Comments about Bose Bose Lifestyle 35 Series IV DVD Home Entertainment System - Black:

Pros: New HDMI interface. Updated video 5 stage processing for all your great surround sound. Smaller subwoofer for better placementt with updated ports. Great design and superb quality. Prestine crystal clear sound with strong clear punchy base.

Cons: To make it a best seller - Update to a new designed blue ray player with True HD, add a new USB thumb drive port.

Summary: Just bought the Bose lifestyle 35 series IV system for 2008. First of all the other reviews on cnet and the web are too old and out of date to rate this system. So throw out all your old reviews and start listening again.
Being an avid musician I have used many different brands of speakers and amps. The Bose Lifestyle 35 is a well refined musicians piece of equipment, superior for listening to many different kinds of music and watching exhilarating action movies on HDTV. The videostage 5 processing takes the sound to new heights which you will hear when listening. Bose has come a long way. They continue to put out superior products in the Musicians and Audioholics World as well. Just take a look at the Bose L1 for serious muscians that create music. You will not see to many other speaker companies creating serious audio equipment for the musician. But Bose does. You can also look on the web and see all the fantastic reviews for the Bose Companion 3 for computers.
I too own Kef's (The Rolls Royce of speakers) and Definity speakers, Polks, JBL's Altec Lansings, etc. and can truly say that each speaker company has their unique signature sound style. Just like different kinds of music you will find different kinds of speakers and amps. It really depends on what you like, and what your tastes are. For my exquisite taste I enjoy the Bose Lifestyle 35, V30 and Companion 3. The Lifestyle 35 and V30 contain the small jewell speakers and a sub speaker that produces LFE lows. The sub speaker also produces low bass notes and voice. The small jewell speakers produce the Mid level sounds and high notes. The small speakers also produce some highs which will create a high timbre of sounds. You will hear everything on the soundtrack come out as clean, clear and precise as you can imagine. These sounds will satisfy you in knowing that your money was well spent. You won't be carrying around speakers that weigh a ton or take up so much room in your house. You can create the perfect sound with invisible speakers. What more could I ask for.
If you get a chance and have the money then BUY one of these systems from BOSE. I truly recommend the Bose Lifestyle 35 my favorite and the Bose V30 systems.