Innovative, stylish and ultra practical design. Impressive picture quality with HD upscaling. Lots of features, wide and clear soundstage with movies. iPod dock included
No optical/coaxial digital audio inputs. Doesn’t really deliver much surround sound information. Uses a wire (the horror!) to connect the subwoofer to the main bar
It never quite sounds like a true surround system, but the HTS8100 still hits a near-perfect balance between style, convenience and performance ...
Sammanfattning: The HTS8100 is arguably the most extreme all-in-one system weve yet seen. For remarkably its entire electronics are somehow crammed into just two boxes: a straightforward subwoofer, and a metre-long speaker bar that miraculously contains the DVD deck, tun...
Stylish, space-saving design; fuss-free set up; 1080p video upscaling; versatile connectivity; impressive image quality
Expensively priced; subwoofer means it isnt totally discreet; compromised sound quality
The Philips SoundBar HTS8100 is an excellent solution for style-conscious buyers with limited time and space to set up a true surround system, but youll have to accept a few sonic compromises ...
Hgihly practical form factor, Genuine surround sound effect
Poor stereo imaging, No HDMI input
You have to take your hat off to Philips for coming up with the most innovative and literal interpretation of the one-box home cinema solution. Its SoundBar is easily the most practical TV-friendly form-factor in its class. But given that the 2.1 speak...
Sammanfattning: With the Philips Ambisound HTS8100, you don’t need five separate speakers to enjoy surround sound in your living room. Miraculously its speakers, amplifier and DVD/CD player are all contained within a 13 cm-thin box. This design concept - the sound...
Sammanfattning: It brings the typically dodgy category of virtual surround home theatres back to the realm of desirability "Virtual surround sound." Its a fishy-sounding name for a home-theatre technology that typically delivers dodgy results. Not surprisingly, Ph...
Great value for money, very easy to set up, excellent picture quality.
Limited output levels, tight squeeze for HDMI connection.
The Philips Cineos HTS8100 SoundBar isnt just a speaker system capable of delivering front surround sound, but a whole home theatre system. All you need to do is add a display.The main body of the HTS8100 has eight loudspeakers at its extremities and ...
Excellent HDMI video, Upscaling DVD playback, Good looks, Intelligible dialogue reproduction
Audio inputs inconveniently located, Ambisound mode makes soundtracks and music thin, Cables akimbo
The Philips SoundBar HTS8100 is good value for money, and able to deliver powerful movie soundtracks and excellent video quality via the HDMI output. ...
