Philips MX990D DVD Home Theater System

by Philips

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00005AYAE
• Item model number: MX990D
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #408,535 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From Digital Living Today

If you're looking for a high-quality home theater receiver that comes complete with everything except the kitchen sink (or rather, a monitor) look no further. Electronics powerhouse Philips offers the extraordinary MX990D. Featuring a 550-Watt Surround Sound receiver, the MX990D comes with 5 satellite speakers, a 50W subwoofer, and a separate DVD player, the Philips DVD711. Quite a bargain. What's more, all of these components are first-rate and loaded with features. The receiver offers 12 audio input connections (both digital and analog), 4 video inputs, and coax digital output for recording directly onto a CD. Thoughtful additions such as "stereo mix down" -- a feature that allows you to make a quality stereo recording from a 5.1 surround sound film soundtrack -- make the MS990D a true pleasure. The five speakers and subwoofer are custom matched to the receiver. This degree of calibration allows for special features like Philips patented Natural Surround system, which creates the illusion of phantom speakers to produce the impression of a 'wall of sound.' You'd think that since Philips was throwing in the DVD player, they'd pick their entry-level model. On the contrary, the 711 can accommodate many audio and video digital formats, including CD-Rs, CD-RWs, CDs and videodiscs. In the video department, the 711 boasts a Perfect Still feature, with a zoom control that allows you not only to freeze a frame, but to move in to look at the image more closely (very sci-fi!). All of this comes bundled with a 51-key universal remote, and, amazingly, a truly reasonable price tag.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is all you need!, June 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Philips MX990D DVD Home Theater System (Electronics)

Get this audio system for your Television and you have instant home theatre! It comes with a high quality DVD Player and a subwoofer so you have everything you need for a home theatre system. It is extremely easy to hook up. Three of the speakers have screw terminals which are a much better connection. At 550 watts it is really powerful. This is a great value!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great system for the price, October 9, 2002

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M. Gangal (Dublin, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips MX990D DVD Home Theater System (Electronics)

A great Home Theater & DVD player... Absolutely love it. Setup was simple and I am no audio techie.

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars S-Video?, October 1, 2001

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Ryan Schneider (Dayton, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips MX990D DVD Home Theater System (Electronics)

I love this system, but have been unable to get S-Video inputs to work. The docs are VERY skimpy, with the only mention of S-Video being something like "Or, use S-Video Connections for better performance".

This may be because my Monitor doesn't have an S-Video in, but I can't find any way to confirm this.

Other than that, the sound quality is execellent, and the features are relatively easy to use and setup.