Product Description

The Philips HTS5800H is the unique HDD & DVD recorder home theater system. With it you can record your favorite TV programs in digital quality and play any movie format including DivX with full surround sound.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61641 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Philips
• Model: HTS5800H/37
• Dimensions: 54.20 pounds

Features

• i.LINK digital input for perfect digital camcorder copies
• VCR plus+ for quick and easy programming
• Dual Media records on both DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW
• FlexTime to watch the beginning while recording the end
• Pause live TV lets you take a break without missing a thing

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Record your favorite TV programs in digital quality and play any movie format including DivX with full surround sound on this complete and unique HDD & DVD Recorder Home Theater System.

Feature List

• i.LINK digital input for perfect digital camcorder copies
  Also known as IEEE 1394 and FireWire. i.LINK is the worldwide standard for connecting digital video devices, used on digital home video equipment such as DV and D8 camcorders, as well as PCs. Conveniently, it carries all audio and video signals via a single cable.With i.LINK Digital Video input you can copy your home videos in their original digital picture quality.
• VCR Plus+ for quick and easy programming
  With the VCR Plus+ system, all you need to do to program your video recorder is to enter the ‘Pluscode’ – a single code of up to nine digits (but usually less) that is printed next to each TV program in most TV guides.
• Dual Media records on both DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW
  Philips DVD Recorders support ‘dual media’ recording - the ability to create recordings on DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW discs. Now you can buy any disc and the Philips recorder will always create fully compatible recordings, which can be played by any DVD player.
• FlexTime to watch the beginning while recording the end
  With FlexTime you can watch a program while it’s still being recorded, thanks to the extreme speed of a Hard Disk.
• Pause Live TV lets you take a break without missing a thing
  A very large built-in memory records the program you are currently watching when you press the pause button. When it suits you, you can resume the program from the moment you pressed 'pause' as if you're watching a live program.
• Record up to 100 hours of TV on the 80GB hard drive
  
• DTS, Dolby Digital and Pro Logic II surround sound
  A built-in DTS and Dolby Digital decoder eliminates the need for an external decoder by processing all six channels of audio information to provide a surround sound experience and an astoundingly natural sense of ambience and dynamic realism. Dolby Pro Logic II provides five channels of surround processing from any stereo source.
• Progressive Scan component video for optimized image quality
  Progressive Scan doubles the vertical resolution of the image resulting in a noticeably sharper picture. Instead of sending a field comprising the odd lines to the screen first, followed by the field with the even lines, both fields are written at one time. A full image is created instantaneously, using the maximum resolution. At such a speed, your eye perceives a sharper picture with no line structure.
• Movies: DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, (S)VCD, DivX
  Multi-format playability allows you to play most disc formats for maximum disc compatibility and viewing pleasure.
• Music: CD, MP3-CD, CD-R/RW & Windows Media™ Audio
  Multi-format playability allows you to play most disc formats for maximum disc compatibility and listening pleasure.
• Picture CD (JPEG) with music (MP3) playback
  

From the Manufacturer
Record your favorite TV programs in digital quality and play any movie format including DivX with full surround sound on this complete and unique HDD & DVD Recorder Home Theater System.

Feature List
i.LINK digital input for perfect digital camcorder copies
Also known as IEEE 1394 and FireWire. i.LINK is the worldwide standard for connecting digital video devices, used on digital home video equipment such as DV and D8 camcorders, as well as PCs. Conveniently, it carries all audio and video signals via a single cable.With i.LINK Digital Video input you can copy your home videos in their original digital picture quality.
VCR Plus+ for quick and easy programming
With the VCR Plus+ system, all you need to do to program your video recorder is to enter the ‘Pluscode’ – a single code of up to nine digits (but usually less) that is printed next to each TV program in most TV guides.
Dual Media records on both DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW
Philips DVD Recorders support ‘dual media’ recording - the ability to create recordings on DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW discs. Now you can buy any disc and the Philips recorder will always create fully compatible recordings, which can be played by any DVD player.
FlexTime to watch the beginning while recording the end
With FlexTime you can watch a program while it’s still being recorded, thanks to the extreme speed of a Hard Disk.
Pause Live TV lets you take a break without missing a thing
A very large built-in memory records the program you are currently watching when you press the pause button. When it suits you, you can resume the program from the moment you pressed 'pause' as if you're watching a live program.
Record up to 100 hours of TV on the 80GB hard drive
DTS, Dolby Digital and Pro Logic II surround sound
A built-in DTS and Dolby Digital decoder eliminates the need for an external decoder by processing all six channels of audio information to provide a surround sound experience and an astoundingly natural sense of ambience and dynamic realism. Dolby Pro Logic II provides five channels of surround processing from any stereo source.
Progressive Scan component video for optimized image quality
Progressive Scan doubles the vertical resolution of the image resulting in a noticeably sharper picture. Instead of sending a field comprising the odd lines to the screen first, followed by the field with the even lines, both fields are written at one time. A full image is created instantaneously, using the maximum resolution. At such a speed, your eye perceives a sharper picture with no line structure.
Movies: DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, (S)VCD, DivX
Multi-format playability allows you to play most disc formats for maximum disc compatibility and viewing pleasure.
Music: CD, MP3-CD, CD-R/RW & Windows Media™ Audio
Multi-format playability allows you to play most disc formats for maximum disc compatibility and listening pleasure.
Picture CD (JPEG) with music (MP3) playback
Picture CD is a CD-R or CD-RW disc on which you can store your MP3 and digital pictures. When inserting a Picture CD in the DVD player, a screen menu will pop up, showing your JPEG's and/or MP3 files on the disc. Just select the music and pictures files you wish to enjoy and press play or OK. You can watch your pictures on TV with your music playing simultaneously.

Customer Reviews

Good Value
I purchased this unit about a week ago at a local Walmart for $348. So far it seems to be a really nice unit for the money. DVD movies sound great as well as music. Recording to the HDD is easy and picture quality is very good. I have not tried recrding to a DVD disc yet.The 3 hour buffer is nice and you can set it to not clear when you change channels if desired. A couple of minor gripes:

When using the buffer, you cannot fast fwd or rewind continously as you can with a TIVO. You can press the arrow buttons to move back 10 seconds or 30 fwd, or you can press the chapter buttons to go back and forth 5 min at a time.
***update** You CAN ffwd or rewd by pressing and holding the chapter buttons


There is a seperate remote for the dvd & home theater units. It appears you always need both. ALthough the home theater remote has buttons to control a dvd I have not found a way to get the dvd to respond to it. Also, I have not found a way to control at least the volume of my Sony TV with either remote.



Overall it appears to be a very good value

Hard to review because HDD/DVD recorder needs repair.
I had watched a total of three DVDs using the HDD/DVD recorder when the loading drawer became stuck (as signiifed by a "BLOCKED" message on the unit's screen). I had not yet tried to record a DVD. I actually thought that the "BLOCKED" message was because I was trying to record something from the HDD to a DVD. I'm still not sure if this can be done.

The home theater surround sound works very well in my viewing setting. I don't have a large room, so the relative distortion and audio response profile is not very demanding.

I give the HDD/DVD Recorder 1 star based on reliability and 5 stars based on the premise. Based on my setting, I give the home theater stereo 4 stars for the money. The total best that I can give the entire package is 2 stars.

Philips HTS5800/37 beats all the best !!!
My new system is absolutely perfect and I don't have any problems with it.
The video is fantastic and the real sorround sound is wonderful.
Recording on the hard drive is a breeze~~~... I have not done any recording on the DVD+RW or DVD-RW which I bought specially for this purpose but I don't really need it since the 80GB Hard Drive is sufficient for my needs... The quality of this unit is great...
I would strongly recommend it to anyone who enjoys true quality...
My purchase on Amazon was also swift and the customer service was courteous... Thank You for such great machine !!!