I'm a little bit late, but I've had these speakers for the last 6, maybe 7 years of my life. The above poster is correct in terms of the bass, I've got a high end sound card in my rig and there no fixing it. To the reguler Joe who listens to this they won't notice however. Highs and mids are good as long as you have the software to tweak when you want. Speakers are connected to my soundcard, which is connected to my reciever, then is connected to my TV. Hope that answers the question regarding hooking it up to a TV. I paid 399 for these 7 years ago, and I still don't see the need to replace them. Time may be coming close, but in terms of Hi def movies, techno music production, games, and reguler TV/PS3 use these are a steal of a bargain right now on thier own. If you have a killer sound card 90% of these speakers problems can be eliminated IF you are fussy. Hope this helps.