The first review?  'Ne quite a responsibility ...

The first review? 'Ne quite a responsibility ...

Philips HTD3510 / 12 5.1 home theater system (DVD; 300W; 4 Sat.LS HDMI 1080p UPSC Dig Opt Audio In...) (Electronics)

Customer Review

... Hopefully Philips is grateful grins.
At the beginning of a joke: in the description (at least on Amazon) is not shown that the device has a radio (FM receiver). Had perhaps worth mentioning :-) especially since it's pretty good, here I would have liked a coax connection, but also with the supplied wire antenna "is a very useful terrestrial reception possible.
Installation: The connecting cable of the loudspeakers are foolproof executed with special color-coded plugs, which in itself is good, but the cables are too short, the connecting cable z.Bsp. the center speaker is just 70 cm long, the two front cable 1.5 m long, the rear speakers 7 m, which is definitely a living room installation is not enough even for a 25sqm room and sufficient at best, for a computer workstation. This means using the supplied cords can gather around the speaker in a radius of about 3-4m around, but only if one more than 1-1.5 m / computer away sits the TV and the cables are laid in a star shape, so to speak "and not covered as it is actually normal, making the part actually almost a tabletop unit and soldering necessary if one wants to change that, because it is indeed still the old rule that the speakers should form an equilateral polygon around the listener. I've made and I must say it is worth it, now the speakers are mounted in the corners of the room, right now the sound. The boxes are the way wall mounting capability.
And now is - what a coincidence ;-)) - offered with the unit speaker cable ...
For Sound: I'm old musicians either rock musician, and when I read 300 watt RMS or whatever - well, because I expect something, even if I realize that a device with 150 watts of power that do not actually can afford.
And the system is of course no Bang & O ... etc and also no other Boeses ...
As a reference, have served me: Nikita Elton John (two little drums), Solid Attack Angel (the bass), Big Time by Peter Gabriel (bass, snare drum, cymbals), Wonderfuel Tonight by Eric Clapton, everything, however, already in converted MP3, the real CDs sound a little better.
But I had not really thought that these little boxes are so good, all the speakers have rubber-mounted dome, due to the small size it plays hardly a role, what material they are, most of it looks or for the owner's Image.
The volume is limited to about 70-80 db, one turns fully on, it is nearing Zerrgrenze, both DVDs as well as CD's, stereo and surround, but is completely sufficient to call the neighbors on the scene - ).
Adjustable High / Low are total, the volume for each speaker by white noise "and the signal delay, the further the quality (original, film, music, games, news), the sound differences are marginal.
Gently but you have to be at the Bass, the Subwoofer is kind of nondescript, but brings a very punchy and dry bass (though not bloodcurdling or "earthquake-like", who wants that, either no neighbors, or he should have to go in it cinema or build a bunker), a sound-impermeable backing is but actually attached, unless you want to use his TV cabinet as additional bass reflex ...
The transparency of the sound is quite good, both to radio, CD and DVD sound, you can listen to music bei'm foot drum and bass isolated listening, at the same time at the high frequencies the pool (the psssh), but little tip: both the ups and especially the downs do not turn up the volume.
For DVD player: Again, scores the device.
I have tested it with various CD's and movies in various formats, he has all eaten without any problems ", the digitized by me on DVD VHS tapes and I was there quite surprised. My old DVD player was in the respects just in the dark - red range and very noisy, which was offset It seems to be built very good for the price drive / very good player..
In terms of functionality, however, can only be described as spartan the player; Play / pause, chapter forward / back and the usual different forward / backward, then another - but only accessible via a menu - Info, Zoom, PBC, Repeat, aspect ratio, angles, subtitles (where possible).
But who needs more? Not more than the snob ...
Another device component is the media player function, can be connected are USB sticks and hard drives, all compatible to USB 3.0, hard disk drives are supported up to 1000 GBG. Data Formats course .mp3, .avi, .mpg, .jpg. Again, there is a pragmatic frugality, it will all be displayed, which is on the disk and playable, you can create (on the computer) folder, but it is also possible to simply throw the dataset on the disk and then show by category let (photo, film, music), playing is possible individually, sequentially or repeat. The DVD playback is not possible, however, from the plate (this is indeed the DVD player because ;-).
Other facilities: Very positive, the establishment / setup is via a so-called Home Center "is, by remote control at all times by pressing a key and very clear, no exaggerated menu depth, changes are possible virtually within seconds.
In order for the remote control, it is also carried out very sparingly and limited to the essential for the normal operation functions, some keys have a dual function, very positive here is the opportunity at any time to switch between 2.1 / 5.1, set and toggle the sound characteristics between Radio , DVD, USB and external, when switching to the radio video output is switched off automatically.
However, I fear that it does not make the device long and have everything transferred to a programmable remote control.
A little getting used to: you have to precisely aim at the device and the reaction time is a bit slow, it takes before a few seconds for the system respond to the remote.
Which brings us to the last but at the terminals; Again, there is the economy, once each HDMI, Optical Audio, RCA stereo in (here is connected with me the TV via the headphone jack), said audio input is lowered in its sensitivity, which manifests itself in the fact that when you switch it a rather large volume difference are (at least for the analog connection, the optical I have not tested), RCA video-out.
Supplement: A star less because, when playing movies from USB connected 2.5 "hard drives, all according sometimes crashes already 5 minutes, sometimes only after 30 minutes from what is quite annoying, as there is apparently Problems with the power supply, at least, the sound of the hard drive out. With USB sticks there is not the problem.
Addendum: remedies have been provided with a slightly better connection cable (previously the standard cable is used), tests have shown that the data transfer values ​​are almost identical, but obviously the power supply works better, at least I have the o.gen. Problems no longer with the new cable.
There is a new, are in movies for more than 3 hours is sometimes for some reason the Syncro between picture and sound, then the built-in computer technology is probably overwhelmed, but that's a matter for specialists and people like me, the technique happy times brings to their limits.
Furthermore, what has also been mentioned already in other reviews, the noise. The reason is that (probably) the screen of the device the cost issue fell victim and is very poor.
Say, if you (which is actually normal is) the part with other video / audio / amps or electronic devices which also operates always together there is this "noise problem". The only solution: stand alone or packaged in aluminum foil (keyword Faraday)
Conclusion: This is not a super-media center for the living room and the Snob's 100sqm. Those looking for but something inexpensive (not to mention very inexpensive) and versatile for a "normal" living room to about 30 square meters with no frills with good to very good video and sound quality, so is well served, is to be expected since that DVD remain for many years to the standard, despite the hype "of Blue Ray and 3D.
This gives a very good investment for this money. We recommend.
And the price will rise, I suspect at about 149, - EUR in the near future. ALSO: fast buy ;-)

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SUPER 100gr. Inkjet paper ;-)) Rank: 5/5
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MEETS THE DESCRIPTIONS Rank: 5/5
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