Philips HTS-3555

Pros: Great Price, Great Sound,Great Picture Quality See REVIEW

Cons: NO HDMI or component cables included, No 1080p up convert (does 1080i) , SEE REVIEW

The Bottom Line: WORKING WITH A BUDGET? FIRST HTS? DO NOT PASS THIS ONE UP! USED TO HAVING THOSE VERY EXPENSIVE HTS? THIS MAY SURPRISE YOU!

Review: I was skeptical of this home theatre system (HTS), but after reading all the reviews I couldn't turn it down.

Lets start with the ease of the setup:

If you are going to install this yourself it shouldn't take more than 30...

Pros: Features Galore! Price, I-Pod dock/control, HDMI Upconverting! Easy Set up, Attractive Unit.

Cons: Power...Rated 1000w, but at 1KHz at 10%THD. Still, enough power for bedroom/small living rooms.

The Bottom Line: If you have an Ipod & HDTV, this is a great unit for the money/features. If the Ipod dock isn't needed the Sony Bravia is a better sounding unit.

Review: I had tried several others in my home, the Sony Bravia 255 and 265, a Panasonic with wireless rears, Samsung, etc. This unit had the two features I wanted, HDMI Upconverting and an Ipod dock, at a price point that scared me at first.

But I...

Pros: decent sound, plays DivX/XVid from large USB drives fantastically, very happy with it

Cons: slow CPU, slow ejecting/loading

The Bottom Line: Would recommend it for an inexpensive sound system that's quite decent for this price and for the USB - DivX/XVid functionality which works with large hard drives.

Review: - good price (paid $170)
- sound is quite clean for something that costs so little
- plays DVDs well
- can't switch to USB without waiting for it to attempt to load a disk
- usb functionality is fantastic - it plays DivX and XVid...

Pros: Great system for the price, crisp, clear sound, nice looking system

Cons: Speakers already wired, no optical audio output

The Bottom Line: Buy this system! It is a great value and you will definitely be satisfied with the sound!

Review: I picked this product up at S***s, it was the best deal on the net. For $200, I must say this is unbeatable. It was a very easy setup. There are screw holes right in the speakers to mount on the wall.

The volume goes all the way up to 40,...

Pros: No speaker mounts needed, dvd up-conversion, mp-3 playback, jpeg capable, i-pod dock, price$

Cons: Absolutely none that I can think of, this system is worth the money and more.

Review: I was a bit hesitant at first to purchase this system but after I installed it I was impressed. The speakers are heavy duty. Not your typical plastic on plastic, the sound generated is also of high quality. The up-conversion DVD is out of this...

Pros: Looks good on the shelf ... if you don't expect it to work.

Cons: Slow, unreliable, failed in only 18mo.

Review: This unit has been trouble from day 1. Very slow to open the tray and recognize discs. Unit would frequently freeze. Had to unplug it to reset. It finally died at 18mo. Philips customer support offered no assistance.

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Pros: After much research this seemed like great value

Cons: Speaker wires too short

Review: I actually ended up buying this system in spite of the fact that people said the wires for the rear speaker were too short. I went on a fruitless online search on the length of these wired and came up empty handed. So I bought it and guess what.....