BOSE R Lifestyle 38 DVD home entertainment system
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Manufacturer: BOSE
Model: 38
Binding: Electronics
Publisher: BOSE
Label: BOSE
Features for BOSE R Lifestyle 38 DVD home entertainment system:
- Size - 3-3/4H x 15-3/4W x 11-1/2D media center; 6-1/4H x 3W x 4D speaker arrays; 16-1/8H x 25W x 8-1/8D module
- Videostage 5 decoding and post-processing circuitry delivers a high-quality, five-channel surround sound experience from practically anysource - DVDs, videocassettes, stereo CDs, even older mono TV shows and movies
- Control integration allows access to and control of popular functions on the TV, VCR, cable boxes, satellite dishes, personal video recordersand external CD changers. The entire home entertainment system is controlled with one simple Bose remote control
- TV sensor can determine if the TV is on or off, allowing for TV and sound to power-on with a single button press.
- Stereo AM/FM radio offers 50 presets, scan and seek
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Customer Reviews
Great Sound 
2007-01-06
I've had the system for 4 months now & I love it. I have had other bose broducts in the past and always been happy. The main reason I selected this system was I wanted surround sound in my main room with the ability to put sound from the system in other rooms in the house.
Pro's.
Great sound
Small foot print in the room
easy to expand to other rooms.
Accepts digital audio (non-fiber RCA jack) for all ainputs.
Remote does not need to be pointed to system because it is RF, the system has an IR emmitter to controle other products.
Con's
Only has video switching for 1 input unless you purchase external VS-1.(I was told by a bose rep that this was because they can make a new video switch to support newer technologies and this allows it to be added to older systems without replacing the entire unit).
video expander which supports analog video up to component.(I've been told they are working on VS-2 which will fix that.
Does not support any digital video.
Only 1 fiber digital audio input.
If you use digital audion in from cable box and also want to listen to it in another room, there is a slight delay which creates an echo between the two rooms.
Overall this is a great product that will allow you to expand your music throughout the house.
Top of the Line 5.1 Dolby Digital Home Theatre experience 2006-08-10
I just bought this system. It has only been few days since I have it and I thought of sharing my experience. I watched couple of Bollywood movies and experience was awesome. It sounded as if I was in a cinema hall. Sound quality is awesome and 5.1 Dolby Digital DTS Surround Sound System does its magic. You can't tell the difference between real and system generated sound, its that real. If you are interested in a 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound System to get a cinema hall experience in Home, this system is for you.
I am not yet sure if I can say the same for AUDIO CDs. I am not yet able to test it enough to give the same high remarks. One thing I have noticed is that Surround Sound System for Audio CDs is not as good as it is for DVD movies. Since I am still learning my way through this, I will not like to give it any thing less than a 5 star rating. If I do find that Audio experience for CDS is not as good, rating might change but thats for later date.
Some quick notes:
1. Setup was a easy. It took less than an hour to hook all the wires and cables etc and power it up.
2. I have not yet activated the ADAPTIQ system.
Why I returned by Bose 38 Lifestyle system? 
2005-08-12
While the sound quality is good, this $3k system is definitely not up to the hype due to poor UI and Usability designs by Bose. I would not have bothered if I was buying even $1500 system but for 3k it is not really worth. While everyone talks about how great this system is, let me talk about some major drawbacks of this system that no one talks about:
1) It does not display Track/album info for CDs (for e.g. the ones you ripped off from online music stores) and MP3 CDs! Yes, thats true! How can anyone browse through 100+ songs from an MP3 CD and select the song that they want without seeing any track/album display on the TV Screen? I am extreamly upset with Bose lacking "common sense" here! Come on Bose, even my old $100 cheap DVD system can display this info on the screen! If you let the users play mp3 CDs didn't it occur to you that they would perhaps would like to choose the song they want to listen to?
2) It does not let you store MP3 CDs.
3) It does not let you transfer music from your PC.
4) It does not import the Title/Album info for the custom CDs that you burn with music that you have downloaded. It just names all the tracks and album info for the this type of CD with '-No Label-' title! You have to spend days to Edit (BTW editing is horrible too) all this info to make it right (if you have patience at all). If you end up storing more then one custom CDs, they all look the same when you browse through music library! So, there is no way to distinguish between them and hence you are really screwed! If you were to edit the title of a song/album, there is no way to listen to the song (to make sure it is the right song) while editing it! While listening, you can't edit the title! How stupid!
5) Browsing through music library is a pain. If you have 200 CDs, there is no way to skip to a particular CD in a second. for e.g if you want to go to 100th CD, you have to cick 100 times to get to it in the list! Same thing goes for Artist, Album and track selection.
6) The playlist feature is not really good. You are stuck with UMusic and a very basic playlist option.
7) Editing feature is not really intutive. There is no way you can key in letters using the Remote controls number pad (such as the ones you have with Cellphones. Each number will have 3 letters assigned to it etc...) There is no way to play and doublecheck the song while editing the title for a song/album. So, imagine yourself editing a bunch of songs with no preview!
Well the bottomline is that this pricy system is lacking so many basic features showing how Bose did not do a good job of focussing on usability. It is not just about the sound, the system should be functional too! I hope Bose realizes this soon! In any case Bose just lost their image as far as I am concerned!
