everything you need: HDMI, components, composites, & speaker cables, remote, IR transmitters, batteries.Speaker wires: 3 x 20', and 2 x 50'Wishes:it came with speaker stands/mounts. But, most high-end systems don't, and look what it DOES come with. OK, I can give some slack here, but the stands/mounts were $30 (MSRP) each. Found them online for less than 1/2 of that.REMOTENow, I was ready to go buy a true universal remote (Logitech, or old Harmony remotes), but was going to try the Bose remote first.Waited until I had a few hours, because I had to re-run my HDMI cables. Took the Xbox360 and Comcast Tivo, removed them from the TV, and hooked them up tot he HDMI in on the Bose. Bose is now connected to the TV over HDMI. Played with the remote settings, and was surprised as anything when it worked EXACTLY like I wanted it to. Thought I would have to run the IR Emitters....nope. PLEASE...take your time with the remote settings. There are a LOT OF CODES for your to search through. Don't stop at the first one just because the power on/off feature worked. Write down what worked, and keep moving down the list. Took me 7 working TV codes to find the one where the menu button actually brought up a working menu. Took me 3 tries to find the right Comcast Tivo code. I figure this is why people have problems with the remote's universal feature (that they stop on the 1st working code). The remote is Radio Frequeny for the Bose controls, and will do IR for the other components without requiring the IR Transmitters.Enjoy
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.Worth the Wait
By Rick
We waited over ten years before finally taking the plunge with Bose and it was well worth the wait. The sound quality is superb and it does everything I need it to do. I test ran it with Saving Private Ryan and finally re-experienced the theater quality sound I couldn't get with our Klipsch or Sony systems. HOWEVER, it took me two weekends to figure out how to make all the connections (DirecTV, TIVO, DVD...) work like they are supposed to; if I had it to do over again I would pay the Geek Squad or somebody to set it up for me. But now that it is up and running I only regret that we waited so long.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.Great system!
By J. Donza
I bought this system and hooked it up. Sounded fantastic, but when I heard a V30 at a Bose store, the Jewel Cube speakers blew me away. The V20 gives you more mid range, the V30 gives more mids to highs. Both systems sound superb, but the V30's Jewel Cube speakers provided more detail and a crisper sound. I ended up returning the V20 for a V30. Both are amazing systems, but the clarity and the crispness of the Jewel Cube system impressed me to the point of shelling an extra g-note. Bottom line is you can't go wrong with either system, but definetly listen to both before choosing one.
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