Lifestyle: Hunt for a Home Theater

Hunt for a Home Theater
14 December 2007

As always we (me and my better half - Richa) started with the usual MR (market research) on this – the thought itself had been going on in our minds for quite a while now… I told my wife to visit some nearby showrooms (the likes of E-zone, Pai International, Sony World, Vivek’s which have omnipresent status in Bangalore) and do the basic ground work, while I did the same on the net… We had a meager budget, but wanted to see what can be squeezed within that…

We finally settled for the Philips ‘Room Micro Theater’ MCD106 model – a good compromise b/w a normal DVD player and a complete Home Theater system – its speakers are of 1200W PMPO apart from FM/AM with in-built radio included - and priced at Rs. 3500/- is good a value for money !!! We have been using it quite frequently since we got it and has been great in playing Audio CDs / VCDs / MP3 CDs and DVDs. Drawback is that it doesn't include a cassette player (who cares for one now-a-days anyways!!!), doesn’t support DivX format, and looks wise may seem a bit old fashioned... and maybe for many would lack advanced features like support for HD video (1080i), USB support and the like…