Binding: CE
ASIN: B000UQURH0
Manufacturer: BOSE
Average Customer Review: 
(From 6 total reviews)
List Price: $1,999.00
Amazon Price: $1,750.00 (11 new available)
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Features
- Complete system designed for those who want to add their own DVD player and other hi-def sources
- ADAPTiQ® system customizes sound to your rooms unique characteristics
- Bose® link enables a whole-home entertainment solution, even outdoors
- Video upscaling uses the highest resolution capabilities of your TV, up to 1080p over HDMI
- 4 Direct/Reflecting speakers, horizontal center speaker, Acoustimass® module, media console, display
Accessories
- Monster Cable IDL100-2M Interlink Datalink 100 6.56-Foot Low-Loss S/PDIF Style Digital Coaxial Cable
- Pinpoint AM20 Wall- and ceiling-mount speaker bracket White
- Monster Cable MV2CV-2M Monster Video 2 2-Meter Component Video Cable
- Bose UB-20 Wall/Ceiling Bracket (each) - BLACK
- Bose UB-20 Wall/Ceiling Bracket (each) - WHITE
Editorial Reviews
Product Description:
The Bose® Lifestyle® V20 system changes the face of component home theater. It offers a versatile foundation for all your audio and video sources, including those with HDMI. Add your own Blu-ray DiscTM or HD-DVD player, and enjoy exhilarating surround sound for movies, music, sports and more. This system features compact Direct/Reflecting ® speaker arrays, each only 4½” high, and a horizontal center-channel speaker that complements flat-panel TVs. A powerful Acoustimass® module reproduces emphatic low notes that add depth to your movies and music. The unique system design lets you hide more equipment. There’s no need for a large, complex receiver and a multitude of remotes. All you see and interact with is an elegant display panel. A well-labeled media console simplifies your component connections and tucks neatly away. The entire system is controlled with an intuitive universal remote. So you receive synchronized audio and video at the press of a single source button. And what you see is as crisp as what you hear. The Lifestyle® V20 system features automatic video upscaling so movies and sports always use the highest resolution capability of your displayup to 1080p over HDMI. Now think about the unique qualities of your room. The size, shape, textures and other elements affect the sound you hear. The ADAPTiQ® system was developed to analyze your room and then adjust the Lifestyle® system for a consistent, high-quality performance each time you listen. But the benefits don’t end in your main room. Built-in Bose® link technology can distribute the system’s audio to other rooms. Add compatible Bose products, and enjoy your music almost anywhere, even outdoors.
Customer Reviews
Worth the Wait by Gee Wally
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.
Does what’s supposed to do by vandergraaf
First time buyer/user of Bose. We were looking for good quality sound and small size. The design is very good: visitors cannot tell where the sound comes from: speakers were easily installed and incorporated in our current living room. The sound is great for movies and very good for music. The more dynamic the range the better the sound. It does well with PCM 2.0, 5.1, the mp3, wav files and nice with mono recordings.
Upgrading video signal is good too. Standard cable looks better on 40″ LCD TV. It does well with trhough HD signal (no loss/distortion). I have Blu-ray from PC hooked to it (no HDCP conflict here yet). Looks great!
Issues: 1. We had handshake issues with a motorola cable box. 2. We had to return first unit as it had color distortion (Bose customer service is good). 3. Infrared signal comes from display so the other devices need to face the display, otherwise use the IR sensor.
SummarY: It’s a nice unit, provides enough power, quality and upgrading of audio and video signal in an elegant, discrete design. It can satisfy the average consumer.
Video capabilities not great by Anand Balasubramanian
Audio:
I bought this system a month ago. The sound was ok, i have vaulted ceilings and so the surround was not that great. The sound was good for music, but for movies, the dialogues seem lost in the center channel and I had to increase the output in the center channel.
Video:
I have the Samsung Lnt-4669 tv, and it says it doesnt work well with older versions of HDMI. Samsung’s version is 1.3 and bose is 1.2a. Using the HDMI capables, I got no sound. This was listed in the Samsung manual. I watched 24 through a progressive scan Dvd player connected using composite and the faces of the characters had ghosts whenever the camera moved. This did not happen if I connect directly. The non HD channels also looked better when hooked directly to the TV than through the Bose
Overall, for 2k I dont think it is worth it. I returned my set.
nightmare by Elliot J. Feinberg MD
while the sound is what you’d expect from Bose, the positives end there. Set up was not as they described or advertised. The remote doesn’t recognize my Blue Ray player, and calling Bose AND Sony produced no solution. I wound up purchasing a Logitech remote- why spend 10k on a TV, Stereo, DVD and have multiple remotes.
Other hangups include the need for special attachments to the units (like TV, Cable) you’d like switched on and off via remote that took my installer extra time. Finally, please note that this “expandable” system requires a separate $250 amp for each new set of speakers, and the Bose cannot control you IPOD, which is just plugged into an Aux jack. My downstairs Onkyo+Klipsch system w DVD, ipod, Wii, cable and old VCR and Pioneer plasma was much easier to set up, and the Onkyo remote controls everything but the Wii.
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