A few quick links about Bose. Put down the grape Kool-Aid and give these links a read.

This six-speaker unit costs $1299.99 USD MSRP. From dissecting it, I can tell you it costs $100, no more than $150 tops, to assemble. It performs similarly to a $500 Optimus-Radio Shack surround sound system and is very easily outperformed by a $350 Cambridge Soundworks system. For $1300, there are at least three dozen other configurations from companies such as KEF, PSB, NHT, Mission, Tannoy, Diva, Polk, B&W, Energy, Paradigm, M&K, Infinity, Mirage, Monitor, Jamo, Axiom, nOrh, Anthony Gallo, Dahlquist, Sound Dynamics, Acoustic Research, Phase Technology, Definitive Technology, Wharfdale, Boston Acoustics, and Klipsch that easily outperform all Bose speakers from the 151s to the 901s.

Update: I've started a thread on my tech BBS; These guys know what they're talking about--and have posted some great suggestions... Definitely worth your time... (Example of where I may be wrong: Apparently the HDMI spec isn't finalized--so it may not be worth your while to dump extra money that supports HDMI if it turns out to be the wrong standard!) Great Entry. Follow up to great entry.

Update: This is a really interesting option.