I do not own this particular item , in fact I do not have a home theater system at all ! what I do have be the Apex 1600 and also the Apex 2600 dvd player . they be easy-as-pie to hook up and learn to use . the price be unbelievable , too ! as for most tv have the S-video hook-up , I own 4 tv ... uh huh , and only the 1994 -lrb- the newest of the 4 -rrb- , rca 27 '' one have the s-video gizmo . yeah . I have a almost identical 1993 rca 27 '' that do not have it . my oldest tv be a 1980 13 '' Hitachi -lrb- with a dial for channel 2 thru 13 -rrb- ... uh huh , but I have hook it up to a inexpensive VCR player and access the other cable channel that way . it be just in a guest bedroom at my cabin getaway . I really love read what you reviewer say about the product here ... because they help I a awful lot . I be not a techie by any stretch of the imagination . but I pick up a little info here and there , read the instruction -lrb- sometimes again and again and again -rrb- and eventually get thing to work . anyway , I be almost sell on this product . of course I 'll hook it up to the newest tv -lrb- ha ha ha -rrb- ... and it sound as tho maybe only 3 of the 5 speaker will work with my older tv . I be wait for the price to come down on hdtv ... and also for more hdtv channel before I buy a new tv . thanks to all you reviewer !