Most home cinema systems support CD playback. The one problem is that home cinema sets are setup to play movies, therefore, they may not be the ideal technology to play music on.

By their nature, home cinema systems tend to be designed to support alot of bass. The booming sounds of movies do not lend themselves well to delicate musical arrangements.

That said, a home cinema system should still do a satisfactory job of playing your music collection, although a connoisseur may be left disappointed.

A useful feature for a home cinema set to have is CD-R and CD-RW playback. This means that the media player can read blank CDs which have had music data burnt on to them domestically.