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Samsung HT X810 2 1 Channel Sound Bar Home Theater System

June 23rd, 2009 Power Gadget Reviews No comments

Samsung HT X810 2 1 Channel Sound Bar Home Theater System




Samsung’s innovative home theater technology meets a stunning new design. A modern “sound bar” shape with 2.1 channel DVD capabilities offers the perfect blend of hi-fi elegance. Built-in Bluetooth capabilities eliminate the clutter of wires, while 280W output and wireless subwoofer give you all the power you need. Enjoy HD films and shows the way they were meant to be enjoyed, with 5.1 virtual surround sound. Advanced HDMI connectivity with 1080p up-conversion offers crisp, clear HD images to match the pristine sound. And the unique wall-mountable design makes this the ideal home theater complement for any HDTV 40” or larger.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Great
Great sound system. We recently purchased one of the new LED Samsung TV’s. This works great with it. The bass is a bit loud, so we had to go into the menu and change that. Other than that, it’s a great DVD player as well. I don’t think anything can get any higher quality than this.

5 Stars Great Savings for the best product
I had just purchased the 52″ SAMSUNG Plasma Flatscreen and looked at the Samsung Home Theater sound bar at Best Buy ($499.00 on sale)very pricey and comparison of other bar’s there is no comparison in the sound of the Samsung. When I installed my Flatscreen the sound was tinny, TV sound. Back to Best Buy the price on the Home Theater sound bar was back at the $699 original price, but now I was convinced I needed it-inflation. I Googled the Home Theater Sound Bar and saw that Amazon had 2 for sale open box. I was not sure that I should, but I bought the sound bar system after reviewing the return policy. 3 days later I got the bar. ( I don’t know was “open box” It was perfectly packaged.) I mounted it on the wall and using the optical cord and the HDMI cords all purchased from AMAZON I think now I had spent $12 on three cords.(great cords-gold plated). It worked the first time and I haven’t looked back it has almost been a month. The Sound is very good. the base is a little loud and I need to figure how to control the boom. You need to be patient with the DVD. What a look on my wall and no visible wires. Also the SAMSUNG customer service was very patient in helping me to understand the combination of TV and Sound Bar. Thanks Amazon. You saved me $500 dollars.

5 Stars home theatre
oustanding unit when we paired it with our samsung 50″ plasma 1080p wireless. very good sound quality and many options on the types of output so you can customize the sound to your liking.

1 Star Design Flaw and No Customer Service
This item has a design flaw, a very delicate plastic sliding cover over the DVD port that breaks very easily. Item broke after only a few months and when I tried to contact Samsung to have the unit repaired under warranty they refused, saying the break was the result of my negligence. They do not have home repair or local service, and insisted I ship the item for service. I took the item back where I bought it and the plastic cover on their floor model was also broken. Brandsmart refunded my purchase price, meanwhile I am still waiting on a call back from Samsung “case study”. Samsung has the worst customer service I’ve ever seen in my life. I would highly recommend buying another unit. This one is flawed and if/when it breaks Samsung absolutely will not stand behind their product.

5 Stars Works Great!
I have this hooked up in my media room to my 72″ DLP from Samsung and the sound is perfect for the room. It is very easy to set up and it works great.

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Samsung HT AS720ST Blu Ray Matching 5 1 Channel Home Theater System Set of Seven Black

June 13th, 2009 Power Gadget Reviews No comments

Samsung HT AS720ST Blu Ray Matching 5 1 Channel Home Theater System Set of Seven Black




5.1 Channels, 650 Watts Total Power, HDMI Switching and 1080p Passthrough, 5 Surround Speakers and 1 Subwoofer. NOTE: Blu-Ray add-on compatible–does NOT come with a Blu-Ray player.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Better sound for new Samsung tv
I purchased this system to experience home theater sound with my new Samsung TV. The sound is amazing right out of the box. It took about an hour to hook up but it was easy. It’s not the most powerful system out there but for the price you can’t go wrong. It is loud enough to sound like your at the movies. You can experience the movies without ever leaving the comfort of your home. The receiver is a little big, but if you have room it will work nice.

5 Stars Great Home Theater
I had some reservations about purchasing this product after reading other reviews. Ultimately I decided to get it, figuring I could return it if there were problems.

I’m pleased to say that the product has performed flawlessly. The sound is great; it fills my large living room with sound.

I have it installed with a Samsung plasma display & Samsung BD 1500 Blue Ray player. Contrary to other reviews I had no problem hooking it up according to the manual. I did use (3) HDMI 1.3 compliant cables for all connections; as well as (1) optical cable as directed for sound.

The Anynet feature works fine. After allowing Anynet to find my other components I am able to perform everyday viewing tasks with one remote. Advanced features of the TV still require using the remote for the TV.

Amazon price and delivery were excellent as usual. So far, I am completely satisfied with this purchase.

5 Stars good service, excellant shipping
I read what people wrote about this ht, but honestly I am impressed with this item, the only problem is that the one for all home theater remote doesn’t seem to work good with my samsung blue ray player

2 Stars Good Sound for $$ Too Complicated to Setup and Use
This amplifier gets mixed reviews from me. It is running with a Samsung HDTV LN52A650 TV, Samsung Blu-Ray player BD-P2500 and a Scientific Atlanta cable box. All are connected through HDMI cables.

Good News:

The sound quality is fine and the speakers are a nice black finish that goes well with the TV. With the addition of two more speakers, this system would support a 7.1 sound system. My “media room” is small enough that 7.1 speakers would be overkill. I find there is plenty of power, but someone with a large viewing room or heavy carpeting may want more.

The amplifier also supports analog connections. If I had a laser disk player this would be a must have feature. I’m putting this in the “good news” section even though I can’t exploit it, and the box is much bigger than it need be in order to support these analog connections.

Bad News:

HDMI sucks. I don’t know if all HDMI sucks, but this implementation leaves a lot to be desired. I remember in 1995 Sony showed off a “concept system” that simply had 1394 plugs and speaker cables. The idea was that DVD, camcorder, and TV would work together by daisy chaining digital devices. Even at its best HDMI doesn’t come close to that dream.

Unlike USB on a PC where you can plug any device into any socket and “it just works”, HDMI missed on the concept of plug and play. You must plug all the HDMI cables into the appropriate slot as there is no plug and play that identifies devices.

The Blu-Ray or set top box HDMI cables go into the amplifier and a third cable goes to the TV set. Audio gets taken off the HDMI cable and video is passed on to the TV set. A side effect of all this is that lip synch is lost. If I plug the STB or Blu-Ray directly into the TV audio is synched correctly but plays through cheesy speakers on the TV. Running through the amplifier, the sound is great but out of synch.

Samsung promotes a system called AnyNet. In order to get this to work, you need a third optical cable running from the TV into the amplifier. This isn’t obvious but it is mentioned somewhere in fine print on page thirty something of the manual. Connecting the cable does not mean Anynet will work, but it is a start. If you go through an elaborate ritual that you must learn by trial and error, you can get all the devices to talk to one another, but you will still need four remote controls to get TV, Blu-ray, amplifier, and set top box all to work together.

HDMI is full of content protection. Basically all this equipment was built assuming the customer is a criminal out to steal Snow White from dear old Uncle Walt Disney somewhere in his cryo vat. As a consequence every time you change channel on the STB or attempt to discover the Blu-ray player it takes longer with the audio amplifier sitting between the TV and these sources. This is annoying.

Suggestions:

My Blu-ray player and TV both have Ethernet. Future versions of Samsung devices promise to support DLNA which is a system for connecting home media devices over Ethernet. This could support a better control architecture so that devices could discover each other and hopefully play well together.

This system is still too complicated for most people to setup or run. I have had to print up instructions on how to turn on the TV. Even so one wrong button push and it is down the rabbit hole. The “universal remote” that comes with this box isn’t powerful enough to control all devices, but it is so complicated that casual users can and do get lost.

If I had it to do over again, I’d buy a system with Blu-ray and amplifier built into one box. That is one less remote control and one less HDMI cable.

4 Stars we ere very happy with this product.
It has meet our expectations of great “movie like” experience. I highly reccomend this pruduct. Instalation was not difficult.

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