Philips HTS9800W Home Theater System

By Andrew Beehler Published June 15, 2018

If you’re looking for a top notch home theater system which looks great and has a nice technology feature set to boot, the recently released Philips HTS9800W 6.1 home theater system might be your ticket to a glamorous home movie night. This system, priced at around $900, won the CES Innovations 2006 Award for the home theater category.

Described by Philips as the perfect compliment to a flat panel television display mounted on the wall, the stylish, touch-screen enabled HTS9800W system has a ?slim & flexible design? which can be wall mounted, extremely slim flat panel front speakers and wireless rear speakers. All of this plus delivery of a wide array of cutting edge home entertainment technologies.

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Out of the box, the Philips HTS9800W looks to deliver a 6.1 sound system home theater experience via its omni-directional, neodymium ribbon tweeter speakers with an included sub-woofer. Besides delivering audio support for Dolby Digital EX, the HTS9800W offers these as just a few of its audio features: multi-channel Super Audio CD playback; a 24-bit, 192kHz D/A converter; eight equalizer settings; total sound power of 800 watts; and total output power of 3×125 watts in the front, 2×85 watts in the rear and 105 watts via the sub-woofer.

Philips HTS9800W
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Bridging the gap between audio and video, the HTS9800W delivers HDMI output for digital HD video and digital multi-channel audio support. This system, through its included DVD player, also supports a wide array of additional optical disc formats, including DVD, DVD+/-R/RW, (S)VCD, MPEG4, DivX, CD-R/RW, MP3, MP3-CD and JPEG.

In the realm of video, this Philips system offers video up-scaling to 720p/1080i; 16:9 aspect ratio support; component video output; a 12-bit, 108MHz D/A converter; and NSTC/PAL video disc playback support.

Other features of the HTS9800W include still picture playback with MP3 slideshow support, parental control support, a built-in FM radio with 20 presets, three on-screen languages, an included remote control, a quick start guide and color-coded connections.

More information on the Philips HTS9800W can be found at Philips? Web site.

Andrew Beehler has been with Digital Trends since 2009 and works with agencies and direct clients. Prior to joining Digital…

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