Best Buy Ratings and Reviews

Enjoy high-quality sound in your entertainment center with this 5.1-channel home theater system. It features 5 satellite speakers, a powerful subwoofer and a DVD player to bring your movies to life.

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Customer Reviews for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

Review 1 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

great sound system

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: ric404

from laguna niguel ca

on 02/05/2009

Value for Price

5.0

Sound Quality

4.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

Appearance

5.0

its great for the money id recommend it. great sound system the front 3 speakers work great i love the sub woffer.

What's great about it: i was lucky i got it here for $89.00 it went up. but man i love it i have a 32" lcd hdtv it rocks

What's not so great: the far back speakers a little soft. but the 3 front other speakers rock and sub woffer is great i love it.

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 2 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

Surprisingly Good!

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: ABaker1748

from Cincinnati, OH

on 01/28/2009

Value for Price

5.0

Sound Quality

4.0

Ease of Set Up

4.0

Appearance

4.0

I would recommend this product to anyone that is on a budget and is using it in a small to medium sized room. The system is very user friendly and is easy to set up. You can easily customize the speaker volume and bass settings. I found that it sounds the best if you turn up the rear speakers a little. Great buy!!!

What's great about it: Easy to set up, GREAT price, looks really good, User Friendly

What's not so great: Nothing

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 3 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

Not bad for being cheap

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: Day1

from Palm Harbor,Fl

on 01/18/2009

Value for Price

4.0

Sound Quality

4.0

Ease of Set Up

4.0

Appearance

5.0

This is a good item for the cheap price, you get what you pay for but the speakers sound good & picture quality is not bad.
The best thing about it is it is jet black! So it can go with any black television or entertainment center.

What's great about it: Price! Easy Hook-up

What's not so great: I can't really complain about anything

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 4 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

Great small system for the money.

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: dannymches

from Chesapeake, VA

on 01/12/2009

Value for Price

4.0

Sound Quality

3.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

Appearance

5.0

This is a nice little system. Other reviews indicate most of the sound comes front the center speaker. They must have never had a surround sound system before. Any 5.1 system setup properly does put out most sound out of the center. If all speakers played equally it would not be surround sound. Rears are for sounds like a bird chirping, car noise, talking in background, etc.

What's great about it: The price, different sound modes.

What's not so great: Nothing yet.

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 5 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

TERRIBLE- WORST ON MARKET

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: Kbickhaus

from Illinois

on 12/28/2008

Value for Price

1.0

Sound Quality

1.0

Ease of Set Up

4.0

Appearance

2.0

THIS IS TERRIBLE-RETURNED AN HOUR AFTER I PURCHASED IT---ONLY CENTER SPEAKER WORKS! TERRIBLE SOUND QUALITY. POOR ENGINEERING! PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE THIS. (I would recommend anything Sony)

What's great about it: NOTHING

What's not so great: SOUND QUALITY-POORLY MADE

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 6 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

worst system for large apartment

Customer Rating

2.0

Posted by: newport58

on 12/28/2008

Value for Price

3.0

Sound Quality

1.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

Appearance

1.0

It only took about 30 minutes for Set-up, and took about 30 minutes for it to stop working. We could not get the DVD player to work at all, and the sound quality is nothing. We put it in a room thats 11 x 13 and the wires were not long enough. This may be a cheap device, but you get what you pay for with this one.

What's great about it: cheap price

What's not so great: Sound sucks

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 7 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

Great for the price

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: superman101

from Wharton, Texas

on 12/28/2008

Value for Price

5.0

Sound Quality

4.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

Appearance

4.0

if youre looking for something thats cheap and sounds pretty good get this. its great for small rooms but if you have a room thats larger than about 13 by 13 feet, you might want to get something bigger

What's great about it: it was the least expensive, pretty easy to set up, and sounds really good

What's not so great: the sound is a little weak but thats the only problem so far

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 8 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

Poor Quality!!

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: Atrax

on 12/28/2008

Value for Price

2.0

Sound Quality

1.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

Appearance

3.0

The sound is bad. The center speaker is super loud and over powers the other speakers. The other speakers sound like they are not even on (but they are) and sound VERY VERY low. I really do not recommend this product to anyone.

What's great about it: Price is cheap

What's not so great: Sound Quality is bad!! Im returning mine just after only a few hours!! HORRIBLE SOUND SORRY TO SAY!!

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 9 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

Nice low-end system

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: yzmn111

from Michigan

on 12/26/2008

Value for Price

5.0

Sound Quality

3.0

Ease of Set Up

4.0

Appearance

4.0

Purchased as gift for my mother. She replaced her radio tuner, cd player and DVD player with this one, small unit and one remote. We were able to use her existing speakers. It produces a nice sound for movies and background music. She isn't expecting anything powerful. It is working out perfectly.

What's great about it: All media played in one unit. Works with other speakers.

What's not so great: Radio channel setup

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 10 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

Good system for price

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: Razz714

from Pittsburgh PA

on 12/26/2008

Value for Price

4.0

Sound Quality

4.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

Appearance

5.0

My old system just died was ina pinch thought I would give this a try and found it was a vast improvement to my old RCA system, took less than an hour to set up, just wished tone levels was able to be controlled and had Divx play back but all in all got what I paid for cheap system that gives its moneys worth, if you want high quality pay for it don't buy this expecting a BOSE system

What's great about it: Ease of set up, and play back quality

What's not so great: Speaker wire length, and would prefer being able to use USB port for movie play back with my external harddrive .

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 11 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

P.O.S

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: DreDae

from Hartford, CT

on 12/18/2008

Value for Price

4.0

Sound Quality

1.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

Appearance

1.0

If you are someone reading this review then you are probably not an audiophile like myself. These things are a complete waste of money if you spent any kind of money on a flat panel tv. This is the kind of thing you buy an 11 year old kid or something. if you seriously use this with a tv thats bigger than 19" then you my friend have some serious shopping to do. This should be kept in the BBY for kids area

What's great about it: ... uhm..

What's not so great: the package deal

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 12 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

right price for what you get

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: Simmbad

from Modesto CA

on 12/01/2008

Value for Price

5.0

Sound Quality

4.0

Ease of Set Up

4.0

Appearance

5.0

This is my 4th Insignia product and so far I have had no problems with any of them. I bought the Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System becuase my old dvd player stop working. And it was in the price range I wanted spend. If your looking for a $500.00 Home Theater System for $100 this is not going to be what you want. But if you want a solid little system this might be for you.

I would suggest buying some speaker wire., if your room is larger then 10x10.

What's great about it: good price, easy to setup, great for small rooms

What's not so great: need longer speaker wires,

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 13 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

Back To Best It Goes

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: Rollturner

from Denton,Texas

on 11/23/2008

Value for Price

1.0

Sound Quality

2.0

Ease of Set Up

1.0

Appearance

3.0

The unit does not have a optic input for sound, My TV just has optic output. The door on the DVD would hang up going back in.Oh then when I did get it going , everything on screen was a pretty blue. Thought I had done something wrong, plugged up My old DVD, sat back andenjoyed Hellboy 2

What's great about it: I can not think of anything

What's not so great: Door would not cose on DVD

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 14 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

Insignia Home Theatre

Customer Rating

2.0

Posted by: Jerry6pak

from NYC

on 10/31/2008

Value for Price

2.0

Sound Quality

4.0

Ease of Set Up

5.0

Appearance

3.0

I was very satisfied with the sound of this unit. It was perfect for a city apartment. You still that had that low growl, depending on the movie, and yet not so loud that you had the neigbors calling. But.....I have only had this thing for 20 days and now, all of a sudden, it will not show Blue. Yes, the color Blue. It's not my TV; Cable looks fine and no amount of Picture/Settings fiddling will do it. The screensaver is green, the sky is green, anything that is supposed to be blue is GREEN!!!!!
This is the second time I have bought an INSIGNIA item from Bestbuy and each time, they have gone South on me. Never again.

What's great about it: Easy to set up and sounds great

What's not so great: Resolution is low and mine now doesn't work.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 15 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

quit after few months

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: kmsm

from Ohio

on 09/30/2008

Value for Price

1.0

Sound Quality

3.0

Ease of Set Up

1.0

Appearance

3.0

This system worked fine for a small room when it worked. It died after about 8 months. Good luck unless
you bought an extended warranty. I wouldn't buy another one.

What's great about it: worked great when it worked

What's not so great: died after a few months, (of course after warranty expired)

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 16 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

Satisfied

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: Baconsizzle

on 09/17/2008

Value for Price

5.0

Sound Quality

4.0

Ease of Set Up

4.0

Appearance

4.0

I bought this system seven months ago on sale. It didn't take long to set up. All the wires are color coordinated. The subwoofer is nothing to be proud of, yet the sound is great. I have the system set up in my bedroom and I love to watch movies and play games on it. The only thing really wrong with it is that the DVD player doesn't work. This might be a problem for some but I watch my movies on my Xbox 360 and have the sound plugged into the system. I definately recommend this product to anyone that has a DVD player already and wants surround sound without having to pay an arm and a leg for it.

What's great about it: Sound, Price

What's not so great: DVD Player

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 17 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

GREAT FOR THE BEDROOM OR SMALL ROOMS

Customer Rating

4.0

Posted by: GDOG1

from OHIO

on 09/07/2008

Value for Price

5.0

Sound Quality

3.0

Ease of Set Up

3.0

Appearance

3.0

WORK WITH ALL MY COMPONETS WELL .IT WILL BRING A MOVIE TO LIFE AND FOR A SMALL UNIT IT ROCK TOO!NEVER THOUGH I COULD TURN MY BEDROOM INTO MOVIE THEATER. THANKS BESTBUY

What's great about it: THE BUILT IN CD-RW-R AND WRITES

What's not so great: TUNER NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT LARGER

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Review 18 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

Worst product ever

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: missmoo

from Salt Lake City, UT

on 09/04/2008

Value for Price

1.0

Sound Quality

4.0

Ease of Set Up

4.0

Appearance

3.0

We first bought a different insignia system- it was a little cheaper. I bought it at the "Black Friday Sale" after Thanksgiving. By the time January hit, it was broken, we took it in, got another one, and it worked for about 4 months, then it stopped working. By this time we decided to "upgrade" to this system. We have had it about 2 months and during my exercise DVD it stopped working. It said that there was "no disc". We have tried several times in the past few days to get it to work again, still it is not good. This is probably the worst product we have ever bought- the insignia brand is not worth the money at all, unless you have the time to go replace it every few months. i would not recommend this system. If you do buy this, make sure you get the extended warranty because it will not last.

What's great about it: Good sound for the price

What's not so great: Everything else

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 19 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

terrible

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: mcnsoccer

on 08/07/2008

at first everything worked great had great sound for my room, then a couple months later it stoped reading cds and dvds took it back and they replaced it got the new system home and the main unit blew withing 3 hours terrible system it is truely a piece of $%##

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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Review 20 for Insignia® 200W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System with DVD/CD/MP3 Player

Piece of Junk

Customer Rating

1.0

Posted by: 7ups

from Texas

on 08/04/2008

You get what you pay for.. It was a gift, 4 months later it stopped playing my CD-Rs. Now it doesn't even recognize DVDs..
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!!

What's great about it: Connects Mp3 player

What's not so great: Everything else

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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