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

Sound Quality:
It is significantly better than the several 2.1 systems (for pc) I used before. The sound is warm, crisp, deep and calm. It does not create a dramatic sound field as I expected, but it is still good enough for a five star.

USB input:
Pros: It can play pictures, musics and even avi,DivX files on usb drive. The music files can be played promptly. And you can play musics and pictures at the same time.
Cons: It is kind of slow when loading the pictures.

FM radio:
The hole in the FM antenna is a square while the pin on the receiver is round. I finally connected them together the third time I tried. The Radio did not work until I connected the antenna.


In all, it is a pretty good system for the money.

This dvd player is great. I bought it from Target for $200 bucks. I have an hd tv and I bought a HDMI cable that I got from amazon.com for $10 bucks and the dvd player upconverts dvds to hd quality. It is so amazing. I really thought that I was watching a HD DVD or a Blu Ray dvd.

The speakers are amazing. I don't care about the "surround" aspect of it so I put the speakers on stereo and I get a GREAT sound. I can't really feel the boom box like I wished but I can feel the bass sometimes.

I've used all the features like AM/FM, photo viewer and ipod dock connector. My camera didn't connect to the dvd player so I had to transfer to USB.

Thanks Philips. I love it.

For the money this is a good system--not great, not lousy, just good. The sound quality is just not as good as some other systems I've used. My primary system is an Onkyo tuner/amp and Bose speakers--this Philips system just doesn't compare. It was purchased for a bedroom though and it's fine for that. For my taste there is too much bass which sounds "muffled" and the mid-range and highs are flat. You can do some minor tweaking (only in the DVD mode) of individual speaker volume and some pre-sets (movie, rock, etc.) but none of the adjustments really get to the sound quality I'm looking for. There is no treble, base, balance, equalizer, etc. adjustability. You can't control the Ipod with the remote, volume included. The speaker plugs on the back of the unit are proprietary, so you have to cut and splice the wires if you need to extend the range of the speakers or want to use other speakers. On the positive side--this unit will entertain you with a wide variety of mediums at a price that's really hard to beat. I would recommend this product as long as your expectations are not too high. You'll have to spend a lot more money to get something with better sound and features.

* Plays all type of CD, DVD
* Easy to unlock (Region code - international use)
* Plays DivX movies
* Reads my external Hard Drive(USB) and plays DivX movies
* Good sound
* 5.1 effect
* HDMI output
Great product for less price. A++++++

Good deal here at Amazon for this home theater system. I haven't tried the DVD upscaler since it's hooked up to a standard def TV but the video quality is very good compared to our last DVD player. I really haven't had any issues with it so far and I've been having one for almost two onths already. The audio is great but could use some tweaking to bring up the voice a bit. I really love the feature of just adding AVI files into a jump drive and playing them on TV without having to burn and waste VCD's. Set up was very easy sice you just had to plug the same colored wire with the port. I'd say anyone could have this system up and running in less than 30 for those who haven't worked with with electonics. For me it has enough connection in the back but I'm not sure about some other people thinking of hooking up everything to their system. It really only has one RCA video out with audio including and HDMI port and two other RCA audio innlets. I think I'm going to be having this product for a few years to come.