Sound bar with a little extra

Back in June, I pointed out a couple of sound bar options from Polk Audio and Yamaha. Philips now has an interesting addition to this category of surround sound alternatives with the Philips AmbiSound Home Theater Sound Bar.

The Philips version includes an integrated upscaling DVD player. It is a bit larger than the Yamaha and Polk systems, but it does multitask by adding the DVD player (which isn’t HD or BluRay). On the negative side is the iPod dock that is included is not integrated into the unit which adds to the space that is needed to house the unit. If you are in the market for a surround sound system, but you don’t want to deal with all the wires you may want to check out this Philips, Yamaha, or Polk system. Each of them are relatively compact and if you go with the Philips it offers a bit more.

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Posted by Matt on Nov 6, 2007 | Comments | Tweet This

2 comments posted

  1. Posted by Ryan - 11/06/2007

    That looks nice. And very, very expensive.

  2. Posted by missdona - 11/06/2007

    I have my eye on the Boston Acoustics TVee Model 2. Like the Philips, it comes with a subwoofer; but it doesn’t have a DVD player (I have a seperate one anyway). The frequency range is good and it’s not as pricey as the Philips.

    There’s also something called the Zvox, which gets great reviews for it’s small form factor.

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