Philips AmbiSound Home Theater Sound Bar with Integrated 1080p-Upscaling DVD/MP3 Player, HTS8100/37
- Integrated DVD Player can also play audio CD including CDR and CDRW with MP3 files
- FM Radio Tuner
- Has iPod / Philips GoGear docking capability
- Component Video ports for progressive-scan capabilities
- Features HDMI connectivity with video upscaling
Product Description
Sometimes the quest for home surround sound is as ignominious as seeking the holy grail. Where do you place all those speakers? Do you have to reshape the room? Philips engineers have tackled that problem. They’ve managed to take the output from 5 distinct channel amplifiers and placed them in a single speaker called a Soundbar. Within the soundbar, speakers are angled to provide a realistic audio environment that literally emulates sound as if it’s coming from all … More >>
Philips AmbiSound Home Theater Sound Bar with Integrated 1080p-Upscaling DVD/MP3 Player, HTS8100/37
Alrighty, hear is the thing. I bought this system not expecting great sound. You get what you pay for, and as long as it was as good as my Ipod speaker, I’d be happy. Well, it wasn’t as good. So very tinney. This thing would give me a headache after just a half hour of listening. I sent it back and dropped a boat load of dough on Paradigm speakers, Oppo dvd and an Onkyo receiver. In all fairness, there is no comparing a $2000 system with a 6 hundi. It is just that, my expectations were not high with the $600 Philips, I really wanted to like this damn thing. It is beautiful in appearance, horrible in long term sound. I say long term, because if I heard this thing cranked up at an appliance store, I would be all, wooo whooo. Take it home and try and get through a couple of dvds without covering your ears. Seriously Philips, wtf? Go ahead and buy this thing if you want, then just try and listen to it for 4 hours without feeling ill.
Rating: 1 / 5
This system does NOT play the sound from my TV. In the instructions it clearly states in step 3 of the setup guide “Cables not included”
Rating: 2 / 5
I bought this soundbar about a year ago and I deeply regret buying it and I’m in the process of getting rid of it, I have nothing good to say about this machine, I mean, picture quality is good and sound is ok, but this thing will freeze 3 out of 10 times and I don’t mean the DVD, NO!, I mean the whole machine will get stuck when I turn it on or when I’m trying to open the console to insert a DVD and I have to unplug it and plug it again so it will reset, I mean, WTF!!!!????, this was a $500 machine when I bought it and it works like a $10 piece of crap, if you want my advise, DO NOT BUY IT!, it may be that I have a lemon, but in all honesty, are you willing to take the risk?
Rating: 1 / 5
My husband bought this product through Amazon for Christmas. Stopped working by Easter!! I was excited when we received this product. No more wires!(well, at least a great reduction of wires) It took him a few hours and a couple of calls to Phillips, but we were up and running. I loved having the Ipod docking station the most. Then a couple months later, the DVD stopped working. Next, my remote, then finally the Ipod input went out! We spoke with Phillips several times and finally sent it into a repair shop they recommended. The repair shop sat on it without doing anything for two months (”we are back logged”). OK, well it’s summertime, so we can live without it for a little longer. We finally get a call from them, and it can’t be fixed! AND Phillips has no replacement for it! So here it is four months later, NO soundbar, NO refund yet and only rewarded with MAJOR blow offs from Phillips. Phiilips has four other home theater systems on their website, but I was told they are out of stock on all of them and they didnt know if they would ever get any in. Phillps rep left a voicemail two days ago and said “ship us our product back and when “we” receive it, we will send you a refund in 4-6 weeks!” WHAT A CROCK!!! No other solutions, nor any form of an appology. I would have be happy to puchase another product with them, but not now. Their reps are rude! This company must be independently wealthy, because they seem not to care if they have any returning customers. My advise: STAY AWAY FROM ALL PHILLIPS PRODUCTS!
Rating: 1 / 5
Its the same problem. It s a preety nice system but it s not work. The cd jumps all the time and it takes alot of time to read a simple dvd. It s not worth the money i spent on it
Rating: 2 / 5