It looks better in person where the lighting is much darker than in the pictures. You don't notice the texture on the wall as much, and the ceiling glows a dim blue. It's like watching a movie at dusk. It is really cool. The blue glow decreases the overall contrast of the movie a tiny bit, but the effect is cool enough that it is a good trade off.
I don't think it distorted enough to damage anything. It sounded great during every other moment. We turned it down a bit after noticing the distortion, but the center volume was a bit low. I considered using Dynamic Range Compression on the BD player a bit to bring the dialog volume up and the distortion down, but we just lived with it at a bit lower volume.
I was impressed more than I thought I would be. I've never heard a sub hit that hard before. I could feel it in my chest vibrating my insides.
My SVS PB12-NSD never hit that hard.
