I have had this system for 2 weeks. There are pros and cons and much to my surpize Sony has already corrected what this system lacks. The sound is excellent! The best sound I have heard from any surround sound system. You can hear every sound on the disc....its better then my BOSE and cost less. The cons...it lacks the picture quality that other sony DVD players have. The pixel rate is 480 not 1080i..even with the progressive scan on it losses some of the quality of the picture. You can only load one disc at a time and last most dvd players will start the disc where you last cut it off, not this one. You have to reset the disc features for sound. All in all I am pleased that I finally went with the DREAM!