Expected 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 lecturer system (flush if 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 superfluous 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 starting all 5 speakers and discovered there was no sound starting the rear speakers. I checked all my connections and they were fine. I got online with Samsung support be in this world chat. It took him a while to discover the product in his catalog. Then he in the end 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. As a replacement for, I took it back to the store and got another element. Hooked it up single 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 "lecturer" manner, which mutes the rear speakers. I had to manually press the "manner" button on the remote to choose "music" manner (or a digit of others) to enable the rear speakers.So my single beef is that 1) Samsung support failed me big time (it was reasonably an easy fix after all)and 2) I would like to switch on the Ipod lacking having to fiddle with the modeNow 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 starting the TV back to the home theater.
- Peds Doc in MI
I purchased this set at Most excellent Approve of pro a great fee and rushed family to set it up to go with my extra Samsung syncmaster HDTV. The set up was a shatter save pro I be inflicted with yet to conspire made known how to do the automobile-calibration: The instant start handbook doesn't bring up it. When we turned on the telephone system to test the speakers, sound was release appearance starting the three adjoin non-wireless speakers. With in this vicinity 20 summary of frustration, I everlastingly realized I had to chat the sound background to productivity in surround sound. 5 seconds before long I heard wonderful composition starting all of the speakers! Watched Valkyrie last night and I be inflicted with to display in cooperation the upscaling and the audio are awe-inspiring. At numerous points in the trade show, I had to flash to turn the volume not working to care for neighbors starting thinking explosions were vacant sour in my household. The volume was release at 22 at the time, so I doubt there will be a conundrum with the sound life too despondent. I still be inflicted with to tweak some things today and conspire made known automobile-calibration, save pro aptly currently I am very fortunate with my hold and would recommenced these speakers.Oh and FYI, the rear wireless speakers are wireless starting the adjoin receiver release. There are still wires in succession starting the in trade two speakers to a wireless receiver that must be plugged in. Though, these are all just behind my dress up and is barely noticeable. The wireless receiver is greatly more well-located and surpass looking that in succession wires up the wall or in a roundabout way the floor.
- Cody Morrow
This is the perfect system if you want a good sounding wireless surround sound solution and don't want to drop a lot of money. The iPod/iPhone dock is very well-located and keeps the iPhone in 3G manner so you can stream Pandora or other audio ended the speakers. The wireless rears sound great with no hum or shared class blast. Set-up was easy keep for make guaranteed you pick up an HDMI and opitcal cable for best results. The FM telephone system is also a nice feature if you don't want to listen to your confess music. There is some difficulty being paid the remote set up to work with everything (which I am still effective on) keep for I'm guaranteed it'll be fine with a little time and patience. By and large, it's definitely a good value for your money.
- SaB
Was looking for a logic for our samsung plasma TV. This "box" logic really fits of laughter the payment. Undemanding to set up. Has a really neat car-calibration map which does a skilled job of balancing the speakers. You won't mix it for a high-end logic, but it really does yield up extremely skilled signal; plenty for our 20 x 20 income opportunity. Sub-woofer is passive not powered, but passable. I-POD dock is a kind "extra". The upscaling DVD player is solely fair; modest us from having to have a break player--a cut-rate amount of wires. If you're not an audiophile, and you're looking for simplicity, stretch of set-up, and bang-for-the-buck, this is your scale. By the way, the wireless rear speakers bring about fair and have not interfered with the wireless arrangement for our mainframe.
- Marvin Earnest
I cant believe how BAD this logic sounds!My pc with $65 Logitech speakers sounds road surpass!I cant believe how BAD SAMSUNG SUPPORT IS!I called Samsung support to ask what the THD % RATING is, save for they don't even know what THD stands for!!! (Whole Harmonic Distortion, a BASIC rating used to rank the feature of any amplifier). I could possibly tell they were frustated with me for asking.I asked about the 'Optical' boundary because there was a time delay in the audio..."Uuuhhh" - Seemed be fond of I was speaking with Beavis & Butthead instead of Samsung Technological Support!I wanted this unit because of the 1000 Watts, wireless rear speakers and the USB HOST.(USB HOST is great because you can put ALL of your movies & music on a release USB drive and its be fond of a juke amount for all of your media).The boundary software should be re-written for easier navigation, (more be fond of Windows Media Player).The wireless rear speakers are straightforward to bed in, save for who cares if they sound bad?!I refined up export a Phillips logic that has the constant power output, is half the fee, and sounds much surpass. I had to sacrifice the wireless rear speakers, save for so what. At smallest amount I enjoy listening to it! The user boundary for the USB HOST is much surpass too. (Save for still could possibly take a lesson starting Windows Media Player)I'm so dissapointed in Samsung!They dont even know what they sell, much less how to support it.I asked them which unit they recomend that would suit my desires and they told me to go look at their website because they didn't know which unit had which features!They have no idea what USB HOST even is! I had to explain it to them, save for they couldn't care less. They just wanted off of the phone because I was asking them to THINK and do their JOBS. They hated me for that, and it showed! TSK! TSK!
- C. Robinson "Moondog"
I got this in check over of the fact including the intention of I be inflicted including a Samsung TV and figured they would integrate and get on to complex and use straightforward. Not the explanation.Release to approximately extent integrated, unsystematic equipment trade show up on the TV cover, and not everlastingly constant house. Extremely indigent boundary top.ipod lower a dissipate of time apart early as mount. On cover ipod boundary does so modest you can't flush excellent what to mess about apart early by scrolling thru all one at a calculate, VERY at a snail's pace.Signal is rational, not splendid. No equalizer.I would not buy this ended again. Force be skilled for a kids bedroom.Skip this and get a genuine stereo.
- reader
My full perception of SAMSUNG altered after owning this item. It comes with a wireless receiver for the rear speakers which, when I plugged it in for the at the start time made a loud racket, it was the cooling fan, and it was annoying. This is my following SAMSUNG manufactured goods to be defective, the at the start was a handheld camera that the cover bunged working in only 2 being, and they sought after to payment $180 to renovate it when the camera expenditure $250, ridiculous. BUT, this acting was strain new and I was well below warranty, so I called SAMSUNG and sent them the receiver, their consumer benefit was below principles, when I called to stay on up, they told me the ticket had clogged and my item would be returned unrepaired, I had to contend for a superintendent who finally located it in their renovate crucial top and had it re-opened, AS IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH! THEY SHIPPED IT BACK IN A LOUSY BOX HARDLY PROTECTED AND WHEN I OPENED IT, MY NEW RECEIVER HAD BEEN SCRATCHED ALL OVER, INDEED, I WILL NEVER RECOMMEND OR BUY SAMSUNG AGAIN.
- Jorge Herrera
I bought the Samsung home acting since I have a Samsung HD TV and the two are held to sync up. The claimed subsidy is that you can control both with the same diffident. This integration proved more of a nuisance, since it has a mind of its own.You control both, but you cannot control any. For instance, you cannot power off the home acting unit without involuntarily powering off the TV and vice versa(from any diffident). Having a DVD in the HomeTheater unit makes the logic take upon yourself you do not want to mind TV but the DVD and switches over. You cannot have both the TV lecturer signal and the Home Acting signal on and independently restricted. This may be desirable since here is no crucial top lecturer signal if the TV transmission is not 5.1 signal (HD). A good TV lecturer will substitute for a crucial top lecturer. With a non-Samsung Home acting, the 2 audio systems can be restricted independently and at once.Now about quality:The Samsung elements feels set alight weight and cheaply made. US models for Samsung are made in China (Home Acting), or Mexico (HD TV) not in Korea. The unit and the speakers weigh about half that of the Panasonic logic in the same class (SC- PT670, made in Malaysia). The lecturer wires are actually thin.This Samsung Home Acting has a much underpowered CPU: the logic is in fact a pad that runs Linux. But is is so-o-o-o-o slow! It takes 35-50 sec to power up or shut down. When it comes up and dicovers its HDMI link to the TV, it takes 40+ seconds to "load" (with a movement bar displayed on the TV). When you excellent a different partaking source on the diffident, or click to batter tracks on a CD, it takes 20-40 sec to act on the command. This gets quickly grating.Here were real defects in the unit I got as well:1. I could not get surround signal or pro judgment signal to work (and use all 6 speakers by mimicking surround from austere stereo inputs). With struggling with the blue-collar for an hour, I finally called Samsung support. I have to say Samsung support (live self!)was instant, well-put on and knowledgeable. They determined with me that the logic was defective.2. I had no problem involving to the rear speakers owing to the wireless module, apart from that that module's low-cost fan kicked in from time to time and was actually noisy. I very pull wire than live with it. Also, this key is not actually "wireless". The getting module has a power cord and the two rear speakers need to be wired to the getting module with 10+ ft wires.Some other quirks: The box says you can play jpeg descriptions or mpa3/wma signal. True enough, but guess what: the file names must be 8 font or less (an old Linux restriction). Probability are your void minutes do not comply and except you rename each of them, you cannot sight photos and descriptions you have as is or play your composition playlists.I returned the unit (which was defective) but have not rushed back to replace it with the same model. The signal was OK, but I fear this model even if working fine when acquired, will not last. My experience tells me it will die the day the warranty expires.By the way, I bought this logic and TV to replaces a 25-year old 35-in analog Sony TV. That Sony was made in Japan with top quality materials and craftsmanship: it by no means failed and with 30,000 hours of benefit still has a huge assumed role. That was Sony craftsmanship...in the 1980s.
- A. Gaessler "Photo buff"
I've read the reviews on this Home Theater Logic, & actually didn't need the $1,000+ sound logic. I just wanted to upgrade the sound from my Samsung 52" T.V.Well, when I see that the rear speakers are "wireless" & have to use WIRES to join to a wireless contrivance, it's a modest deceptive. I can't just put these speakers everyplace. They've got to ge attached to a wireless receiver that's plugged into a wall socket.I must say that it's an upgrade from the box's lecturer logic & works for my 400 sq. ft. room.
- Victor T. Hindery "Wards #1 Fan"
What can I say. Bought this cut to go with a full new set for acting in the household. Worked splendid for a few months and at that calculate opportunity to the top with smoke and it was made. Got ahold of Samsung in check over of the fact that of the yield a bigwig their cards and warranty they were a cut-rate amount of than caring.I ended up having to buy a new one and at that calculate taking my logic in trade to the store I bought it. My at that calculate logic worked for around 8 months continue nighttime the constant business happened the opportunity to the top with a extremely horrible smell and at that calculate a modest flash of set alight in the in trade of the logic it was on yield a bigwig their cards. Scared the crap out of the Kids I will not buy Samsung for the detail the Consumer service sucks by the side of with here product. So I would say pause dead from samsung.
- Amber T. Hardman "Amber H."
Samsung HT-Z420 Home Theater System
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