the only thing I find wrong with this product I will say up-front . the service by SONY on-line . the only thing this product need be to be ship with either a Digital -- or the optical sound cable and the product would be user ready right out of the box . it take I more time to go through all the option to try to make it give full surround sound to tv and anything play be just so simple with the digital optical sound cable for less than five buck . -lrb- I be on-line with SONY for three hour over two day . no answer fall off-line -rrb- nothing but these two would work -- so say on one of the page of the manual but in parent . the sound from this system be well worth the price and more . I have play old cd 's that have new sound come from they , Netflix 's stream movie come off in surround-sound as well as regular tv -- not cable -- over the air . every thing fall into place with nothing but the reset up of the speaker to do since I move thing around due to the richness of sound . it will keep you turn you head for the sound source -- that come through loud and clear . ok ok ok so I be please with the system -- but I be a hard head -- they do it with the product -- the service suck and I would have ship the proper cabling to make everyone 's experience like my end one -- thank god for optical cable -- the only flaw in a well-worth-the-money system . SONY DID IT -- please ship a cable next time . in addendum -- I be remiss in not say that I have a Blu-Ray disc player with a nero network to my desktop pc . the Sony be to the component port , hdmus for the bd , also have a old tech vcr port in by the vlr port -- all to the Samsung 23 inch monitor tv . all sound come from the SONY -- tv speaker be off . I do try various patch-in -- find these to be the best for I . the unit would work to a degree on any other set-up -- but only with the digital co-ax or the digital optical do it work for all equipment . the key be the tv be the common . love the set-up -- still have not recalibrate the speaker .