Insignia's new 5.1 surround sound offers plenty at a great price
By Ben Drawbaugh 
posted June 21st 2010 10:22PM
posted June 21st 2010 10:22PM
Best Buy Unveils New Insignia™ 5.1 Home Theater System
Insignia's new complete home theater audio system with Audyssey gives consumers a superior surround-sound experience at home
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) today announced the new Insignia 5.1 Home Theater System with Audyssey audio technology, a complete home audio system from Insignia. Available exclusively at Best Buy, the reasonably priced Home Theater system offers consumers all of the components needed to experience movie theater sound quality in their homes.
"Our Insignia Home Theater System is a complete home audio solution offering rich surround sound that will transform any family room into a theater-like experience."
"Consumers have told us they want the latest in home theater audio technology that is easy to install, simple to control and affordable," said Fernando Silva, vice president of Best Buy Exclusive Brands. "Our Insignia Home Theater System is a complete home audio solution offering rich surround sound that will transform any family room into a theater-like experience."
The Insignia Home Theater System is a complete 5.1 surround sound system that boasts 110-Watts per channel, includes five speakers and a powerful 120-Watt subwoofer. It is constructed of high-quality components and assembled with precision to offer consumers a robust surround-sound experience at home. Also featured are three HDMI 1.4 inputs and one HDMI output that support new blu-ray audio formats and 3D video formats. The system also includes a pre-programmed Universal remote that is designed to work with the latest Insignia home theater products.
The Insignia Home Theater System features Audyssey audio technology, which will automatically enhance quieter sections of movies or television shows while leveling out the sounds of loud commercials for a more enjoyable listening experience. The system also includes a speaker setup microphone and Audyssey Auto Setup, which allows for easy home installation.
Best Buy leveraged consumer and employee insight to develop an exceptional listening experience with this new audio solution. The Insignia Home Theater System currently available in store has a clean, streamlined design that coordinates with other Insignia products in the home theater line. To learn more about the Insignia Home Theater System, visit www.InsigniaProducts.com or www.BestBuy.com.
About Insignia
Insignia is a Best Buy exclusive brand designed to provide customers with high quality and dependable technology products at an affordable price. Insignia's inspiration for innovation in quality, design and performance is largely driven by customer input and employee insight. The Insignia line features a wide range of products including televisions, Blu-ray players, digital imaging products, home theater solutions, audio products and more. Insignia products are available exclusively at Best Buy and Future Shop retail locations, and online at www.bestbuy.com or www.InsigniaProducts.com.
About Best Buy Co., Inc.
With operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, China, Mexico and Turkey, Best Buy is a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services with a commitment to growth and innovation. The Best Buy family of brands and partnerships collectively generates more than $49 billion in annual revenue and includes brands such as Best Buy; Best Buy Mobile; Audiovisions; The Carphone Warehouse; Future Shop; Geek Squad, Jiangsu Five Star; Magnolia Audio Video; Napster; Pacific Sales; and The Phone House. Approximately 180,000 employees apply their talents to help bring the benefits of these brands to life for customers through retail locations, multiple call centers and Web sites, in-home solutions, product delivery and activities in our communities. Community partnership is central to the way we do business at Best Buy. In fiscal 2010, we donated a combined $25.2 million to improve the vitality of the communities where our employees and customers live and work.
I would never buy anything from Insignia (even though they're all made by different companies), or a HTIB for that matter. I guarantee those speakers are crap.
@engadgetcomexcludeengadget
I agree that those speakers probably aren't that great, but if you'd like to have surround sound you could pick it up and replace the speakers later when you have more money.
I've had an insignia tv for 5 years now. It's the SD tv in the house. Still way better picture than the JVC I gave to my parents about the same time as I bought this.
Perpetuating the prohibition on being poor (Obamanomics), everyone thinks they need to deliver the latest features for the welfarish price.
Even if this setup sounds better than a B&W Diamond series speaker, you should be beaten up pretty badly for buying the insignia.. Now a Dynex 5.1 system, I would buy :D
With the nearly limitless cheesy 5.1 systems out there, why does this one get an article?
@nrb
100% agreed. I like how this is 3D capable, if I walked into anyone's house and saw a $3000+ 3DTV hanging on the wall with this HTIB in their living room I would throw up.
If this is 110w/ch, then I'm 8' tall and use an iPad as an iPhone. Seriously, how is this worthy of being mentioned? Just goes to show how much the audio industry has gone from important to an after thought. And with shit like this being "news," I see why no one cares. Quality sound is long gone. I hate when people say "I don't need to spend $600 on a HT because i'm not an audiophile." seriously these people piss me off.
@(Unverified) "If this is 110w/ch, then I'm 8' tall and use an iPad as an iPhone. Seriously, how is this worthy of being mentioned? Just goes to show how much the audio industry has gone from important to an after thought. And with shit like this being "news," I see why no one cares. Quality sound is long gone. I hate when people say "I don't need to spend $600 on a HT because i'm not an audiophile." seriously these people piss me off. "
i'dd rather have this posted as NEWS than another stupid Apple update or iPhone getting a stupid new box or steve jobs taking a piss..
ANY NEWS is better than all that overhyped religion a.k.a Apple
Snobs piss me off.
(Unverified) "If this is 110w/ch, then I'm 8' tall and use an iPad as an iPhone. Seriously, how is this worthy of being mentioned? Just goes to show how much the audio industry has gone from important to an after thought. And with shit like this being "news," I see why no one cares. Quality sound is long gone. I hate when people say "I don't need to spend $600 on a HT because i'm not an audiophile." seriously these people piss me off. "
i'dd rather have this posted as NEWS than another stupid Apple update or iPhone getting a stupid new box or steve jobs taking a piss..
ANY NEWS is better than all that overhyped religion a.k.a Apple
Wow. What a bunch of elitist snobs.
I find it interesting that years after it's release I still find Logitech's Z-5500 series 5.1 system to be extremely competitive for sound quality and price. Sure it's a technically a computer system but I picked mine up for
The HD Insignia Receiver does one hell of a job. I never had a problem with it. Sound quality really depends on the speakers. that why i have great in wall speakers. Just dont get sony speakers. Their the Dane Cook of speakers.
Wowwie! Most of you wake up at the wrong side of the bed?
It's $400 with some of today's latest technologies. Not everyone can afford you high ticket stuff. Like the article says, some people have to start somewhere. I bet this system sounds a lot better than the downfiring 15w standard TV speakers.
I don't follow th HTiB market, but do many offer a powered sub? My first system didn't. Pretty neat.