I too am thiniing of getting a center but not getting surrounds ( at least not immediately). I don't watch a huge amount of DVDS but some and it would be nice to hear better dialogue.

Curious though - with a front,right,left only setup, does anyone gain any benefit from this for music only - ie do any of the synthetic surround approaches for 2 channel music give any benefits when you have 3 speakers across the front?