YAS

Placing a sound bar direct in front of/below your TV isn't the greatest idea if you still want to use your remote control. Unless the sound bar is the Yamaha YAS-101 Front Surround System ($300). Thanks to a unique IR code pass-through feature, the YAS-101 will ensure that your channels are changed and sleep timers set, and it also sounds — and looks — great thanks to a dual-driver design with a built-in 60-watt subwoofer, 7.1 surround sound, Dolby Digital and DTS support. This is sexy!