On MovieTome:
See the TRAILER for TERMINATOR 4!
Consumer Electronics Show, January 5-8, 2006: CNET editors cover the best of CES
Products from CES
- Best of CES Awards
See the products our editors deem best of show. - Backstage Crew
Nine CNET users report from the floor. - CES Buzz Blog
Molly Wood gives you the scoop on CES.
Philips's inexpensive HDMI home-theater system
Posted by: David CarnoyWed Jan 04 14:46:00 PST 2006
TalkBack:
Add your opinion
Add your opinion
One of Philips's more intriguing announcements at this year's CES is an inexpensive, virtual surround home-theater-in-a-box system that features HDMI connectivity. The sleekly styled HTS6500 has only two speakers, but Philips says its SonoWave Surround Sound System delivers "powerful multichannel surround" via the system's full six-channel amplifier. If you have an HDTV with HDMI, the HTS6500 will upscale DVD video to what I like to call faux HD resolution. There's also USB access, which means you'll be able to connect your MP3 player directly to the system. Like some of Philips's recent DVD players, the system will feature compatibility with just about any disc format you can throw at it: DVD, DVD+/-R and +/-RW, (S)VCD, SACD, MPEG-4, DivX Ultra, CD-R/RW, MP3, MP3-CD, and JPEG. Due in May 2006, the HTS6500 will carry a list price of $399.
)
)
Before the show, Philips also unveiled a sleek, higher-end, all-in-one home-theater system, the HTS9800W. Like the HTS6500, this model also incorporates HDMI digital high-definition audio and video upscaling to HD resolution. But it's a true surround system that features slim, wall-mountable front speakers and wireless rear speakers, not to mention incorporating Dolby Digital EX and multichannel SACD. Also due in May 2006, the HTS9800 will retail for $899.
TalkBack
No discussions exist yet.
Click
here to be the first to post a
comment on this blog
Article discussion: Philips's inexpensive HDMI home-theater system
Thousands of products debut at CES, but only 14 will get our editors' seal of approval.
Nine lucky CNET users won a backstage pass to CES, and they'll give you their perspectives on the show.What happens in Vegas won't stay in Vegas. Molly Wood has the daily buzz on the show scene.
Molly Wood
Section Editor
What do you look forward to seeing from CES 2006?See CES products by category
Best of CES Awards
Thousands of products debut at CES, but only 14 will get our editors' seal of approval.
Thousands of products debut at CES, but only 14 will get our editors' seal of approval.
Backstage Crew
Nine lucky CNET users won a backstage pass to CES, and they'll give you their perspectives on the show.
Nine lucky CNET users won a backstage pass to CES, and they'll give you their perspectives on the show.
CES Buzz Blog
What happens in Vegas won't stay in Vegas. Molly Wood has the daily buzz on the show scene.
What happens in Vegas won't stay in Vegas. Molly Wood has the daily buzz on the show scene.
CES discussions
You make the call: What's the standout product or technology at CES this year?
You make the call: What's the standout product or technology at CES this year?
