Digital Trends has published a review of the Philips HTS8100 SoundBar DVD Home Theater here on their website. The HTS8100 is a full multi-channel surround sound system with an integrated 1080p video upscaling DVD player all combined into a single unit. Features of the HTS8100 include:

• Support for up to 1080p and Faroudja DCDi
• Support for Ambisound , Dolby Digital , DTS , Dolby Prologic II , Stereo
• Speaker Drivers: 2 x 1″ Soft Dome tweeters , 6 x 2.5″ Full Range woofers
• Subwoofer: 1 x 6.5″ Long Throw woofer
• Support for video compression formats: DivX 3.11 , DivX 4.x , DivX 5.x , DivX 6.0 , DivX Ultra , MPEG1 , MPEG2
• Plays back DVD-Video , DVD+R/+RW , DVD-R/-RW , Video CD/SVCD , CD-R/CD-RW

Here’s the verdict:

The HTS8100 is a solid performer and the surround technology does its job in a straightforward fashion that doesn’t require any learning curve in order to get it to work. This unit makes for a welcome addition where all the accouterments of a home theater are desired, but the room for including all the conventional components is not.

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