Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Philips HTS9800 - Cineos Multi-region capable DVD Home Cinema System With SACD Playback - Wireless Rear Speakers

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Binding: Electronics Brand: Philips EAN: 8710895991117 Feature: DVD/SACD HOME THEATRE SYSTEM Label: Philips Manufacturer: Philips Model: HTS9800W/05 Publisher: Philips Release Date: 2006-10-19 Studio: Philips
Features DVD/SACD HOME THEATRE SYSTEM 800W POWER OUTPUT 1 X HDMI CONNECTIOM AND 1 SCART CONNECTION TUNER BANDS FM STEREO MW.
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Don't Bother!! Comment: This equipment looks fantastic on photo's but beware!! Firstly check the dimensions, the system is much larger than the carefully taken photo would suggest. The AV subwoofer in particular is enormous. Also don't be taken in by the wireless story, it's not. True the system rear speakers do not connect directly to the subwoofer but are connected by wires to an AV wireless receiver unit which sits at the back of the room. This is where my problems started, I can't get the wireless speakers to work. The supplier was initially very good replacing both the wireless receiver and the main DVD unit which houses the transmitter. Since then i have tried unsuccesfully to get someone from their technical department to call me. And don't even think about Philips, what a waste of space. Their tecnical support people don't even know the product. They asked if I had swiched the wireless receiver unit on but it doesn't have an on/off switch, a blue led comes on when it is receiving the wireless signal. I don't even have any other wireless equipment to interfere with it. This product is all about aesthetics but is poor quality in performance and support. I would strongly recommend not to purchase it as looking at the various AV forums, this isn't an isolated case. Customer Rating: Summary: Great Sound.......BUT Comment: Had read a lot of reviews on this system over the past 6 or 7 months and decided that I should go down this rout as my screen is a Philips so synching should be easy, when using a scart that was the case and the TV would switch source automatically, now that i have a (long) HDMI it has to be switched manualy, though it's worth it for the upscaling (720p seems best). No doubt that sound is fantastic, though the sub can be a little heavy at times and it doesn't seem to be a powerful as my older Yamaha reciever. Be wary of the size, the unit has had to be sited quit a ways from the screen as it is very tall and won't fit onto my Alphason stand, that now means a big black cable to the junction box and two big black cables leading to the sub running across the living room, the BIGGEST dissapointment is the inabilty to accept 5.1 or 6.1 from an external source, meaing all the lovely stuff broadcast in HD is just listened to via the TV, should have done more homework on it. Customer Rating: Summary: Slow Philips Comment: Great looking and superb sound from CD and cinema.Great seperation and depth. Only real problem is the slowness of changing sources.Drive you nuts. Also I cannot play back some of my sources i.e radio from my freeview tuner which worked fine on my previous JVC sytem. Absolutley woth buying. Customer Rating: Summary: Dont listen to the recent reviews its a great system!! Comment: Have had this system for a week now. The sound quality is amazing and the DVD does a great job of upscaling to 1080i! The sub is too strong at times, really it is like nothing you would ever heard of before! I have read a lot of bad reviews about this product but I think that the complexity of it is somewhat too high for some people, which is maybe why they are encountering problems. Philips do not released products as bad as some people say this one is! It is very difficult to put together so if you're not very knowledgeable about these types of things get someone to help or get a professional in. The rear speakers work fine and do a great job in presenting them sounds that you would have probably never heard without a system like this one. There is only one real problem I have with this system and that is that the DVD system itself is very slow to operate at times and changing source can take some time. Come on Philips bring out a hardware update!!!! To summarize you can't expect perfection for a surround sound system that comes in at £500 but this is the closest you can get to it for this type of money! Customer Rating: Summary: Shoddy Hardware from Philips Comment: This system looks fantastic and sounds gigantic. The subwoofer will make your liver quake. But it only worked properly for a few days. The wireless rear speakers won't activate any more in normal use; they only come on for the first 5 seconds after power-up, until the DVD player goes into standby. Thereafter the rear receiver simply won't activate any more. I've had the DVD and wireless rear receiver replaced already. So now I'm going to have to go through the rigamarole of returning the whole, extremely heavy package back to the retailer (not Amazon, by the way!) for yet-another-attempt at getting a working unit. It's hard to believe that Philips' QA would approve such a highly strung product. Avoid. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: With the HTS9800W Home Cinema system, you can enter into a world where design and digital sound technology sit shoulder to shoulder.This stylish, ultra-slim system comes with 6 loudspeakers equipped with neodyme ribbon tweeters and a 150 W subwoofer for an overall power of 800 W RMS!The HTS9800W will perfectly match your flat screen TV and can even be mounted on the wall to maximise room space! The HTS9800W also has Dolby Digital EX, DTS, Dolby ProLogic II and Dolby Digital sound decoders to produce cinema-quality sound in your own living room.It is compatible with most media and file formats (up to DivX 6.0), and its numerous sound and video settings make it the ideal system for all movie fans!Finally, the HTS9800W guarantees sharp, High Definition images via its digital video HDMI output.The perfect combination of style and high technology, the HTS9800W is revolutionising the market of home audio/video systems!