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| Date Reviewed: 03/10/2007 |
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Strengths: Easy to setup and has an awesome surround sound (level, bass and tone) and plays DVD's. Fits well in tight spaces
Weaknesses: This does not have a lot of inputs so don't consider it as a replacement for a full feature reciever.
Summary: The Philips HTS6500 is an elegant and simple surround sound solution that promises a lot to people with tight spaces, tight budgets, or little patience. The system finds the AM/FM stations and sets them to memory (up to 40 channels can be memorized).. DVD player upconverts to a beautiful 1080i. For the price it is a very good deal.
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| Date Reviewed: 03/16/2007 |
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Strengths: Easy set-up, HDMI DVD upscaler and AM-FM tuner. Sound is very good! Compact design, CD's, MP3, USB, JPEG
Weaknesses: No overpowering sub woofer, TV input volume is just OK, remote has an annoying built-in delay (But I got past it)
Summary: This is a HTIB, A 'home theater in a box'. Everything is included except a $49 HDMI cable. The good: sleek, modern, and compact, this HTIB has tons of features! Most important it has DVD upscaling to 720P/1080i and a HDMI connection to your new HDTV that is not always available on $500 plus systems. It has a AM-FM tuner, USB conecction for JPEG pictures and reads CD's, MP3's. The Multi Channel and Dolby 2.1 sound and volume is very very good but not great. The not so bad: The universal remote to the unit has an annoying delay and the TV input volume could be a bit louder. (Even after the firmware upgrade). All in all for approx $300 it sounds very good, plays great and easy to setup and use. If you have a limited budget, this Philips HTS-6500 is a must buy because it has the features you need and sounds like a home theater should! By the way, I did hours of research and this is what I bought. This is not for the home theater purist with lots of cash.
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| Date Reviewed: 03/18/2007 |
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Strengths: Good picture quality; playes PAL discs
Weaknesses: Surround sound
Summary: This is a good, solid home theater in a box. Plays very well PAL DVDs I brought from Europe, once you switch it to region free coding (open disc tray; press 9, 9, 9, 9, 0). Excellent image quality - using HDMI cable to see on my Philips PDP. As for sound, well, it's a just a 2.1 - don't expect wonders from the virtual surround...
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| Date Reviewed: 03/18/2007 |
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 Good Budget System Strengths: DVD Player up-converts nicely
with HDMI. Ease of set up. Good for Great room entertainment area where rear speakes are not an option.
Weaknesses: No audio controls for balance , bass treble etc.
No code for Comcast remote.
Very poor support from Phillips.
Summary: It does a great job of up converting to 1080I.. The sound is very acceptable for a budget in the box system. Watched Star Wars in 5.1 Dolby,sound effects were terrific Came with very old firmware had to update out of the box. Will not respond to Universal or Comcast remote. Philips support on this product it almost a joke. No one has any knowledge base at hand and they do not follow up or respond to e-mails. Would never buy a major product from them.
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| Date Reviewed: 10/04/2008 |
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 Worst product I ever purchased Strengths: NONE
Weaknesses: Doesn't read any DVDs.
Summary: This is the worst product I ever purchased in my life. It couldn't read my brand new DVDs. It plays movie from USB drive. Don't ever buy this home theater. Just google about this product, you will see thousands of people complaining about 'No Disc' issue.
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| Date Reviewed: 03/13/2007 |
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Strengths: Sound Quality, Ease of setup, HDMI out, 1080i upconvert
Weaknesses: Lack individual treble, bass, etc control. Dialogue can sound tinny at times when not in surround mode.
Summary: I bought this to compliment a 37 inch LCD high def tv for my living room with an emphasis on simplicity, less wires and less of a footprint than my legacy 5.1 channel surround sound system. Thanks to the fact that this unit is 100 watts per channel, it can kick out some sound. The surround feature is just okay, not nearly as effective as my old 5.1 setup, but I didn't buy it for that.
As mentioned above, there are no individual controls for treble, bass etc but it does have presets like Action or Sci Fi for DVD surround and Classical/Rock for music. They do an okay job. What I appreciate the most is that the dialogue on surround movies is sharp and loud...something my 5.1 channel setup wasn't particularly good at.
So for as low as $250, you get a jack of all trades, master of none item that is sleek, sounds fine and will compliment a "less is more" motif.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/18/2006 |
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Strengths: Super crisp sound. Small and easy to setup. Stylish.
Weaknesses: Lack of true surround. Not very adjustable.
Summary: It's a very stylish unit and sounds great! It's easy to setup and my fiance loves the fact that there aren't wires going everywhere (i.e. rear speakers). You get decent "surround" from this unit, though not as good as a true 5.1 system. Some gripes-I wish the sound was more adjustable. As far as I can tell, you cant' adjust the treble or bass independently. There are different presets you can choose like "Action" or "Concert". It still sounds great though. Also, it only has a coax digital input. No optical, which is what most components use. So that means no Playstation or Xbox digital input, just RCAs. Also, the unit is slow to respond to remote control commands. Good things-mainly, It's one of the cheapest DVD/Home Theaters you can buy with an HDMI output. That was the biggest sell for me. It's definetly worth buying and may solve some problems with clutter and convenience. I recommend this if you can't get a better (more expensive) 5.1 system and you don't have the room. You may get a good 5.1 system for the same price, or maybe a little more, but I doubt it will have an HDMI output.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/18/2007 |
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Strengths: Excellent value, very good sound quality for the price paid. Built in up converting (HDMI) DVD player.
Weaknesses: Some may dislike the lack of true surround sound but im many installations it doesn't really make much difference and with me the lack of clutter is a bonus.
Summary: I believe that for a compact home theater that the HTS6500 offers an exceptional value. I compared it to the similar Bose system and found the Phillips to sound better at 1/4 the price.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/14/2006 |
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hts6500 2.1 channel system
Strengths: crisp clear sound, nice subwoofer, no rear speaker wiring
Weaknesses: still undecided about the surround sound aspect
Summary: I have only been using this system for about a week now, and have yet to try a really good action dvd, So far it works pretty good with the hdtv, sounds pretty clear and crisp- and the subwoofer packs a decent punch. It is great looking and compact. On the other hand, it has a virtual surround feature, but does not actually have any rear speakers. As I said I have yet to try a nice action dvd to really see how it sounds from behind..but it so far does not deliver a top of the line surround sound experience...most of the sound does sound like it is coming from the front and slightly to the side...for what I need it for it works well and is compact, it is not a 5.1 and does not have rear speakers so therefore, it is very nice, but does not recreate what a 5.1 or more expensive system can do...nice for the price and very crisp clear sound...I am still a little on the fence because I have not had enough time with it, that is why I am giving a satisfactory review
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| Date Reviewed: 01/18/2007 |
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Value for money
Strengths: No running wires, Average to good sound effects, Most options for Video and Audio (IN and OUT)
Weaknesses: Tough to feel the surround sound
Summary: Very cheap system with DVD and HDMI. The picture output is great but it lacks the sound. The concept of sonowave was not great. I was waiting to hear the virtual sound but it is not so as claimed. Finally word a cheap system with all options of Digital audio and video but it lacks its punch !
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| Date Reviewed: 02/27/2008 |
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Strengths: Stylish, HDMI output, up convert to 1080, good sound for 2.1 system, play multiple format including mp3, divx, etc
Weaknesses: Lack individual treble, bass control.
Summary: This HTIB is a great buy for 2.1 system. If you are lack of space, don't want to wire around the room with 5.1 system, this one can provide good quality sound, support a lot of playback format, with HDMI, and still within budget. It looks very stylish, and fit any modern furniture elegantly. The setup is straight-forward. It has a lot of features in a small box, such as it has dvd playback up convert to 1080 -- excellent image quality, it can play picture sideshow from usb connector, it can play many disc formats. The sound can't compare to real 5.1 surround, but that's the issue for all 2.1 system, even for bose 321, which is much expensive than this HTS6500.
One problem is it's lack of individual treble, bass control, just limited preset like "action", etc. Another annoying thing is I have both Philips HDTV and this box set up together, the power control in hts6500's remote sometimes turn on/off TV unexpectedly.
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| Date Reviewed: 08/02/2007 |
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Strengths: easy install, easy use, and only 2 speakers ans 1 sub. Good for movies in such price
Weaknesses: not true 5.1
Summary: This unit is pretty good. 2.1 can simulate 5.1 and it is suitable for watching moives in small room. it is very easy to install. the short is you can not adjust bass. I also found there is static noise when the unit standby. I called philips support, they told me it was not normal ans suggest me exchange new one from merchant.
The static noise only showed in system santby. When I play moives or liten music, there is no static noise.
I also notice that, a few people said the DVD player would broken down after several month lightly using. I will see what happen when I get new unit and use it a while.
this one is good enough for small home. you shouldn't compare it with boss321 or danon.
I satisfied it.
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| Date Reviewed: 07/31/2007 |
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Great small HTS
Strengths: good surround sound from only 2.1 speakers
Weaknesses: you cannot adjust bass by yourself
Summary: this model is suitable for who has small room, and is tired for wires. I just use this one for DVD moives and music.
some sides I don't like: 1, one cd, not 5 cd exchange.
2, couldn't adjust bass. 3, surround not as good as boss321 ( sure, price is here!)
all in all, it is good enough to me.
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