Get in! I've been tracking the prices on Philips wireless surround systems (B5, E5, HTL9100, this etc) for literally 2 years and kicked myself when I missed this at £299.99 over bank holiday, now reduced even further!
Possible 10% Quidco too when getting £3.95 home delivery, to make it a smashing £255.41!
RRP £449.99, ususally £399.99, previous best I have seen £299.99.
All comments (27)
mcormack
18 Nov 161#1
HOT!
ST3123
18 Nov 161#2
Heated, well tempting. Anyone with one know how well the detachable speakers work in practice?
Its a cool idea but with them being battery powered i would imagine could be a issue e.g. could they take a days use then charge them overnight or do you have to stop halfway through to dock and charge?
ukscoob1 to ST3123
18 Nov 16#3
Some reviews say 2hrs.
Are they charged by being docked to the main speakers do you know?
ST3123
18 Nov 161#4
Yes, read a review on trusted reviews that say they are.
Suspected the batteries would be the weakpoint. If it really is only two hours then that would make it an instant no for me. Some films are longer than that!
ian18
19 Nov 16#5
Cold. Battery life
twe to ian18
19 Nov 16#6
What alternative is there with a better battery life for a similar price?
ST3123
19 Nov 16#7
Haven't checked thoroughly so apologies if im wrong but id guess there isn't one as to be fair i dont believe they would deliberately offer a poor battery life. However, that doesn't necessarily make this 2 hour battery life good or even acceptable as it barely lets you enjoy a single movie in surround.
The sad fact is batteries suck. Battery development has completely failed to keep pace with the development of other fields like computing power. Batteries just cant hold enough to make systems like this work.
We either need a radical new battery technology, which sadly doesn't seem to exist (or at least be ready for consumer products) or just to give up on having everything wireless and go back to using good old cables for hooking up speakers that dont run out of power every five minutes...
twe
19 Nov 16#8
Shame there aren't more reviews or more information. For example is the battery replaceable? Could a higher capacity be added etc.
They should have made it 4.5hrs or so battery life though.
The what hi-fi review gave it 2.5 out of 5 compared to the trusted reviews site of 9 out of 10.
twe
19 Nov 16#9
Saying that the what hi-fi review suggests up to 10 hr battery life? Hmmmm
GeromeDoutrande
19 Nov 16#10
2 hour battery life for the satellite speakers would strike me as very odd - I don't have this model but the E5 one, and the batteries in that model last a lot longer than 2 hours (in fact I don't know how long because I have never run out of battery when using the satellite speakers to watch movies etc., so at least 5 hours).
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Possible 10% Quidco too when getting £3.95 home delivery, to make it a smashing £255.41!
RRP £449.99, ususally £399.99, previous best I have seen £299.99.
All comments (27)
Its a cool idea but with them being battery powered i would imagine could be a issue e.g. could they take a days use then charge them overnight or do you have to stop halfway through to dock and charge?
Are they charged by being docked to the main speakers do you know?
Suspected the batteries would be the weakpoint. If it really is only two hours then that would make it an instant no for me. Some films are longer than that!
The sad fact is batteries suck. Battery development has completely failed to keep pace with the development of other fields like computing power. Batteries just cant hold enough to make systems like this work.
We either need a radical new battery technology, which sadly doesn't seem to exist (or at least be ready for consumer products) or just to give up on having everything wireless and go back to using good old cables for hooking up speakers that dont run out of power every five minutes...
They should have made it 4.5hrs or so battery life though.
The what hi-fi review gave it 2.5 out of 5 compared to the trusted reviews site of 9 out of 10.