The soundbar was a combo unit with a proprietary "receiver" to handle the hdmi issue, and to power the sound bar and "Bose style" sub. It was selling refiurbished for $160 and keeps showing up on woot.com. I believe it was a Panasonic unit that was getting 4.x stars out of 5.0 everywhere.
This receiver is about the same price and offers more future growth, but that means more speaker purchases.
Speaking of which, wouldn't the M2 or M22 be a better match with the VP150 since they all have 5.25" woofers? Of course the M2s are significantly cheaper than the M22s. If this was my only system, I would go M22, but as a more budget need, I would lean towards the M2.
