Philips HTS6515D 2.1 DVD 1080p HDMI Dolby Home Theatre System
From Philips
Philips 2.1 DVD Home Theatre 1080p HDMI Dolby System HTS6515D Featuring Ambisound, the HTS6515D delivers an embracing multi channel surround sound experience from just two speakers, in any sort of room. Providing excellent sound and picture quality the easy set up wall mountable system fits any home. Ambisound for full no fuss multichannel surround sound. 1080p for high definition video upconversion. Smart Surround optimizes surround setting automatically. DoubleBass for an extended , deep bass experience. Simple set up on the wall or tabletop. Sophisticated design that matches any flat tv. Quick and easy set up for no fuss installation. Connect your Ipod for audio and video playback for on screen control. USB direct plays photos and music from USB flash drives. MP3 line in for music playback from portable media players.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #134 in Home Theater
- Brand: Philips
- Model: HTS6515D/37
- Dimensions: 23.23" h x 19.41" w x 14.41" l, 37.93 pounds
A great little DVD/Home theater system
This is a great system for those who don't want or can't fit 5 speakers in their room and need a smaller system. Luckily there is little sacrificed for its small and sleek style, the sound quality is excellent (just check its specs) and it is quite powerful (I need to keep the volume low so as not to annoy my neighbors). Plus it has a very good DVD player that upconverts to 1080p, they even provide an HDMI cable and as an added bonus for those who have foreign DVDs is that it is very easy to remove the region coding, Philips kindly uses the same unlock code on all its HTS systems (just google videohelp region code and then search for one of its cousins such as the HTS6100).
The reason that I did not give it 5 stars is first it only has digital coaxial input and not Toslink input. Unfortunately both my TV and HD cable box only has optical Toslink audio output. I easily fixed this problem by getting a Toslink to coaxial converter like this one Cables To Go - 40019 - Optical To Coaxial Digital Audio Converter (make sure you get both coaxial and toslink cables). The other thing that I do not like is the placement of the built in ipod dock, which ruins the aesthetics when you dock the ipod, which just sticks out. The dock however works quite well, after a minute or so it configures itself to the ipod and you can listen to music and watch videos on your TV.
Lightweight & Simple
I was looking at Bose and found this system to be better. It's well designed with the heavy Amp components incorporated into the Subwoofer, which sets on the floor. The Control Panel is low-profile and sets on-top of my Cable-Box. The 2 speakers set on the same shelf below my 52" TV with no install issues. Simple to install and use, VERY satisfied.
Iz en ur housz, given youz teh bangz fur teh bucks!
Hemmed and hawed about this purchase for quite some time, going back and forth between this and the Panasonic SC-PT760. I wanted surround sound for my living room, but due to the position of my TV and couch and the placement of a certain sliding glass door, running the wires w/o messing with the walls was not an option. So, I had settled on either real surround sound, with its weird wireless feature, or ambisound w/ less parts and cleaner lines.
The deal breaker? Going to circuit city and finding the Philips for $160! Suck on that. Anywho, setting it up was quite easy. Took maybe thirty minutes and only due to rearranging my HDMI inputs etc etc.
Pros:
Looks Awesome!
Easy set up
HDMI 1080p
USB input
MP3 input
IPOD dock - which, incidentally, will read your iPod and give you and onscreen view of your music lists which you can control with the remote. Also, you can view video from the iPod on the TV.
Icky Bass Thump (that's meant to be good, couldn't resist the White Stripes ref.)
When in DVD mode - sound is amazing.
Cons:
When in TV mode, sound is good, but not nearly as amazing.
No Digital Optical inputs, only RCA... lame.
Remote controls... it. that's it. No ability to control even the TV with the remote this comes with. Get yourself a universal (I have a Logitech Harmony brand remote and have a drawer full of useless remotes now)
hrrrmmm.....Yeah, I think that's it.
Buy this. Do it.
