recommendation for small HTIB blu ray setup

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Lifer
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I am looking for a small footprint blu ray home theater in a box setup preferrably with wireless rear speakers. Any suggestions? Cheaper is better, this is for room on the main floor, not our main theater room in the basement.

edit.. also, want netflix and, if possible, amazon prime integration

Amazon has:
Sony BDV-E3100 5.1 Channel 3D Blu-ray Disc Home Theater System with Built-In Wi-Fi

Onkyo HT-S3500 5.1-Channel Home Theater Speaker/Receiver Package
 
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LoveMachine

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Although HTiBs are rarely wonderful quality, they do serve a purpose. My in-laws have a similar Sony unit, and though it is functional, it has a very teenager-y sound. The sub is nice and small, but has a huge, boomy peak somewhere around 70Hz with very little below that, and almost no real midbass (that part of the spectrum that people describe as "musical" bass). The Onkyo likely isn't a ton better, but if I had to buy a HTiB, I'd probably get that one.

Regarding wireless rears, I had a Samsung HTiB about 5 years ago with this, and it sucked. The signal connection was crap, and someone walking by would throw it off and cause a disturbing reset. The wee amp they were powered off of had a tiny, noisy fan that ran any time the system was on, and putting it behind the couch only made the connection issue worse. I'm sure the tech is better now, but I was not impressed.
 

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Lifer
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I think we are going to go with the Sony. It does everything we want it to do, netflix, amazon prime streaming, plug in a usb stick/hd, and watch movies off it, blu ray, etc.