Bose® - Lifestyle® 18 Series III DVD Home Entertainment System

I tried the Bose lifestyle 18, 28 and 35 systems and decided to stick with the lifestyle 18. The Bose stores have the Lifestyle 28 and 35 on display, you can defenitely hear a distinct difference in the sound between the Jewel speakers of the Lifestyle 35 and the direct / reflecting speakers of the Lifestyle 28 using the demos as the Bose store, but when you take them home and listen to your own tracks and movies, the difference isn't as clear. The main difference comes from the center speaker and you can hear more a little more clarity and more sound seperation especially with movies with the Lifestyle 35 and 28 over the 18. Also the lifestyle 35 comes with a console that you can buy seperately from Bose called "VS2" that allows for HDMI connectivity, the console doesn't function very well and I wouldn't consider it as a perk when comparing the systems, the liefestle 18 and 28 come with a component connection adapeter which give almost as good quality picture as HDMI. For me the difference in the sound wasn't strong enough to justify the price difference, so my advice, if you have the extra money to spend go for the Lifestyle 35, if you want a great system with great sound AND vlaue, go for the Lifesyle 18.

The system itself is wonderful. Simple, precise set up instructions. Easy to add additional sound to other rooms in the house as well. The only set back is that Best Buy, nor any of our other local retailers sale the white wall mounts from Bose. Obviously you don't want black mounts or speakers sitting everywhere, when what you are buying with this system is invisibility. We had to order the mounts direct from Bose but they offered free shipping and were very good about offering installation tips, etc. Another Best Buy issue is that they offer you an HDMI Cable as an accessory if you order online, but it is not HDMI capable so don't waste time with purchasing only to have to return the cable later.

I looked at alot of home theater systems, after looking at reviews and what stores had to offer. Found this sytem only on the Best Buy website and just love it. Need to get some wall mounts for the center and front speakers, but other then that it is great and sounds fanatistic. I've had friends over and they are jealous and wish they could have it.

This thing is incredible! Looks great and sounds even better. Like I said I just wished it would have had a HDMI hookup. For $999.00 on sale from $1500.00. I bought a blueray on sale for $150.

I love the savings, except I paid and extra $100.00 buying it in the store because I was unable to use my card on line. It's wonderful watching TV with this system on. I had to call the Bose help desk and they were very helpful and friendly. I like the speakers being so small but powerful.

It fits perfectly and looks very nice. The surround sound and the speakers are perfect for the family room.

only con no hdmi but after connecting can see any differance. great sound really brings tv to life and at 899.00 you can go wrong.

At a $600 dollar savings best ever, easy to set up only down fall is the unit is balck and all the speakers are white.