when consider buy a home theater or speaker set , Panasonic be not my first choice . in the end I decide to go for sc-htb15 mainly because it would probably go well with my Panasonic plasma tv . and it do . this 2.1 system be a big improvement over the built-in tv speaker ; sound feel deeper and richer . Panasonic vera-link work as advertise ; i can turn on\/off and adjust volume with my tv remote or cable remote . for $ 221 I think it be a worthy investment -lrb- most other major brand sound bar or 2.1 system run from 300 to some over 1000 -rrb- . some downside of this otherwise great product : 1 . htb15 require a hdmus , or a hdmus cable plus a optical cable if you tv do not support latest hdmi-arc feature . neither cable be include in the box , and I have to run off to nearby electronic store to find cable , which add another $ 40 to the total cost . 2 . the dialog clear mode work great , but I can not turn on\/off this feature on the control panel . this can only be operate through speaker remote . it would be great if I could access full function with my tv remote thru vera-link . 3 . I find that at low volume htb15 do not sound any better than built-in tv speaker ; I have to turn up the volume to at least mid range that the bass and depth of sound really come alive .