Philips HTS8100

Philips HTS8100

The Philips HTS8100 is a virtual surround sytem with a single speaker plus a subwoofer and a built -in dvd player. Its video quality allows upscaling DVD’s up to 1080p.It also supports USB connection and MP3 line-in uses Plug and Play technology that allows connections to portable media players.

Features

The Philips HTS8100’s main unit consist of a speaker system called the Sound Bar, that measures 5.75 inches high by 36.81 inchess wide by 5.35 inchess deep. A DVD player is also in-built into the system. The Philips HTS8100 includes an iPod dock that allows connection to an iPod. It comes with both standard Dolby and DTS surround sound processing. The DoubleBASS captures low frequencies and recreates them. It also features Soft Dome tweeters.The HDMI 1080p upscaling is also featured in this home theatre system. USB direct allows connection to devices so that digital music and photos can be played from the device. Its playback media includes DVD-Video , DVD+R/+RW , DVD-R/-RW , Video CD/SVCD , CD-R/CD-RW. It also supports audio playback media Audio CD , CD-R/RW , USB flash drive. It also includes built-in AM/FM radio.

Review Summary

Philips ‘Ambisound’ HTS8100 provides you with excellent sound, which makes listening to music or watching a movie becomes a real pleasure and a delight. It conveys a virtual surround experience using only a single speaker unit with an integrated DVD player. The SoundBar main unit uses ‘ambisound’ technology to create a surround sound by positioning eight individual drivers at varying angles, and the subwoofer deals with low frequencies. Setup is quick and easy, and the Philips HTS8100 includes lots of options whereby you can personalise your personal preferences. Philips HTS8100 also features a built-in Faroudja DCDi image processor which displays standard definition DVDs at 1080p quality, and also docks are available for portable media players. Reviewers at reviews.cnet.co.uk consider the Philips HTS8100 to be cute and stylish plus, at the same time not noticeable due to its minimal design and more importantly no wires trailing from one speaker to another. Though the Philips HTS8100’s image quality is exceptionally remarkable, there are some issues with the sound, in particular with the stereo music. Even though the Philips HTS8100’s virtual surround technology is impressive, with only a single speaker, you do not feel that you are listening to a real surround sound. The sound also wavers at high volumes. Philips HTS8100 will definitely appeal to people who have small apartments and are looking for mini home theatres with some sort of real cinema experience.