packs a power punch (Philips LX 8200 SA)

Member Name: keithfa

Product:	Philips LX 8200 SA
Date:	20/01/06 (283 review reads)
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Advantages: Great quality

Disadvantages: wires

The phillips LX8000SA is a truely powerful piece of equipment it really does take your breath away and stuns you at the range of sounds that come from this system.Phillips of course are a well known brand and you expect quality which is what you get.
When these home theatre systems came out a couple of years ago i being the (tight get) which is what my wife calls me thought why pay nearly £400. for this system when i could buy a cheap one from comet for £99. So i bought the cheap one got it home, pluged it in and thought great it works a treat ,which it did and proberly would still do if i still had it.
After a couple of years my old cheap one was looking a bit tired ,having bits of toast and paper stuffed in you of my kids would make anyone look a bit worn.So of to currys we went, when we got there the Phillips LX8000SA was on a special (here i go again)for the bargin price of £199.99 so before the salesman even said can i help it was bought. And with me sitting here doing this review it turned out to be one of the best buys i have made.
When i got it home and connected it to my tv ,the big moment had come, turn it on shouts one of the kids, get me a cd i shout back, so on goes the cd and wow and i mean wow in a big way,the sound was truely amazing so deep and powerful and the volume was only on number 8 ,it really is powerful ,god knows how loud it would be on full blast dont think my walls could take it never mind the neibours.
Before a said what is the difference between the phillips and the cheap one well believe me the difference is massive i really cant tell you how much of a difference there was and when i got round to playing a DVD well of i go again wow.
If you have ever watched a DVD and at the start before the film starts a helicoptor flies past you ,well on this system it blows you away it sounds as if it is flying past your ears from on speaker to the next and its like that when you watch the films.

LOOK
The look of this system is pretty good it is silver with a lcd screen on the front ,it would not look out of place in any room.

FEATURES
It has built in DTS and Dolby digital decoder,which means its got great sound quality

ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS so you can connect audio equipment to it to use the surrond sound speakers (this system has all this ie cd player radio so i dont really know why but hey thats just my veiw)

CHILD LOCK which stops your little ones from putting stuff into the cd tray.

SLEEP TIMER so you can set it to come on and of when you like.

STERO RADIO which is ok as long as you like the station you choose to listen to ,this machine is good but it cant make the radio stations any good sorry.

CD-PLAYER plays all your disks ie cd cdr cdwr dvd dvdr mp3 it just plays them all

SPEAKERS

It comes with 5 speakers and a subwoofer which are really easy to install they are all coloured with the wires so just match the colours and it even tells you were that speaker should sit in the room.

It comes with lots more features but i would be here all day and you would proberly nod off so i will leave it at that.

SHOPS AND PRICE

I bought this from currys for a knock down price of £199.99 a couple of years ago so that should be around that price now.

Conclusion well i dont even think i need to say this but i will go out and get one the quality in sound and picture reallys does need to be heard and seen for yourself, ask the salesperson to show you.

I have a website you might just find with a look check it out the address is www.thebookwiz.com/117047

Thanks for looking.

Summary: Great product

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