this be my first surround sound home theater . I use it in a small apartment living room . I be by no mean a audiophile . I buy this model at a local electronics retailer . I end up exchange it for another unit of the same model because the dvd player skip . the one new unit have a completely separate problem : the color would periodically fade from the picture while watch dvd , a problem which I trace to the receiver 's s-video output port . I end up return the second unit for a full refund . despite my experience with the ht-p38 , I be willing to acknowledge that I just have really bad luck . despite that possiblity , this model have other drawback that I be not willing to live with . the biggest drawback be that despite have a 5-disc carousel , if you be watch a dvd or listen to a cd and want to fill a empty tray , it stop the playback ; you can not `` play and exchange '' with this model . in my mind , there be no point in have a multiple disc tray if you can not play and exchange . I end up buy a JVC th-c3 , which I be much happier with : higher wattage -lrb- which admittedly be not a accurage guage of performance -rrb- , better frequency range on the subwoofer , `` play and exchange '' capability , easy control of each of the speaker from the remote .