I don't really have a fancy audio system either. Just a Sony receiver in each room (2) and a few hundred dollars in surround speakers. My Living Room has the newer, better audio system, along with my PS3, using 7.1 channel surround sound. It pisses me off because I cannot watch a Bluray without remote in hand adjusting the volume up and down between action scenes and talking. It gets nerve racking loud and then you can't hear the actors talking. I have tried every mode on the receiver known to man to adjust this problem. After dealing with that for a few movies it makes the BHN commercial audio situation almost a pleasant experience.
On the topic of BHN advertisers. I know several local businesses that are my computer business customers who use BHN for local pinpointed neighborhood advertising. So I am told it is a great value compared to newspaper or yellowpages, or even radio advertising. My customers say they get such a good response out of BHN ads. They also say BHN has a top notch production crew for producing commercials. Even so, they aren't buying into the Interactive ads. It could be their target demographic. For example, seniors generally have analog TV and have no way of interacting in the first place. I would consider advertising on Bay News 9... I guess it is real reasonable, but that will change as more people find the value in it and start advertising there. The price will go up. Look at the newspaper advertising, it is insane! Yellowpages rape you! Radio makes you buy ads on all their stations. BHN may not be such a bad deal. For now.