Philips HTS3400D/37 Home Theater System with DVD Player Review
October 13th, 2009
Philips HTS3400D/37 Home Theater System with DVD Player Review from Waves. Constant noise, I was looking for a DVD player for my bedroom at Costco and couldn’t resist the $179 price for this brand new Philips HTS3400 (HTS3410 is the same except that it comes all in silver rather than silver/black).
I played some DVDs and CDs and after 2 days i decided to return it for 2 reasons:
1. It makes a hissing sound when it’s turned off. Now, it wouldn’t bother me too much in a basement (althought it would still be anoying), but it’s a definite NO NO in the bedroom.
2. Rear speakers are almost silent no matter how much you increase the volume to them.
If you don’t mind these 2 things, then by all means go for it.
UPDATE:
Having nothing better to do, I went and purchased another unit from Costco to see if indeed I have a bad unit or it’s a design/manufacturing issue.
Surprise surprise…second unit makes the same exact noise only a bit louder!
Curious enough (i’m a mechanical engineer with some knowledge of electronics) i open the unit to see where is this noise coming from. It is the AC/DC transformer, more specific two 330uF capacitors making this noise.
That is really poor design and/or low quality components!!! I did not expect this from a brand name like Philips. This is no different than any no name units out there at half price.
As a result I am changing my initial reivew and recommend that you look for a different product, this one is definately not worth the money. I cannot update the stars but this time I would rate it with 0 stars.
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