Showing posts with label blu-ray home theater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blu-ray home theater. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Samsung HT-C6730W Blu-ray Home Theater System Review

Samsung HT-C6730W Blu-ray Home Theater System
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I bought this product after comparing the features and the price to other systems. I've had a couple of similar systems from Samsung in the past and have been happy with their performance and reliability. So, this time I decided to upgrade to 7.1 surround sound. This is where Samsung messed up.
Samsung tried to modify their existing 5.1 channel system to accommodate two other channels via a wireless signal. They did not add the wireless feature to make anything easier or more convenient for the customer. The channels that are common to 5.1 surround sound are the front (L&R), back (L&R) and center. The difference in 7.1 channel surround is left and right side speakers. It is the side speakers that connect to the wireless adapter, so you are still running wires to the back of your room, past these side speakers. More than that, since side speakers generally go across the middle of your room, you have to find a way to run the wires from the single wireless unit to both sides of the room and the wires provided aren't likely to run around even a 10' x 10' room. I'm not even sure I'm going to hook up the two extra channels because of the hassle. I probably would have been better off sticking with the 5.1 channel system from Samsung or purchasing a different 7.1 channel system. Oh well, I'll make the best of it. I just want to make sure all of the other purchasers know what they're buying before they unpack the giant box of components in their living room.


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Monday, November 28, 2011

Philips HTS3251B/F7 Home Theater Review

Philips HTS3251B/F7 Home Theater
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I purchased this system for a Philips 46" LED-LCD TV. I've connected the TV to the unit with a digital audio cable.
A major flaw with the design of this system is that it forgets the source setting when you turn it off. When turned on, it defaults to the Blu-Ray player as the source for sound. In my case, when I want to hear the sound of my TV, I set the source to the TV's digital audio cable. When I turn the home theater system off, when turning it back on, the system "forgets" it was on the digital audio setting. So every time I want to watch TV with this unit, I have to turn the unit on and press "source" on the button 5 times before I can hear the sound.
This system was designed with the assumption that most consumers will use it primarily as a Blu-Ray player, and that's why the unit always defaults to the player as the source for sound. On 12/20/10, I spoke to Philips tech support and they confirmed the unit was designed this way. They don't have any software or firmware updates to resolve this problem. The only way I've worked around this problem is by purchasing a Philips universal remote (#SRU8112, about $35 on amazon.com) which has a macro feature. With the macro, the remote automatically sends the "source" signal 5 times for me.

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