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Philips SoundBar HTS8100

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Very good

7.2

out of 10

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8
out of 10
Excellent

"Love this system"
In January of 2007, CNET showed this item (Philips HTS8100) at 2007 CES. I was amazed and... (read more)

by measin17 (see profile), June 30, 2007

47 out of 47 users found this opinion helpful

3
out of 10
Poor

"Very average!"
I purchased this from Best Buy, and returned it about three weeks later. The sound was pretty... (read more)

by mark1572 (see profile), February 12, 2008

11 out of 13 users found this opinion helpful

10
out of 10
Perfect

"A sleek fantastic system that looks and sounds great"
The HTS8100 is the soloution! Run this with my HD cable box and my 37"Phillips LCD. Thats it does... (read more)

by Carmen_Cipriano (see profile), July 25, 2007

10 out of 10 users found this opinion helpful
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4
out of 10
Mediocre

"streamline design sacrafices essental duties of HTS"
While watching DVD's or listening to your ipod SoundBar poduces excellent quality considering... (read more)

by kalebpalmer (see profile), November 5, 2007

10 out of 11 users found this opinion helpful
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9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Forget about 5+1 speaker systems when you only need 1+1..."
I finally setup my entire home theater system today and am very impressed with the Philips... (read more)

by rpsquared (see profile), January 3, 2008

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Good sound with Great Video and Asthetics"
I am very pleased with this purchase! I had a Onkyo 7.1 system prior to this and while the... (read more)

by 5k1Knu7 (see profile), July 26, 2007

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful

10
out of 10
Perfect

"Awesome...If you hook it up in the correct way !!!!"
For the money, in my opinion, this is the best system out there. I looked at the Sony CT100 and... (read more)

by beachfront71 (see profile), June 26, 2008

2 out of 2 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

10
out of 10
Perfect

"Best all-in-one"
I bought the Philips Ambilight HDTV and the speakers left something to be desired. I was on the... (read more)

by brizzam (see profile), May 30, 2008

2
out of 10
Terrible

"Did not work"
Day 2 out of the box, no DVDs play on this unit. No suggestions from service hotline. (read more)

by OReyen (see profile), April 27, 2008

1 comment posted to this opinion

3
out of 10
Poor

"Returned 2 units, bad video, good sound, but stay away!"
I am so sad to have to give this a thumbs down, but I feel I need to warn others away from this... (read more)

by Craig0327 (see profile), April 7, 2008

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Very good

7.8

out of 10

Reviewed by: Matthew Moskovciak

Reviewed: 7/23/07
Release date: 6/1/07
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