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5 Reviews for Philips HTS3357 - 5.1 Multi-Region Capable DVD Home Cinema System - With 1080i Upscaling
Brilliant bargain - 10 Aug 2008
0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
This system is absolutely amazing.An upscaling multi region dvd player coupled with a surround sound system that is just incredible for the price.I'd been thinking about buying something like an Onkyo av receiver and a seperate set of surround speakers from Richer Sounds for around the £250 - £350 mark to go with our recently purchased (from amazon) Toshiba 47Z3030db lcd tv and then sometime later replace our Panasonic dvd recorder with a blue-ray player.Then I saw the reviews for this and thought at £115.14 delivered it was worth taking a chance.
Our lounge is 20' by 10',so long and thin,and even though we watch tv from about 13' away,because of how cheap this is, I was still worried that the speakers wouldn't be loud enough or have enough bass.And then we watched the first half of Cloverfield and had to switch it off because I had done all the volume settings too high,particularly the sub-woofer,and we both found it overpowering.The volume and clarity is incredible,and would easily fill a room half as big again.So far we haven't watched anything with the volume much above 15 and that has been more than enough.I agree with another reviewer that the centre speaker is sometimes a tad thin,but it really isn't very much and the sound is absolutely crystal clear.The sub-woofer literally does shake the room,and we have concrete floors,and the satellite speakers are great.
The upscaling picture is noticably better and because of that we won't be buying a blue-ray player until this system breaks down.As far as the few complaints others have made; we have no speaker hiss, so far,and don't need an optical socket,but I agree that the remote is worryingly cheap with very small buttons that are badly laid out and feel as if they could easily stick or stop working.The multi-region hack worked fine and it's had no problem with any region 1 dvds.Changing the speaker volume settings is a pain,but not exactly the end of the world,but other than that I really can't think of much bad to say about this.
As far as sound and picture go this has given us a standard of both that I genuinely thought would cost 4 times as much.If you're planning on spending anything up to £500 to upgrade your tv then listen to this first,or just take the word of all the positive reviews and buy it, because I can't believe you'll get anything better for yor money.
Please help! - 15 Jul 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful.
Just got the delivery of the system - 2 days before the "due date" so very impressed. Very easy to install no problem there but I am VERY disappointed with the sound! There is practically NO bass in this thing! (My 7 yrs old Creative 2.1 speakers have LOT more bass than these!) Does anybody know how to increase the bass - and from where? Tried the set up page but it doesn't even go to the "Speaker volume" setting as its not highlighted.
Good value for money until it breaks down! Will NOT buy PHILIPS - 30 Jun 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful.
I bought this philips system *slightly* more than a year ago. It was a bit more expensive than it is now, but it's still a very reasonable price. The sound quality is within expectation. The response is quite slow though, e.g. it takes a while to load a disk or simply ejecting it from the player.
However, it has been developing problems since a few weeks ago. Once pressing the standby button on remote control, the unit will not respond anymore. Sometimes, it just dead, not responding at all. I phoned philips regarding this problem and was told it was *possibly* a problem with the remote control. I was suggested to buy a new remote control without knowing its real cause, which will cost me 46 quid. Because it was 10 days out of 1 year warranty period, I can not have this fixed for free. The guy said I need to pay 250 pounds to get it collected, fixed, and returned!!! Please remind me how much does a brand new unit cost? It's appalling.
So, yes it's cheap, but if it breaks down after a year you'd better throw it away (after which you have to buy a new one. then the question is which one you will buy? if not philips, why now?)
A good deal? Think again!
really good value - 27 May 2008
0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
this unit is amazing quality for the price, costing little more than a reasonable dvd player. Useful range of functions. Very good as a basic system
No Optical In - Not Good for Xbox or PS3. - 23 May 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful.
System has no optical input, so is pretty much useless if you want to hook up your 360 or PS3.