 Great Value |
| Review Date: January 17, 2010 |
| Reviewer: K. Boline, Carlsbad, CA USA |
| Unit works great. Sound quality is very good for the price. The receiver device for the "wireless" speakers has a cooling fan that is a little noisy, but not bad. I've plugged a memory stick into the USB port containing MP3 music and JPEG picture files. This unit can switch between music and picture files with no problems. Very impressive. Alot of capability for the bucks. |
Love this system
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| Review Date: February 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Pm Gwilt, Texas, USA |
| Easy to set up, and was surprised how well it interfaced with my Sharp TV. Like the 'no button' barely touch controls. Amazing product for the price. Researched it on the internet and maybe could have gotten it 10-20 bucks cheaper, but didn't know the online retailers. Trust Amazon so bought here. |
Surprisingly good system for the $$
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| Review Date: May 4, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Marvin Earnest, Georgia |
| Was looking for a system for our samsung plasma TV. This "box" system really fits the bill. Easy to set up. Has a really neat auto-calibration feature which does a good job of balancing the speakers. You won't mistake it for a high-end system, but it really does deliver very good sound; plenty for our 20 x 20 living room. Sub-woofer is passive not powered, but adequate. I-POD dock is a nice "extra". The upscaling DVD player is just fine; kept us from having to have a separate player--fewer wires. If you're not an audiophile, and you're looking for simplicity, ease of set-up, and bang-for-the-buck, this is your choice. By the way, the wireless rear speakers work fine and have not interfered with the wireless network for our laptop. |
So far, happy with my purchase
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| Review Date: June 21, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Cody Morrow, |
I purchased this set at Best Buy for a great price and rushed home to set it up to go with my new Samsung syncmaster HDTV. The set up was a snap but I have yet to figure out how to do the auto-calibration: The quick start guide doesn't mention it. When we turned on the radio to test the speakers, sound was only coming from the three front non-wireless speakers. After about 20 minutes of frustration, I finally realized I had to change the sound setting to output in surround sound. 5 seconds later I heard wonderful music from all of the speakers! Watched Valkyrie last night and I have to say both the upscaling and the audio are awesome. At several points in the movie, I had to rush to turn the volume down to keep neighbors from thinking explosions were going off in my house. The volume was only at 22 at the time, so I doubt there will be a problem with the sound being too low. I still have to tweak some things today and figure out auto-calibration, but right now I am very happy with my purchase and would recommenced these speakers.
Oh and FYI, the rear wireless speakers are wireless from the front receiver only. There are still wires running from the back two speakers to a wireless receiver that must be plugged in. However, these are all just behind my couch and is barely noticeable. The wireless receiver is much more convenient and better looking that running wires up the wall or across the floor. |
Nice basic system
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| Review Date: July 19, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Peds Doc in VA, |
Received this for a birthday present and decided to keep it after all was said and done. It is a nice basic system with good sound. I like the wireless rear speaker system (although more on that in a little bit). Also it comes ready for the Ipod. It was fairly easy to put together. I had to buy an extra HDMI cable to connect it to the TV, so there was some additional expense.
Once I had it set up, I plugged in my Ipod expecting sound from all 5 speakers and discovered there was no sound from the rear speakers. I checked all my connections and they were fine. I got online with Samsung support live chat. It took him a while to find the product in his database. Then he basically sent me a web link that had me double check my connections again (which I had already done). When I told him the connections were good, he told me I needed an online service order. Instead, I took it back to the store and got another unit. Hooked it up only to realize (again with the Ipod) the rear speakers did not work. I finally realized that each time I synced the ipod to the home theater, that it automatically went to "speaker" mode, which mutes the rear speakers. I had to manually press the "mode" button on the remote to choose "music" mode (or a number of others) to enable the rear speakers.
So my only beef is that 1) Samsung support failed me big time (it was quite an easy fix after all)
and 2) I would like to switch on the Ipod without having to fiddle with the mode
Now that it is up and running I like the product and feel it is a good buy for the money. I use it for Ipod, DVD, Cable TV, and the Wii (which the kids love). The TV and Wii required an RCA audio cable from the TV back to the home theater. |
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