Philips HTS3544 Home Theater System with iPod Connectivity (Silver)
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List Price: $199.99
Features
• 1000-watt home theater system with Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound
• Progressive scan player compatible with DVD, DivX, CD, Mp3, WMA, and Picture CD formats
• HDMI, S-Video, component, and composite video outputs
• Integrated dock connects and charges iPod and GoGear devices
• USB connect to play music or picture files |
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Philips HTS3544 Home Theater System with iPod Connectivity (Silver) description
The ultimate in both style and performance, the Philips HTS3544 Home Theater System pumps out 1000 total watts of Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro-Logic II, and DTS surround-sound to deliver a truly theater-like audio/video experience. The progressive-scan DVD player upconverts to 1080i HD resolution and also plays DivX encoded media files on a variety of med ... review details
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Philips HTS3544 Home Theater System with iPod Connectivity (Silver) Customer Reviews
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Almost perfect
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I decided to go ahead and get a Philips after reading the reviews, good and bad. One thing that struck me about the negative reviews were the complaints about the wires and how they couldn't be changed from the factory set. Well duh. This is not a theater that techno geeks would be satisfied with. If you want to complain, buy your own components from the groud up and have a ball. For most of us middle of the roaders, this is great. With the color coding on the speakers, I found it amazing how easy it was to set up. I was asking myself, "Is that all I have to do?" I think I took longer to set up because I wasn't sure it was that easy! I was watching my Liberia Angel Voices video in less than a half hour. I couldn't get over how I could hear all the nuances of their treble voices and the instrumentals.
It misses 5 stars because for some reason, the composite video cable only gave me a black and white picture. Super sound. I mean stupendous sound but for some reason, I now had a black and white TV? Before packing things up and returning the unit, I decided to splurge on an s-video cable ($5) and see what happened. Well, I got my color back. S-video gives a better signal anyway so I am happy. The dvd tray is a little flimsy but for the price, oh well.
As I said, for a middle of the road or even low end unit, I am having a blast listening to my music videos, dvd's and cd's. I also tried that little trick about changing the unit to an all region capable set, that M Felix wrote about, and to my excitement, IT WORKED! That trick is worth the price. I buy a lot of foreign dvd's and have had no problem except for the latest one. Now, I can watch it and enjoy the sound and picture quality even more.
Even though I've only had my unit for a day, I highly recommend this unit. I have no complaints, especially using the IPod dock. I hadn't used the Ipod in a long time because I got tired of the ear plugs/ear phones. Even the battery had run down from disuse. But, after connecting the dock and placing my Ipod in the dock, after five minutes of charging, my library of tunes came out crystal clear and filled the room. You gotta love that.
Enjoy yours. I know I will mine. |
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Philips HTS3544 Home Theater System with iPod Connectivity (Silver) home electronics.