Sound bars...good idea or bad idea?

I am looking at purchasing a new HT system, but the Sony sound bars caught my eye. I know they can't fully sound as good as a true 5.1 or 7.1, but I like the idea of not having to run wires. Do they sound good with movies or just TV? Any help is welcomed.

The sound bars produced today are actually amazing. While they might not give you the range of a more expensive set, they are perfect for average home theater use. They use 3D sound technology to bounce off walls, creating artificial surround sound that actually impressive - the sort of technology you would of paid thousands of dollars for a few years ago.
I would not recommend sound bars for mainly music use - they are not designed for that. They are designed for home theaters - and if that is your purpose, and you don't wish to run a more extensive and expensive system, sound bars are great. They are arranged so that the speaking voice is louder and the music softer, which is a major failing of a big theater system which isn't properly set up.
Quick, easy, and simple the use is the advantage of a soundbar.
Limited options for more intense audiophiles is the disadvantage.
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"Joe Makowiec" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 02 Apr 2008 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Tarvardian
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>> Is there someplace I can go to find a list of widely
>> accepted attributes?
>
> How 'bout the source?
>
>
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#adef-rel
>
> Note that it has a set of defined values:
>
>
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-links
>
> In looking over the documentation, and given my
understanding of the way
> things work in the here and now, I suspect that it's one
of those "Won't
> hurt, might help" kind of things.
>
> --
> Joe Makowiec
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> I'm trying to figure out a problem I'm having with flash
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> seeing
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knows that flash
> buttons
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explanation as to
>
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layman's
> terms? I'm very new to Dreamweaver and web development
in general. I'm
> developing an intranet site for a specific group of
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> accessibility
> is not a huge concern.
>
> Thanks!
>

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understanding is that
> flash buttons are a) potentially not accessible to all
your users, b) not
> indexable by search engines, and c) more labor intensive
to update. all or
> none
> of these things might matter to you based on the target
audience of your
> site.
>

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Who thought that using iframes and forcing people to scroll was a good idea?

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