Philips HTS-6500/37 Theater System

The Bottom Line: This system is elegant and simple, but beware its limitations, and make sure you can live with them.

Review: 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. Being a long time home theater devotee I am at a point when just the speakers of the TV would...

Review: Just got the system and I couldn't be happier.

Sound: Listened to parts of Star Wars and Superman Returns. Sounds fantastic. The 2.1 system really does replicate a surround sound system. Great if you don't want to fuss with rear speaker...

Review: I have been visiting many showrooms to see and hear all home theaters that I could before I made a choice to buy. Panasonic with its wireless advantages, Samsung with its eastern qualities, and this Philips Home Theater, that won my admiration for...

The Bottom Line: Nice wattage, an affordable price, easy setup, great quality, and a DVD that will up convert to 1080i with HDMI. $248.00 at Walmart. Yes please.

Review: I wanted a system that would nicely complement my Plasma without a terrible expense and without having to spend a fortune or have too much of a headache with respect to setup. I also needed to upgrade my current DVD player to one that will up...

Review: 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...

The Bottom Line: You can spend 900$ on the bose system, but in the end, no one will be able to tell the difference unless the look at the name on the box.

Review: I will start off by saying that I am not a person who writes reviews, ever. But I have read several reviews on this product and just felt I had to chime in.

I have seen a couple different times that the sub on this system is weak. I think...

Review: I service the home theater display at a major chain that has this model and every time I walk in to check on the display this model and the HTS3544 is not working. With the HTS6500 It either has no sound or the sound is distorted. It seems that this...

Review: PLEASE!!! Don't take my word for it. Google the all the "NO DISC" error messages. You'll find that after a very short period of time, the 6500 will no longer recognise commerical DVDs. It works fine for CD and home burned videos. Forget about...

The Bottom Line: Don't do it. Spend a bit more money on a product that works and the company stands by...

Review: I have had this unit since 3/08 and after the first month it stopped playing nice with DVD's. I do not even use it very often, and I am constantly ejecting and reinserting over and over. Sometims it "catches" and I am in business, other times I use...