http://www.viewpoints.com/Home-Theatre-Systems Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:26:40 GMT Reviews about Home Theatre Systems http://www.viewpoints.com/Philips-HTS3555-Home-Theatre-System-review-469f3 Extremely underpowered subwoofer, barely heard at all and when you do its not clean, sounds very distorted. Lack of clarity from the rest of the speakers. No speaker Controls to adjust for room size, +- to speakers. No control over the system, individual taste is non exsistent. The sound presets, Drama, Action etc.. are so similar there is hardly a defineable difference. None of the presets increases the subwoofer loudness to any acceptable degree, clarity or speaker clarity. There are many other systems that have less watts but have better clarity, better subwoofer, come with all the speaker controls and are equal to or cheaper in price. The Phillips HTS3555 is a poor quality system with no user control that I compare with some of the first bottom end systems that have ever come out. —... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:26:40 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Philips-HTS3555-Home-Theatre-System-review-469f3 TruthRevealed 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/Philips-HTS8100-37-Theater-System-review-18157 The Philips HTS8100/37 is a very nice little package for playing DVDs, CD's, MP3 discs. Works best with the shiny little discs--watch out if you really need iPod or USB connectivity. It appears the software this soundbar is built around isn't as current as the devices it's intended to function with. My 80GB iPod Classic (current model at time of review) isn't supported (no reason given in the manual or on the Philips website). "Device not recognised" is all I see when I plug my 4GB Sandisk "Cruzer" in. The thumbdrive is FAT32 file system as mandated in the owner's manual. No mention of this on Philips Customer Support webpages. — — Pictures of the soundbar & subwoofer always omit the wiring. The consumer is supposed to believe it doesn't need wires, I guess. The iPod dock has its own cable, the sub has a fat umbilical that carries the soundbar AC power, FM antenna (!), as well as the sub frequencies. Plus of course wires to/from the TV. Still neater by far than... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:02:17 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Philips-HTS8100-37-Theater-System-review-18157 guy48065 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-3-2-1-GSX-Home-Theater-System-review-06a14 The Bose 3-2-1 Home Theater System is great!  The price is a little high, but they offer payment plans.  Bose system works great, kids love "home theater" experience.  I have had this system for about 5 years or longer and I have had it sent off once for... Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:24:27 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-3-2-1-GSX-Home-Theater-System-review-06a14 darrellr 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/LG-z-5300e-review-bbd05 The LG Z-5300e THX Certified 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System is the best set-up you'll find for the price.  — You get 5 speakers (center, rear left, rear right, front left, front right) and a sub with all necessary cables.  The speakers have removable faceplates for that custom look.  All of them are wall-mountable or table/shelf ready.  — What I love about this system is the all-in-one subwoofer/amplifier.  You don't need to go out and buy an a/v receiver with these speakers because you just plug the sub into the wall and the speakers into the back of the sub.  Hook up the RCA cables to the back of your TV and you're all ready for an awesome theater experience.  I use mine with an HDTV/Blu-ray Discs/etc and it all sounds great.  For the price LG is asking, you won't find another system that sounds like it (or is THX Certified).  LG is a great company and I find myself buying many of their... Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:10:32 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/LG-z-5300e-review-bbd05 renegadex415x 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-iPod-Speaker-System-review-c1815 Bose - iPod Speaker System is the bomb you can use it any where to have all your sounds available is great for the pool and the family room need only plug in your Ipod and have all your tunes, podcasts, and audio books playing all over the house do not walk run to buy this great gadget ipods are no longer just for one person but can be shared with all your friends and... Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:19:37 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-iPod-Speaker-System-review-c1815 chickenmama 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Sony-DAVHDX265-Theater-System-review-416d6 The sound from the Sony DX265 is amazing!!! Bass is great as are the mid's and high's. No distortion even maxed out. Very loud for this price range system. I had an older system made by pioneer and there is no compairison. I am glad I made the choice. I would recommend this system to... Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:02:32 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Sony-DAVHDX265-Theater-System-review-416d6 JiminGodfrey 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Apple-TV-Home-Theater-review-2cf83 I got one of these for my in-laws, and one for my parents. Neither of them are tech-savvy, but both enjoy their Apple TVs very much. They don't use their Apple TV to watch movies, podcasts or listen to music. Instead, they both use it to watch their vast libraries of digital (or scanned) photos on their TV. My in-laws have a large iPhoto library and my parents have a large directory structure on their hard drive with photos. Both work well when watching the photos. It's turned their new 42" LCD TVs (both got new ones in the last year) into large "slide show viewers". —... Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:19:14 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Apple-TV-Home-Theater-review-2cf83 ddupmul 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-iPod-Speaker-System-review-4fa31 I have a 30MB iPod that after 2 years didn't really hold a charge anymore.  This docking station was a great answer.  I leave my iPod in there and it runs flawlessly.  I did get a nano for the road too... and swap them out when I need to charge it.  There are inserts for different size iPods, but I don't use them, I just swap the iPods and it works fine. — The AC adapter is a bit clunky. —... Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:16:32 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-iPod-Speaker-System-review-4fa31 EyeSea 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Koss-Koss-KS2503-Theater-System-review-55533 We bought this system at Best Buy less than a year ago and it burned up last night.  I can't believe it.  I am so dissappoointed in this product.  You expect products like this to last way more than one year when you pay tat much money for it. ... Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:10:01 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Koss-Koss-KS2503-Theater-System-review-55533 gretchenr2 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-3-2-1-GSX-Home-Theater-System-review-c4866 What can you say....it's a Bose system, and they're the best at what they do.  As it's only a 2.1 system, the sound, presence, and clarity are overwhelming for the sheer minuscule size of the system.  Without having to run wires around the room, it offers theater type sound without the clutter. Two small speakers, a sub-woofer and a control console with a DVD-CD player make up the system. — Wall mounting brackets or speaker stands do not come with the system and have to be purchased separately should you desire them, or don't have a well placed shelf to set the speakers upon.  — Bose being the leader in sound systems, isn't nearly the leader in DVD systems.  The DVD player in the 321 systems is not HD, which it should be considering the price.  An HD system can be added as an auxiliary, but is not included in the package.  The other issue I have would be Bose's claim of incredibly easy installation, which was partially true in... Tue, 20 May 2008 13:02:14 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-3-2-1-GSX-Home-Theater-System-review-c4866 steve9631 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-3-2-1-GSX-Home-Theater-System-review-2ee97 So, you may have heard the saying, "all highs, no lows...bose.". Well, they must have missed this system when they came up with that! — — Just about every surround sound system includes: a receiver, a center channel speaker, right front and left front speaker, right rear and left rear speaker, and subwoofer. With this bose system, you get a slimline subwoofer, two tiny front (left and right) speakers and a receiver/DVD player combo unit. Bose definately proves dynamite comes in small packages! From the remote, to the sub, you can easily tell, just by looking, that this is a quality system. Bose has always and will always go the extra mile for their customers. — — The 321 has tons of bells and whistles, but as for this review, we'll just keep it simple...... — — I've installed this system, as well as many other surround sound systems, and I must say, as far as symplicity goes, this system takes the cake! Also, as far as other manufaturer's... Sun, 18 May 2008 00:57:26 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-3-2-1-GSX-Home-Theater-System-review-2ee97 ballhawkdawk 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Pioneer-5-1-Home-Theater-w-DVD-review-99cb8 I purchased this home theater system so that I could enjot tv and movies in surround sound.  As soon as the first 6 months was gone...so was the DVD player in this system.  The DVDs won't read unless I hit play about 50 times (that's no joke!!).  I would recommend spending $400+ to invest in a system that will last and has a 5-10 year... Thu, 15 May 2008 01:20:23 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Pioneer-5-1-Home-Theater-w-DVD-review-99cb8 Kitty-Kat 2 http://www.viewpoints.com/Sony-DAV-HDX-266-Home-Theater-System-review-72ef3 This SONY sounds great and the cost was under 300.00 and the DVD player has a video format 720x480p, 1280x720p, and then it has 1920x1080i that enhances the picture Quality so much that i cant tell the difference from that or a HD TV show, But Don't get me wrong, I have heard that HD or BLU-RAY DVD players are the even better than this. Cant wait to see for my... Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:35:49 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Sony-DAV-HDX-266-Home-Theater-System-review-72ef3 stargate 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-3-2-1-GSX-Home-Theater-System-review-741d4 I purchased this unit about 9 months ago. Once I figured out the wiring, it was a real nice unit. The dvd quality was excellent. The sound range is excellent, and you can really hear all of the range, including the base. — It is nice that they have a payment plan, as this item is somewhat expensive, but it is well worth the price to have such great sound in such a small unit. It took the place of a large surround sound system with speakers all over the... Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:22:38 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-3-2-1-GSX-Home-Theater-System-review-741d4 birdmama 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-3-2-1-GSX-Home-Theater-System-review-9b102 The Bose 3-2-1 GSX system is outstanding in both sound and easy of use.  I got mine 3 days ago and hooked it up with out any trouble.  The system sounds great in my small bed room it is just like being at the movies.  The best is storing over 200 of my best... Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:21:13 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Bose-3-2-1-GSX-Home-Theater-System-review-9b102 dsmith15032 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Apple-TV-Home-Theater-review-70704 Apple TV completes the missing link in any home media hub. Connects seamlessly to an iTunes music and video library of any size. Don't let the size of the HD in the Apple TV limit you -- it streams over wi-fi seamlessly. A whole-hearty recommendation. — —... Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:18:48 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Apple-TV-Home-Theater-review-70704 goldyman 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Sony-DAVHDX265-Theater-System-review-fd041 End result - 'music to my ears' or whatever we're listening to...sound effects - people entering a room from one side of the room and talking in another - this system gives you true home theater effect.  I say end result because the DVD player unit had to be returned.  Circuit City was really good about it - we didn't have to package up all the speakers, just the unit.  One of the speakers wouldn't play and it was the unit, not the speaker.  My husband hooked it all up - kind of time consuming and tedious to get all those speakers in the right place and test them.  Great end result!  Can't beat the price! ... Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:02:12 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Sony-DAVHDX265-Theater-System-review-fd041 TaDa 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Koss-Koss-KS2503-Theater-System-review-353f This DVD player/sound system was bought in Dec of 2006, and it was supposed to be the inexpensive way to have a home entertainment system. The DVD player came with 6 speakers for surround sound, remote, Radio tuner, played mp3 and jpeg files, and seemed ideal to turn my otherwise unimpressive living room into a symphonic masterpiece of Dolby fury. Well...that dream died. The speakers are of mediocre quality at best, but the real problem is that the clips which holds their audio wires in on the back of the DVD player are cheap little plastic things that don't work. So at best, I've got half the speakers going at any given time. And if you should get them all turned on and someone so much as steps in the vicinity of the TV, the vibrations will cause at least one wire to fall out of its clip. — And the second problem is that this DVD player skips. Yeah, that's right, it skips. The first time it happened, I took my DVD back to Blockbuster and got a new one. ... Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:04:10 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Koss-Koss-KS2503-Theater-System-review-353f Jordy4321 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/Sony-MHCEC77-Shelf-System-review-1d2a2 This is a nice, small-sized unit that puts out good sound when playing CD's. However, the radio, both AM and FM does not have good reception at all. The antenna is a small, skinny wire that I ended up having to drape over a picture that is hanging above the stereo unit. But it is only about 24" long and does not pick up a good, decent signal most of the time. The price of the stereo unit was $140, which it turns out was too high in my mind. It has a three-CD changer. — The instruction manual that came with the unit said it will play CD-R's but I am having problems getting it to play them, especially consecutive songs. Sometimes it just plays the same song over and over. — I am disappointed that there is no shuffle option for playing the CD's, and I have also had a lot of trouble trying to figure out how to program the unit for specific radio stations. It has the option, but, once again, the... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:33:25 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Sony-MHCEC77-Shelf-System-review-1d2a2 teresapf04 3 http://www.viewpoints.com/Philips-HTS3555-Home-Theatre-System-review-501d I purchased this home theater system from Best Buy during a great sale.  I paid $168.00 for it.  From the time I took everything out of the box, until I turned it on, I think only 1/2 hour had passed.  Each speaker is color coded and they give ample speaker wire for the rear speakers.  The tuner picks up stations well, and even programmed the ones it gets in well  by itself.  There are a few different sound settings as can be expected, I use the same one for all my viewing.  The subwoofer is not overpowering at all and doesn't get ridiculously distorted at high volumes.  The only down side to this system is that you can not set the levels of the individual speakers, including the subwoofer.  Therefore, placement of the speakers is critical.  I find the 2 front speakers and center channel sound best right in front of the tv itself, spread about 2 feet apart from each other.  The 2 rear speakers I have hung on the wall at ear level... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:13:29 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Philips-HTS3555-Home-Theatre-System-review-501d Donman 4