I don't really like the "all in one" systems - my mum has one (DVD player with 5.1 outputs, goes into an active subwith speaker outputs to satellite speakers) which is okay for her, but I wanted something a bit "more"

So I use a dedicated AV Receiver - 6.1 decoding, multi analogue and digital inputs, blah blah blah, and use a montage of Mission speakers - nice big floor standers for the front L + R (which work nicely as stereo speakers for music) along with dipole rears, a small-ish centre and an active sub