( 8 reviews )
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Posted: 12-17-2007
I got this item from a friend as a present, and let me tell you what, it's been well worth it. I read through the reviews and wanted to write one to share my personal experiences with this product so that people aren't turned off due to bad experiences of others. Sounds like a couple other reviewers got a bad product, and it's much more common to have people writing reviews about bad experiences they have, rather than constructive, good opinions after having a good experience! That being said, I love this player. I have had no difficulties with it playing DVD's, or having DVD's getting "caught" in the player. It's played everything I've thrown at it, MP3 CD's, normal Audio CD's, DVD's, everything. To the reviewer who was adressing the USB port - The USB port on this device is not a powered USB port, which is why it reads it but never recognizes the device correctly. I ran into the same issue with my MP3 player because it does not run off of the battery when you plug it in, it depends on the USB port to provide power. Now, when I plugged in my camera, it worked fine and I was able to browse and select a background picture through that. The DVD's on this player look amazing, and I'm only using a composite cable. I'm not sure about HDMI quality as I don't have a TV that can handle that, but I will edit this review when I do as my wife and I are getting ourselves one for Christmas. The sound quality is great, I have the wireless amplifier for the rear speakers and it sounds AMAZING, I was worried at first as it took a bit for the rear amp and the main unit to sync up, but once it did, it's worked right away perfectly every time. The preset EQ's, especially the Dolby Surround Pro Logic II, sound great when I run my Gamecube and PS2 through them. For the beginner home theater user, this is the perfect set. It's inexpensive and great quality, as I've come to expect from the Samsung products I own. My wife's cell phone is Samsung, and now this system has convinced me that the HDTV we will be buying in the next week or two will be Samsung as well because of the quality of this system. Don't let a bad review or two turn you away from this great product, because you will seriously be impressed! If you're looking to tweak every individual EQ and picture setting, as an advanced home theater user, this probably is not the system for you. But for the average home consumer like myself, this has worked out great and I would recommend it to anyone!!
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: 12-07-2007
1. Remove discs from tray. 2. Close tray wait for 'no disc' 5. Press enter on remote. (There will be no on-screen response.) 6. Press 8, 4, 2, 6, 9 on the remote. (There will be no on-screen response.) 7. Press enter on the remote. Player will automatically shut off. 8. Turn player on. 9. turn off. 10. Turn player off then on again. 11. Player is now region-free. Enjoy your REGION FREE DVD PLAYER!
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Posted: 11-28-2007
We bought this HT system 12/06. Like another reviewer pointed out, didn't come with brackets for the speakers - fine, didn't really expect them to be included. The surround sound works great, not complaints. DVD player is another story. It freezes while the DVDs are playing, making it impossible to enjoy the movie. Contacted Samsung, had to mail the DVD unit to their service center -- received it back, the problem was still not fixed. Now we have to mail the DVD unit back to them AGAIN, hoping they'll find what the problem is, and either fix it or replace the player. Very disappointed, very frustrating, wishing we bought a different brand.
