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Is this Sony home theatre in a box good (It's an HTIB but with lots of inputs)?

I am thinking of buying the "Sony Home Theatre System (HTSF2000)" It is the full type system with speakers, sub and receiver. It's a really slim looking system with slim tall speakers and a slim tiny receiver BUT unlike most slim home theatre in a box (HTIB) sets, this actually has several audio/video and HDMI slots! I plan to use it with a 42 inch LCD TV and will plug in a DVD player, Cable Box and PS3. It is available at Future Shop in Canada (Future Shop is like Best Buy in Canada) for $699. Here is the future shop link: http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10096061&catid= Here is the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WVEMJM?smid=A228GNTXW0TH0L&tag=cnet-ce-20&linkCode=asn#productDetails Thanks for any advice. p.s. I WAS ALSO WONDERING IF I do not use the rear speakers and just the front ones, will that make the sound messed up on a system like this or would it work fine? I know that with independent receivers where you buy your own speakers, you can just plug in front speakers and it will work fine, but with a combo package like this, will it work to just use the front speakers?

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1. fuck no... if you want good sound dont get an HTIB... that simple
2. That unit has 0 component inputs, 0 Svideo inputs, etc. I cannot even see how many HDMI inputs it has, but I suspect it has 1. It looks only designed to take a feed from a single blue ray player. Why do you say it has "several audio/video and HDMI slots?" For this price you can get a Dennon, Onkyo HTIB with a big receiver and lots of spare connections. Skip this sony system. It's over-priced and is obviously a class-D amplifier which let it fit in a skinny box, but these are usually not very good/respected.