[rrpete49]

The room is actually 19` x 20` with 11` foot ceilings, I will certainly consider going with 12" sub,thanks for pointing that out. To answer your question the sound bar fills the room with what I consider to be entry level quality sound . It does a good job with music and can be heard throughout the main floor of the house without blasting the volume.Truth be told it is a real stretch to consider this a surround system. Last night I watched the 300 dvd and was not impressed at all with the sound I heard. With respect to the Polk Audio people I have to say that I am still tinkering with the speaker settings on the receiver and it is very possible that I haven`t done it properly yet. In my original post I mentioned disconnecting the surround speakers on the soundbar and adding ceiling speakers for that purpose,but I since have realized that the left and right surround channels use four of the seven drivers. Disconnecting them would be a waste of perfectly good drivers. I think I`ll just add two rear surround speakers and the sub woofer and all will be well. My priority has always been picture quality first sound second.
I would also like to mention that the surround bar is an excellent choice for certain situations. It is pleasing to look at and super simple to set up with all of the wiring included.It sounds way better than the T.V. speakers. I was able to buy it last week at Circuit City for $588 including tax, all things considered I think it was money well spent. Thanks Pete