Customer Reviews

Philips HTS5500C Home Theater System with DVD Changer

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This is a great all-in-one unit for people who don't want components with wires everywhere. The functionality of the 5-disc changer is excellent. If you load audio CDs in the trays, it plays the disc all the way through then skips to the next disc. Switching DVDs is as easy as pressing a button on the front panel or remote control.

The sound quality is better than I expected, honestly. It's not terribly loud, but the quality of the sound is very good. Each speaker has a functional tweeter along with its full-range speaker. The subwoofer is strong enough to balance the sound from the satellite speakers and contains the amplifier circuitry. A small fan on the back of the subwoofer spins only when needed and is silent.

The picture quality is very good as well. A 12-bit D-to-A converter makes for smooth video quality. Outputs for composite, S-video, and component (interlaced or progressive scan) are available.

The DVD player also features three audio INPUTS so you can hook up audio components. Two of the inputs are analog (RCA-type) and one is digital (RCA/coaxial-type). It would've been nice for a video input so you can switch video sources like a game system.

This player can play almost any disc. CD, MP3, DivX, DVD, VCD, SVCD, CD-TEXT, MPEG-4, and others. It handles recorded media (e.g., CD-R, DVD-R) quite nicely and can be made region-free with the same key sequence as the previous model. This is a very good DVD player if you don't need a lot of volume.

I really love my new surround sound entertainment center. It is very easy to connect, the speaker wires are very long to give good range. Everything is color coated for easy connect. Sounds amazing, shakes the house when I want it to and it can also be used at a relaxing volume. No problems with it, great product!

I love my Phillips Surround Sound. I love the clarity of the sound and the ease of use is wonderful. My son-in-law hooked it all up for me so I can't say much about that except he got finished very quickly. He loves anything by Phillips. It was by his recommendation that I purchased this systems. I think you would be very satisfied with this product.

The sound is great from this system, but they can improve in the area of usability. It was pretty difficult to set up the tuner to your stations of choice, but after an hour I was finished. You could take a snooze in between the time it takes for the disc to switch and the time it takes to open the dvd changer, but the sound again is nice. If you want a good surround SOUND then you may have what you are looking for.

Okay, so I'm not a big sound person, so this review is mostly on the dvd player, which by the way, just quit on me and I've had it for 4 years, while my cheap $35 (yes $35) Sony dvd player I got at Best Buy or something has been working perfectly for 8 years... anyway, the philips dvd player had problems opening and closing almost from the start, I'd have to give it a little push for it to actually close, otherwise it would make a horrible struggling sound and stick...

What I HATE about this player is that if you stop it and turn the dvd player off, it doesn't remember the last spot you were at in the movie, so you have to go through the whole menu again, and find what chapter you were on, and then fast forward to the point you last watched. And I tried to just leave the dvd player on Pause, but after it's on pause for too long the dvd player automatically shuts down.

The sound is great. For not being a sound expert. I'm not really watching action or big sound production type movies but from what I can tell it's good sound.

This sytem is very easy to setup and the quality is very good. I can any DVD store bought and homemade ones too. I haven't tried playing a Divx movie yet but I'm sure will be great as well.

To the gentleman,who is using this overseas.on region 4... i am sure you can get someone to change your region codes.for your location.If you cant,the imformation is on google.I cant tell you where for obious reasons...Option 2 purchase an all region dvd player,yeah i know its a pain...!May i recommend the pioneer dvd player model 383.available on amazon u.s.a....good luck i hoped this helped....I dont own this model,but use a high end dvd recorder by phillps.

The first one that I ordered didnt work right, but Amazon quickly replaced it. I got a new one in one day.

I would really love to type something better about this product, but it is impossible. I have bought recently this DVD, but here in Brazil it isn't working (region 4). I don't know the codes to unlock my DVD Player and it has being impossible to find some information on the Internet. Could you help me?