Philips MCI500H Expert Reviews

If the idea of having your entire CD collection stored inside a hi-fi, being able to beam it all over your house and being able to stream music from your PC wirelessly sounds appealing, the Philips MCI-500H is the right music system for you. Simply, ...

Design ; decent hard disk capacity ; good display ; decent sound quality ; very easy to use

Slow CD ripping ; average audio format support ; non-standard speaker terminals

The MCI-500H is an attractive, well-built and painfully easy-to-use system for anyone who wants a living room jukebox, music streamer, Internet radio and CD player in one unit. But for a higher CNET UK rating, we would want lossless audio, RSS feed ...

Will this really free your music?

Great sound, Ethernet connection as well as Wi-Fi, internet radio, HDD

No DAB, some connectivity issues, remote, fiddly controls

Packed with networking options, the MCi500H presents plenty of options for your music, but not without a few niggles

Philips' MCi500H tries to bring the Streamium line into Hi-Fi territory but does it suceed?

Philips' latest musical box of tricks brings the micro hi-fi into the wireless age. But does it do enough to rival the likes of the mighty Sonos?

Sleek black looks and great display. Simple network-integration. CD ripping. Spacious sonic delivery

Music Broadcast mode is limited. MP3-only ripping is disappointing. Bass is a little over-cooked

The MCi500H is a brand new model in Philips' Streamium series, with a colour display that significantly increases its ease of use and a 160GB hard disk for saving a personal music collection. It will stream music from this internal disk and play ...

The MCi500H has great features and decent sound, but it's still not the finished article

Good looks and great display ; simple and well-featured network-integration ; CD ripping ; spacious sonic delivery

Music Broadcast mode is limited ; MP3-only ripping is disappointing ; bass is a little over-cooked

A compact plant that is not only compact but also is good, offering in its Philips Streamium line. The MCi500h convinced by web and CD-benefit with a Vollgrafikdisplay ...

Schickes display with artist info; Innovative features, wireless LAN connection,

Webradio For mandatory registration at Philips necessary;

The quick-start guide is very well organized and also help less technically savvy, the multi-talented and well easy to set up .

Besides specialists Sonos and Logitech Squeezebox, Philips was the first major brand to address the issue of music networks. Its range (...)