Excellent HTIB
***UPDATE - NOV 2, 2014 - 4 STARS***
I have been living with the Samsung HT-H7730 for 4 months now and wanted to return to update my review of this product. The original review where I rated the system 5 stars is below.
At this point I have decided to reduce my rating of the system. Reasons for the change along with further impressions are below:
Overall Sound Experience - 4 Stars:
Let me be clear on one thing, the Samsung system is a very very good home theatre system. The quality of sound reproduction is great and the speakers do completely disappear into the environment. Only occasionally (mostly with sound coming from the rears) am I able to specifically identify a sound as being generated by a certain speaker. This provides a great level of immersion in whatever you are watching without any distraction from individual sounds originating from various locations.
In my original review I had hoped that with time the sound stage (the...
Why make something easy more difficult? or "How to confuse setting up your HTS"
The only reason this product is getting 4 star is because of documentation and support.
I added this HTS to my Samsung 64" 3D Plasma TV (PN64F5500) hoping to greatly simplify operation of my TV and sound system for my non-tech wife and 81 yr old father that doesn't like too many steps to watching TV. I was thrilled that the HTS supported Audio Return Channel (ARC) on the HDMI cable coming from the HTS. This seemed to greatly simplify the hookup between TV and HTS, but the sound didn't sound too good!!!!
When playing Blu-Ray or DVD directly into the TV, the sound was fabulous, rich sounding, but when watching Cable TV, even though my Cable Setup box said that a channel I was watching was 5.1, I could only hear the front speakers and it wasn't very "rich" sounding. After spending a couple of hours trying to explain to someone many thousands of miles away who could only seem to be able to follow a script, I described that I was connecting a Cable setup...
Frustrating Bugs and Interface Ruin Promising System
I bought this system to replace my Sony system, which is very similar (with the rear wireless speakers). The Sony system needed to be replaced because the customer service from Sony is beyond sub-par and they did not do a good job fixing the unit when it broke even though it was under warranty. So knowing I didn't want to deal with Sony on a product of this price, I decided to try Samsung.
Overall, the product has promise, but it fails in the software department.
The Speakers: First of all, how are the speakers. I can honestly say that my Sony 5.1 System blows these speakers out of the water even though this is a 7.1 system. The center speaker on the Samsung sounds really tinny, and the rear surround sound speakers are not large/powerful enough to truly envelope you in the movie/TV show. I solved a bit of this issue by swapping out my Sony speakers for the rear speakers as well as the center speaker. I do have it sounding decent now, but I believe the Sony has...
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