Philips HTS6600 - 2.1 ch - DVD Home Cinema System - Black
£241.98
- HDMI 1080i with high definition video upscaling
- USB Direct plays photos and music from USB flash drives
- Smart Surround optimises surround settings automatically
- MP3 Line-in for music playback from Portable Media Players
- DoubleBASS for an extended, deep bass experience
first impressions - I just received this today, courtesy of amazon.It was very easy to setup with my philips flat screen tv, just a couple of cables, and up you go.I lived in many countries, and therefore have an extensive collection of DVD from many regions. Thanks to the web, I was able to find very rapidly the code to key in on the remote control to have this unit enable for region 0, and all my DVD works fine...I can see the difference with the upscaling factor, in terms of image quality... The sound quality sounds great. I have tried multiple movies, like lord of the ring, and star wars, and the experience is definitely better, visually and in terms of sound, than when using my old DVD player and my TC speakers..A few comments:* There is no HDMI cable in the box, but there is a SCART cable, and a couple of others, for example to connect the TV audio out to the device.* The connection for external audios are conveniently located on the subwoofer, reducing the number of cables to connect to the main unit.* The support for the main unit is too high to fit in my tv cabinet. It is easy to remove it, but there is no simple/lower replacement for it. The unit can just be put down like it is, at a small angle, but I would prefer to have a more stable support.* Not sure yet about the fact that this system is supposed to mimic a 5.1 system by projecting sounds to the wall behind the user, but it sounds good.* The remote control power button is in fact only an off button. Once the unit is in standby , it can only be waken up by using the play button of the remote control. Strange but it works.