Philips HTS3400D

Philips HTS3400D Review

Stylishly designed with sleek lines in silver and black and a compact sensibility, the Philips HTS3400D/37 home theater system can handle just about any disc and multi-channel sound format you can throw at it.

The amplifier's integrated DVD player is compatible with a wide variety of disc formats and digital files, including DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-R/RW, MP3, and JPEG (Picture CD). It also offers a digital AM/FM radio tuner features a total of 40 station presets, auto tuning, and auto store functionality. The HTS3400D/37 provides 700 total watts of power (6 x 115 watts per channel), and includes a passive subwoofer, center channel speaker, and four satellite speakers. The built-in DTS and Dolby Digital decoders eliminate the need for an external decoder by processing all six channels of audio information to provide a surround sound experience and an astoundingly natural sense of ambience and dynamic realism. Dolby Pro Logic II provides five channels of surround processing from any stereo source.

The six-channel Class D amplifier provides dramatically enhanced sound quality over digital amplifiers used by competitors as it's designed to control and reduce EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference). In addition, it uses a closed loop design which suppresses distortion and loss of audio quality. Digital amplifiers, in general, also generate far less heat than standard analog amplifiers, allowing for smaller set enclosures. Its 192 KHz sampling enables you to have an accurate representation of the original sound curves. Together with a 24-bit resolution, more information is captured from the original analogue sound wave form, giving a much richer audio reproduction. Other features include color-coded connectors for simple set-up, PAL/NTSC playback, JPEG photo slideshows (with zoom and rotate functionality), and tri-lingual menu display (English, French, Spanish). It offers the following video and audio connections:

• Composite AV (RCA) Out: 1

• S-Video Out: 1

• Component Video Out (Y PB PR): 1

• RF In: 1

• Coaxial digital audio Out: 1

• AM and FM antenna

• Headphone

The speakers offer the following specifications:

• Subwoofer: 6.5-inch high-efficiency woofer

• Center Channel: 1-inch conical dome tweeter, two 3-inch full range woofers (magnetically shielded)

• Satellites: 1-inch conical dome tweeter, 3-inch full range woofer

Tech Talk

Picture CD is a CD-R or CD-RW disc on which you can store your MP3 and digital pictures. When inserting a Picture CD in the DVD player, a screen menu will pop up, showing your JPEG's and/or MP3 files on the disc.

Just select the music and pictures files you wish to enjoy and press play or OK. You can watch your pictures on TV with your music playing simultaneously.

What's in the Box?

DVD player/amplifier, six speakers (subwoofer, center channel, four satellites), speaker cables, power cord, remote control (with batteries), AM/FM antenna, AV cable, Quick Start guide, printed operating instructions

Philips HTS3400D Review

Tech Talk

What's in the Box?

Conclusion

Best DVD Recorder Reviews Rating

8.5/10

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