Philips HTS6100 Soundbar in Harvey Norman genuine bargain shocker...

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Harvey Norman in Carrickmines has two remaining Philips HTS6100 Soundbars going for €275 each.



Spec: http://consumer.philips.com/consumer/en/gb/consumer/cc/_productid_HTS6100_05_GB_CONSUMER/SoundBar-DVD-home-theatre+HTS6100-05

Given that these are currently selling on Pixmania for €539 (http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/1242074/art/philips/hts6100-home-cinema-syste.html), I reckon it's a bit of steal if you're in the market for one.

Don't know if the same applies to other HN stores.

positron

These price reduction must be coming from Philips, because DID (I think) did a similar deal last week - €299 or something - same model too I think. There's a three page thread here about it..!

muppetkiller

No optical connection on it ? That can't be right is it ?

lazygit

Yea theres no optical in, i bought a coax to optical converter in maplins to connect my PS3 to it.

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positron wrote: »

These price reduction must be coming from Philips, because DID (I think) did a similar deal last week - €299 or something - same model too I think. There's a three page thread here about it..!

Aha. You may be on to something there alright. Still, I won't argue with the price, saying as the equivalent Samsung soundbar is still around €500.

And yeah, it's a got a coaxial digital audio input instead of the optical one, but as lazygit said, you can pick little signal converter boxes on the cheap to do the job.

milltown

lazygit wrote: »

Yea theres no optical in, i bought a coax to optical converter in maplins to connect my PS3 to it.

Interested. How does that work out for you? Lack of an input for the PS3 was what was putting me off buying one of these.

dinneenp

anyone know how good the sound on these would be? Am thinkin of buying, is the sound far inferior to actual real surround speaker?

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While it's never going to replicate a proper 5.1 experience, I think it really adds excellent ambience for our setup. The woofer has great kick too.

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PS - I can see why they went with a coaxial digital audio. The majority of the audio connections are on the back of the woofer, obviously to limit how many wires you could have on display if you wall mount it. Therefore it's likely to be much cheaper to use a long phono cable for a digital audio feed than the equivalent length of fibre optic. Well that's my theory anyway...

hshortt

They seem to have more stock now too. The floor area is covered with the boxes. By the way, the box is very large!

brightkane

are they the same price still hshortt?

hshortt

Yep, same price, there was 8 left on the floor when I was walking through just before closing yesterday.

cheers

nephster

Also available at this price or lower in all the other major electrical shops, including the Philips shop.

Kristok

Just bought one of these been looking for sound bar for a while just cant get a proper surround sound into my sitting room no space for it. just gotta get the 360 and ps3 hooked up to it. Anyone got any suggestions on where id start ?

hshortt

Try this.

hmmm.... you will also need this

brightkane

Did online now have them for €277
http://www.buy4now.ie/DID/Product/HTS6100PHILIPS%20HOME%20CINEMA/16849/258

anyone get one and give a comment on how good they are?

TakeTheVeil

Haven't got one myself, thinking about picking one up.

Review of it on TrustedReviews from October last.