I'm moving to a new home and I'm trying to buy an HDTV and Home Theatre system
for the living room. I am not very knowledgeable in either of the areas.

The new place has 4 pre-wired surround speaker locations on the ceiling and I was
looking for HTIB that comes with 4+ speakers that are small enough to put on the
ceiling. I went to a Bose store this afternoon and thought the lifestyle 28 was
reasonably good. Came back and did some web surfing and made an order.

I remember someone telling me about this website and I was just stopping by to
make sure that I made the right decision.

Then, I found hundreds of negative postings about Bose and felt terrible/stupid.
I did not even know that Bose is an over-priced brand.

So, I hurried sending emails to the internet shops canceling the orders. I hope they
would cancel it tomorrow morning.

After that, I started reading many posts here to figure out what to buy.

And, I'm LOST. There are too many opinions and too many options and brands
and I don't even know what to buy.

Can someone help me choosing HTIB models that may be better than or equivalent
to Bose Lifestyle 28 series? Here is the situation.

- Thinking of buying a 50" Pioneer PDP-5060
- Need a progressive scan DVD player (DVD/CD changer would be nice, but not a
must)
- Need 4 small speakers to hang on the ceiling. I read some negative postings on
ceiling mounting, but there are holes and wires waiting for the speakers and I have
no choice. The seller of the house took the speakers out of the home and there
are just loose wires coming out of the corners of the ceilings
- Total budget for the HTIB is around $1000~$1500 (given that Bose is WAY
overpriced, according to you guys). It does not have to be over $1000. As long as
the product has a good quality for my needs (watching TV & movie, listening to
classical music casually), it's okay.
- I prefer buying a set (i.e. HTIB) including everything, but if someone can pick exact
items one by one, it'll be great as well. (don't give me multiple choice options...
it'll make me more lost.)

By the way, the wires on the ceilings are located at the corners and I think I need
some brackets or legs to put the speakers in the correct directions. If someone
can help me where/what to buy, it'll be great.

Thanks in advance.

Byungwook