Home > Consumer Reviews > Philips HTS3544 Home Theater System with iPod Connectivity (Silver)

Pros:
This is the best home theater i ever had. It plays any thing which is round (including a tortilla. Just Kidding). It plays DVD, DVD R/W, CD, CD R/W, VCD, VCD 2.0, AVI, DIVX etc. The best thing i like about the player is it plays from the point where it was stopped abruptly even when the CD is removed and put back in.
The home theater sound is very good. very good effects. easy to install. easy to upgrade the software of the system. Just download the latest software from philips site, burn on to CD, insert into the disc slot on the player and it automatically upgrades its software.
Cons:
1. I wish it has 5 disc changer.
2. I wish it played movies from my 500GB hard disk.(it only plays movies from flash drive cunnected to USB port on player)

Yeah, so I bought this in, I think, May of last year when I graduated from High School. Then it cost two hundred dollars, which is very reasonable for a complete Home Theater System with 1000 watts of total, peak power. The speakers have hardwired plastic ends and cheap 20 gauge wires, but it's simple to splice the wires, most people are just really lazy and don't want to do it; of course, not that it'd help sound quality. The wires it includes are quite long and can accommodate all but a mansion-sized living room. (not that you should even have the rear speakers on your rear wall, rather directly behind the prime viewing area.) and the iPod dock is quite handy, though, as mentioned by others, is cheaply constructed. The dock also has a problems with changing the volume, so when you wish to turn up your tunes, you must get up and turn the volume manually on the theater system. Over all, I highly recommend this, it's a good starter home theater in a box system and can impress with its high sound quality. It has up sampling for your CDs and is compatible with DTS cds.

Pros:
-HDMI, S-Video, composite, and audio out outputs.
-Coaxial Digital Audio input
-iPod Dock
-100 Watts of total Power
-DTS enabled (standard these days)
-USB enabled inputs, along with headphone jack in.
-Divx compatible
-DVD playback region can be changed with the remote

Cons:
-plastic Hardwired speaker wires
-iPod music can't be turned up with the remote
-Disc Tray seems flimsy, but it's current style.

This sounds system is really something. It's definitely more than I thought it'd be. I've been using it for a couple months now and I haven't had any issues, just great sound. I though that this kind of quality could only come from bose (which is a bit pricy for me) but I was mistaken. This is a great set up and I'm extremely glad I bought it. It makes my whole set up just great.

If you want a fantastic, small, loud, high quality, easy to setup system, this is it! Excellent features. The speakers have limited expandability, but can be changed with some splicing. However, the speakers are very good and shouldn't need to be changed. If you want an expensive component system, don't get this. If you want the best theater in a box, get this.

The sound and DVD player are good, but the major let down is that speakers and sub-woofer all have the same length wires and proprietary connectors. The speakers close to the unit end up with extra wire, whereas the rear speakers are useless because the wiring is too short to get them far enough behind you to create surround sound.

You would literally need to sit right in front of your TV in order to have the rear speakers behind you.