BOSE(R) Lifestyle Series 38 IV Home Theater Entertainment System

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BOSE(R) Lifestyle Series 38 IV Home Theater Entertainment System - Black

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Product Features:

built-in Dolby® Digital and DTS® decoding for surround sound from DVDs and other sources

Bose Videostage® 5 steering circuitry for surround sound from VHS, stereo, and mono sources

automatic video upconversion via HDMI with resolution up to 1080p

selectable progressive-scan mode for smoother video with HD-compatible TVs (via the component video output)

uMusic® intelligent playback system stores up to 200 hours of music

ASIN: B000V03W68

Product Description

DVD CD Player / Tuner / 5 Reflecting Cube Speaker Arrays / Acoustimass Bass Module / Storage for up to 200 hours of music

BOSE (R) 5.1 Lifestyle 38 Series III DVD Home Entertainment System ( Black )

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the best

BOSE (R) 5.1 Lifestyle 38 Series III DVD Home Entertainment System ( Black )

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Product Features:

Includes - 4 Direct/Reflecting cube speaker arrays, Acoustimass module, Horizontal center channel speaker, Lifestyle media center
Proprietary technology in the Acoustimass module delivers powerful, low-frequency sound effects used in today's movies
uMusic intelligent playback system
Integrated DVD player provides playback of today's most popular audio and video content, DVD video (including progressive scan formats), DVD-R, CD, CD-R, CD-RW and MP3 CDs
Advanced control integration allows one Lifestyle remote to control Lifestyle system functions and the most frequently used commands for your TV, VCR and cable box or satellite receiver even from another room

ASIN: B000HX6MHA

Product Description

Experience the Lifestyle 38 Series III system a home entertainment system and innovative Bose technologies that will change the way you listen to movies and music. Direct/Reflecting cube speaker arrays deliver dramatic sound. A new, sleek center channel speaker integrates with the latest flat-panel televisions. And a new, smaller hideaway Acoustimass module produces the deep, powerful low notes that bring action scenes to life. It can digitally store up to 200 hours of music, while the uMusic intelligent playback system learns your taste in music. ADAPTiQ audio calibration system Proprietary Videostage 5 decoding post-processing circuitry Automatic tonal adjustment provides the proper amount of low frequency content when switching between music and movie sources Digital Dynamic Range compression circuitry 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 Composite, S-video and component video input/output capability Bose link enables up to 14 additional rooms of sound, each with its own independent volume and mute control Driver complement - Two magnetically shielded Bose 2-1/2 inch wide-range drivers in each cube speaker array, two 5-1/4 inch woofers in Acoustimass module Dimensions - Media center Height 3-3/4 x Width 15-3/4 x Depth 11-1/2 inches, Cube speakers Height 6-1/4 x Width 3 x Depth 4 inch, Center channel speaker Height 3-1/8 x Width 6-1/4 x Depth 4-1/8, Acoustimass module Height 13 x Depth 21-5/8 x Width 8 inch

Customer Reviews:

the best.......2007-01-10

for me this is something. I have used a pair of bose 901 serie vi reflecting speakers, and is the best you can get.

BOSE(R) Lifestyle 38 DVD home entertainment system

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Great system.
Why I returned my Bose Lifestyle 38 system?
Bose hit a home run
Love it! Love it! Love it!

BOSE(R) Lifestyle 38 DVD home entertainment system

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Product Features:

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

ASIN: B0002F94UA

Product Description

Includes Bose Lifestyle 38 DVD Home Entertainment System module, 5 Speakers, Acoustimass Module, Remote Control, Speaker connect cables, User Guide. Elegance. Simplicity. And innovative Bose technologies that will change the way you listen to movies and music. Bose exclusives - ADAPTiQ audio calibration system customizes sound to your room / uMusic intelligent playback system lets you easily store your CD content in the elegant media center / Bose link allows seamless expansion for sound in other rooms of your house. Composite, S-video and component video input/output capability TV, VCR, tape and auxiliary audio inputs with both analog and digital coaxial jacks Single optical digital input can be assigned to TV, VCR, tape or auxiliary audio source Output jacks for two independently controllable rooms let you add Bose powered speakers and enjoy different audio sources in different roomsat the same time - all from one easy-to-use system. Bose link enables up to 14 additional rooms of sound, each with its own independent volumeand mute control Easy to enjoy and love

Amazon.com Product Description

Designed to change the way you think about movies, music, and even your CD collection, the Bose Lifestyle 38 DVD home entertainment system digitally stores and organizes up to 200 hours of music (around 200 to 300 CDs, depending on the timing of the discs). The system also lets you enjoy your movies on standard or high-definition-ready televisions in scintillating progressive-scan video. Meanwhile, the system's Jewel Cube speaker arrays and low-frequency-producing Acoustimass module fill your room with rich, full-bodied sound.

The stylish, 2-tone silver/black media center features an integrated DVD/CD player and AM/FM tuner. You get Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround processing for lifelike surround effects from your favorite movies, as well as Bose Videostage 5 processing for turning mono and stereo sources into surround programs. The DVD/CD player plays your DVD-Video movies (NTSC or PAL, depending on your TV), DVD-R/RW homemade discs, and CD-based music, including MP3 files written to recordable CD-R or CD-RW.

Among the Lifestyle 38's innovative features is its ADAPTiQ audio calibration system, which analyzes your room and adjusts the system's sound for optimal performance in the spots you like to listen from, and the uMusic intelligent playback system.

The uMusic system uses proprietary Bose technology to turn the media center into a virtual DJ capable of playing a continuous stream of the music you most enjoy and--even cooler--adapting to your preferences, even as they change. You can instruct system to play what you want, when you want it. Giving instructions requires only that you react to your stored music as it plays. Pressing "Encore" tells the system to search for music with characteristics that closely match what's playing, narrowing its field of choices in response to your command.

Pressing the - (negative) rating tells the system to move on because this particular track is not right for this time of day, this activity, or for the person listening. Submitting a + (positive) rating has the opposite effect: the system learns that you particularly like the track playing. Not every track you like requires a + rating, but you can always give special songs this nudge. Over time the system adjusts the type of music it plays when your preset is selected. And you don't need to worry that any response you make now will be etched in concrete: you may easily override your established preferences at any time.

When you load your collection into the media center (copying takes about 5 minutes per disc), the system searches an internal and regularly updatable database to assign artist and track names, genre, and other details, which you can edit or update as you wish.

The Lifestyle 38 features award-winning Jewel Cube speaker arrays, which measure just 4.5 inches high, for dramatically lifelike sound. These are the smallest and most powerful speaker arrays Bose makes, producing sound you'd expect from speakers much larger. The Acoustimass module (essentially a subwoofer) produces resounding low notes that bring action sequences to life and add fullness to music. Place the Acoustimass module out of sight, so all sound seems to come from the Jewel Cube speaker arrays.

Other features include AM/FM tuning with 40 preset stations (20 FM, 20 AM), a sleep timer (10 to 90 minutes), and console input jacks for connecting other source components (such as a VCR, DSS, CD changer, or tape deck).

Connections include digital and analog audio inputs and outputs for a range of ancillary components, with a choice of composite-video, S-video, or--with an optional-use cable that connects to both the composite- and S-video outputs--480i/480p component-video outputs, depending on your television.

A feature called Bose link allows connections for compatible Bose products in as many as 14 additional rooms using optional hookup gear.

What's in the Box
Media center, 5 speakers, 1 Acoustimass module, FM/AM antennas, all requisite cabling, a remote control with batteries, a user's manual, a quick-setup guide, AC power cords, 2 system discs, an optional-use IR emitter cable, an ADAPTiQ audio calibration system headset, and warranty information.

Note: This system is designed to store the audio tracks of regular CDs only. It will not store MP3 tracks or the contents of DVDs.

Customer Reviews:

Great system........2006-07-13

Incredible sound. Simple, easy to use. My friends tell me one word...it's Bose.

Why I returned my Bose Lifestyle 38 system?.......2005-08-09

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 custom 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!

Bose hit a home run.......2004-12-06

This system can only be described as awsome. I had my doubts at first, but as I continued to compare it to my component system, there was no comparison. I can finally watch movies and hear the dialog without waking up the neighbors. I can store up to 200 cds on the system without having to owrry about networking and sound quality etc. If this is going to be your only system, beware that you will lose some flexibility. That is the only negative comment I have, other than that, go for it. If you can afford the 48, then don't think twice. It'll be the best system you've ever listened to.

Love it! Love it! Love it!.......2004-10-29

I have this system and I absolutely love it. There are people who have slammed this product (think they refer to themselves as audiophiles) For the average person who just wants great sound, this is for you. You can store up to 200 hours of music in the receiver, which is awesome! I highly recommend it!!

BOSE(R) Lifestyle Series 38 IV Home Theater Entertainment System - White

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BOSE(R) Lifestyle Series 38 IV Home Theater Entertainment System - White

Manufacturer: BOSE
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

built-in Dolby® Digital and DTS® decoding for surround sound from DVDs and other sources
Bose Videostage® 5 steering circuitry for surround sound from VHS, stereo, and mono sources
automatic video upconversion via HDMI with resolution up to 1080p
selectable progressive-scan mode for smoother video with HD-compatible TVs (via the component video output)
uMusic® intelligent playback system stores up to 200 hours of music

ASIN: B000V03W6I

Product Description

DVD CD Player / Tuner / 5 Reflecting Cube Speaker Arrays / Acoustimass Bass Module / Storage for up to 200 hours of music

BOSE (R) 5.1 Lifestyle 38 Series III DVD Home Entertainment System ( White )

Average customer rating:

Not For Jazz
product is problematic

BOSE (R) 5.1 Lifestyle 38 Series III DVD Home Entertainment System ( White )

Manufacturer: BOSE
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Includes - 4 Direct/Reflecting cube speaker arrays, Acoustimass module, Horizontal center channel speaker, Lifestyle media center
Proprietary technology in the Acoustimass module delivers powerful, low-frequency sound effects used in today's movies
uMusic intelligent playback system
Integrated DVD player provides playback of today's most popular audio and video content, DVD video (including progressive scan formats), DVD-R, CD, CD-R, CD-RW and MP3 CDs
Advanced control integration allows one Lifestyle remote to control Lifestyle system functions and the most frequently used commands for your TV, VCR and cable box or satellite receiver even from another room

ASIN: B000HX6MHK

Product Description

Customer Reviews:

Not For Jazz.......2007-02-07

Despite all the hype in the Product Description, do not buy this product if you plan to store and listen to jazz CD's. Unlike my ancient CD changer, the Bose sytem has no way of compensating for different volume level output on CD's. The result is that you constantly have to have the remote on hand to adjust the volume. And since one of the selling points of the Bose system is that it will randomly play songs from among the hundreds that you store on its hard drive, this means you have to be prepared to manually adjust the volume for each and every song. This is not the ideal way to spend a quiet evening listening to jazz. At the suggestion of my local Bose dealer in Honolulu--which installed my system at significant cost--I called the home office customer service department (1-800-905-2138) and was told that this generally should not be a problem with most CD's.....except jazz. Apparently, jazz recordings--even very recent ones--have greatly varying volume output levels. My old CD changer (which cost a few hundred bucks) could compensate for this, but not the Bose system, which costs thousands. Be warned. If you have a large collection of jazz CD's, as I do, many of them will be rendered worthless by this system...unless you are prepared to adjust the volume level every few minutes.

product is problematic.......2007-01-19

I have owned Bose electronics and have always been very satisfied. What I did not realize when I purchased this system was the difficulty in integrating it with additional elements throughout the rest of my house. Yes, it could be done, but at a very HIGH price. For example, just adding some additional ambiant sound to my adjoining kitchen area to where the system would be installed was going to run an additional $1,000.00 in equipment plus installation. And that was just the beginning. Sadly, this has sent me looking for alternatives and most likely picking various components from several name brands to do the job that I was hoping an "all in one" system would accomplish.

Thanks and again, I love Bose products, but this one just isn't going to work out this time around.

Kevin Bailey

Average customer rating:

Top of the Line 5.1 Dolby Digital Home Theatre experience

BOSE(R) Lifestyle 38 DVD home entertainment system

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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

ASIN: B0002F94U0

Product Description

Customer Reviews:

Top of the Line 5.1 Dolby Digital Home Theatre experience.......2006-08-10

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.

Average customer rating:

Great Sound
Top of the Line 5.1 Dolby Digital Home Theatre experience
Why I returned by Bose 38 Lifestyle system?

BOSE (R) Lifestyle 38 DVD home entertainment system

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Product Features:

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

ASIN: B0002F94TQ

Product Description

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!

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