The Philips HTS-6500 Home Theater System combines style and performance in an elegant and hassle-free system indulges you with endless hours of viewing and listening pleasure. With Dolby Digital and DTS decoding this system manages to deliver surround-like Sound using 2 speakers and a Subwoofer instead of using 5 speakers and a subwoofer. The end result is a Virtual-Surround environment that's easy to set-up and use in any home. So when you're thinking Home-theater sound without the fuss, the Philips HTS-6500 is a worthy choice.
Simplicity that disappoints
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Written By bobbyslav
Date Written Nov 12 2006
Summary
The Philips HTS6500 is an elegant and simple surround sound solution that promises a lot to people with tight spaces, tight budgets, or little patience. Being a long time home theater devotee I am at a point when just the speakers of the TV would never...
I have been visiting many showrooms to see and hear all home theaters that I could before I made a choice to buy. Panasonic with its wireless advantages, Samsung with its eastern qualities, and this Philips Home Theater, that won my admiration for its...
Strength
Great looking, HDMI output, sound and picture are pure.
Weakness
None - Unit is the future of 2 & 1 speaker multi-channel sound.
Just got the system and I couldn't be happier. Sound: Listened to parts of Star Wars and Superman Returns. Sounds fantastic. The 2.1 system really does replicate a surround sound system. Great if you don't want to fuss with rear speaker wires...
Strength
Sound quality, picture quality, ease of use, and PRICE.
Weakness
Lack of input connections. Does not replace a full function reciever
Well Worth The Money, Features Galore & Compact Design
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Written By harley3000
Date Written Mar 15 2007
Summary
This is a HTIB, A 'home theater in a box'. Everything is included except a $49 HDMI cable. The good: sleek, modern, and compact, this HTIB has tons of features! Most important it has DVD upscaling to 720P/1080i and a HDMI connection to your new HDTV that...
Strength
Easy set-up, HDMI DVD upscaler and AM-FM tuner sound very good! compact,CD's, MP3, JPEG.
Weakness
No overpowering sub woofer, TV input volume is just OK, remote has built-in delay.
I service the home theater display at a major chain that has this model and every time I walk in to check on the display this model and the HTS3544 is not working. With the HTS6500 It either has no sound or the sound is distorted. It seems that this...
