I had purchased a small Naxa tv with built-in dvd player late last year from Great Offer Stock and neither the picture nor the sound were very good. I've played with the positioning of the tv enough to get by on figuring out best vantage point to minimize the dark affects, but couldn't do anything about the sound until I got theses speakers. With the price point I wasn't expecting much, but these really are so very good and now I can enjoy actually hearing the dialog and sound effects on the movies I watch! :-)