Philips AmbiSound Home Theater Sound Bar with Integrated 1080p-Upscaling DVD/MP3 Player, HTS8100/37
from: Philips
List Price: $799.99
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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 sides. It's 5.1 surround without the mess! In addition to the latest audio technology, the Ambisound system is only five inches thick and can be easily mounted onto a wall underneath an existing Flat-TV. The simple, yet elegant design enhances the décor of any home theater space, regardless of the room layout or design. The center console is designed to be mounted on a wall or resting on a stand. For maximum audio quality and clarity, the Ambisound system features a 3-band equalizer and DoubleBASS deep bass performance, creating a smooth cross over between sounds. The speakers feature soft dome tweeters for increased clarity and clear voice performance and are designed for maximum efficiency for full midrange performance. Additionally, users will enjoy the Smart Surround feature, which automatically ensures correct surround sound settings whether a movie or music is playing. Though not exactly 5.1 channel sound, The HTS8100 uses a host of technologies including array processing, precise driver positioning and psycho-acoustic innovation to achieve the full surround sound performance that is 5.1 channel compatible. Auxiliary input ports Subwoofer Only five-inches thick, the Ambisound SoundBar provides a stylish system with amplifier and a DVD player all in a single sophisticated design Philips advanced Sonowave surround SonoWave surround sound technology is compatible with all 5.1 channel surround-sound sources, such as DVDs, SACDs
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 sides. It's 5.1 surround without the mess! In addition to the latest audio technology, the Ambisound system is only five inches thick and can be easily mounted onto a wall underneath an existing Flat-TV. The simple, yet elegant design enhances the décor of any home theater space, regardless of the room layout or design. The center console is designed to be mounted on a wall or resting on a stand. For maximum audio quality and clarity, the Ambisound system features a 3-band equalizer and DoubleBASS deep bass performance, creating a smooth cross over between sounds. The speakers feature soft dome tweeters for increased clarity and clear voice performance and are designed for maximum efficiency for full midrange performance. Additionally, users will enjoy the Smart Surround feature, which automatically ensures correct surround sound settings whether a movie or music is playing. Though not exactly 5.1 channel sound, The HTS8100 uses a host of technologies including array processing, precise driver positioning and psycho-acoustic innovation to achieve the full surround sound performance that is 5.1 channel compatible. Auxiliary input ports Subwoofer Only five-inches thick, the Ambisound SoundBar provides a stylish system with amplifier and a DVD player all in a single sophisticated design Philips advanced Sonowave surround SonoWave surround sound technology is compatible with all 5.1 channel surround-sound sources, such as DVDs, SACDs
Features:
- 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
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- This is one of the worst purchases I have ever made, this soundbar sucks!
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 ... Read More
Rating: 
- Great idea, but limited options with multiple inputs
I purchased this system at a retail store at about the same price, after tax, as Amazon is offering it. The only reason I didn't buy it on Amazon was due to the reviews I read here first, but I wanted to see if I could make the system work. My primary concern wasn't true "surround sound," as I knew this would be a compromise. However, as one review I read noted, the only digital hookup on the Philips is coaxial, not optical. This was a problem for me, as I have Direct TV and a PS3 that I use a Blue-Ray ... Read More
Rating: 
- Simple-Elegant-Powerful
I recently purchased this from Costco for $[...]...and was a big skeptical after reading reviews here. After purchasing and hooking it up (which took me total 22 minutes) I thought to add a 5-star review of my own.
If you really want to hear the bullet coming from rear speaker while watching James Bond movie..then go and purchase $1000 Bose or Polk audio system. Because this one won't do that for you.
I love this product because it replaced, my Kenwood receiver, 6 speakers, Samsung ... Read More
Rating: - PHILIPS GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE
I brought this product refurbished.Unfortunately, the first home theater system did not work out.Philips sent replacement in record timining, along with a very informative customer team that took their time in helping me to contact product to Philips Flat screen TV and HDMI cable.I was up and running in no time.Magnificent subwoofer - shakes the house - LOL
Rating: - not worth
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
- This is one of the worst purchases I have ever made, this soundbar sucks!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 ... Read More
- Great idea, but limited options with multiple inputsI purchased this system at a retail store at about the same price, after tax, as Amazon is offering it. The only reason I didn't buy it on Amazon was due to the reviews I read here first, but I wanted to see if I could make the system work. My primary concern wasn't true "surround sound," as I knew this would be a compromise. However, as one review I read noted, the only digital hookup on the Philips is coaxial, not optical. This was a problem for me, as I have Direct TV and a PS3 that I use a Blue-Ray ... Read More
- Simple-Elegant-PowerfulI recently purchased this from Costco for $[...]...and was a big skeptical after reading reviews here. After purchasing and hooking it up (which took me total 22 minutes) I thought to add a 5-star review of my own.
If you really want to hear the bullet coming from rear speaker while watching James Bond movie..then go and purchase $1000 Bose or Polk audio system. Because this one won't do that for you.
I love this product because it replaced, my Kenwood receiver, 6 speakers, Samsung ... Read More
- PHILIPS GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICEI brought this product refurbished.Unfortunately, the first home theater system did not work out.Philips sent replacement in record timining, along with a very informative customer team that took their time in helping me to contact product to Philips Flat screen TV and HDMI cable.I was up and running in no time.Magnificent subwoofer - shakes the house - LOL
- not worthIts 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
