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By now, most readers of reviews know all the specs and highlights of this home theater system, so I will make this a review on those intangible things. On arrival, the system was very well packaged with no damage to any of the components. The included quick start guide was enough for me to get started with the install. My experience and skill level is probably average, this being the 2nd HTS I have set-up. It was very easy to install, took about 45 minutes, and I was playing my favorite dvd for testing the speakers (Days of Thunder). The sound was impressive in my viewing room which is 12 x 16 feet. Good surround effect and the sub puts out plenty of deep bass. Overall, I am very satisfied with this purchase.

The first DVD player with surround sound speaker system I recieved was defective. The sound was amazing, but the DVD player itself would not play DVDs properly. I alerted the seller, and was instructed to send the DVD player back to them (this was a refurbished DVD player, by the way). Within about a week and a half, I received a new refurbished DVD player, and haven't had any problems since. Now the product works great!

Bought this last night and am returning it today. One of the big factors in my decision to buy this product was the inclusion of an iPod dock and the ability to control the iPod from the remote control. Well, the remote control doesn't work on the iPod. But what's worse is that the iPod itself is unresponsive when in the dock - I can't even operate it manually. Hoping all I needed to do was upgrade the Philips unit's software, I went through the lengthy process of downloading the upgrade, burning it to disk, and then upgrading the unit... to no avail. All I can do is start the iPod playing, then insert it into the dock and hope I don't need to ff/skip/rewind/pause/etc. Pretty disappointing.

The home theater system was packaged is a box that was almost a foot longer then the unit itself. There was no packing material and the top of the box was crushed inward. The unit was undamaged (fortunately) and is working properly. I submitted a photo to Amazon regarding the packaging and never received a reply.

I purchased this unit on sale. I set it all up and found out the DVD didn't work. It kept saying "no disc". Tried the USB and it was dead, too. Put it away for a couple of days and tried again. Got no power at all. Nothing works. Totally dead. Its frustrating because it was several weeks from when I purchased it until I got it. It was refurbished so did not have a long warranty.