Samsung HT-C550 DVD Home Theater 3.9 5 58 61
This is a great, great home theater! I went to Wal-Mart with the sole idea of buying the Philips HTS3372D/F7 for half the price of this one. However, they were out and this was the only one they had left... and I was desperate. Upon installing my new home theater (which took only a few minutes), I was a little underwhelmed. I'll start at the auto calibration. Now in order to begin the calibration you must hook the microphone into the front and place it where you commonly sit. Sounds simple enough, right. Well, yes and no. The speakers then proceed to blast you with the MOST annoying static "sounds". The whole process takes about 3 minutes. This wouldn't be too bad if it actually worked the first time. Most of the speakers couldn't be read the first time and I had to redo it about 5 times til I got it just right. So now that its all hooked up, its time to mess with the settings. This is where I had the most problems. Samsung has kind of embedded the settings in the remote and while not really the fault of the machine its a real pain to access. Although, to be fair to the home theater, it had it all in the manual (which I only skimmed). So in other words, make sure you read the manual! Now that everything is as it should be, it's time to test it out. In order to get the best sound possible, I connected it to my PS3 with the Digital optical cord. Now let me say that this particular Home Theater has excellent sound! I used to have difficulty hearing what was being said in the movie, but not anymore. Everything is crystal clear. However, I was surprised that the Bass didn't feel as strong as I thought it should. That all changed when I put in The Relic. I was completely blown away! The sound was scarier than the movie! It felt and sounded like the monster was in my room! My floors and walls were shaking from the footsteps, the roars and wheezes chilled my spine. It's now been about 2 months and everything is still working so the other reviewer on here must have just gotten a dud because I am still loving my favorite impulse buy. While setup was a little tedious the sound more than makes up for it, I would recommend getting the Samsung HT-C550 DVD Home Theater to anyone with the money.Also, the back speakers are only wireless READY meaning you have to get the adapter which will run about $99! 05/11/2010
Nice buy for the prices If you have 250 bucks to spend I would recommend getting this over any other system Walmart has. The setup was simple and it soungs goodThe only thing I wish this had was a bass control on the sub itself. 04/27/2010
Sound is good for the price, bad design I recently purchased this system, got it home and had trouble getting the auto speaker tuning/setup to recognize all speakers (i had to run through that thing at least 15 times before it finally worked) and then the remote control broke. Without the remote, the system is useless. Also, if you want to hear the TV through the system you need to buy an optical cable - I found that out the hard way. Surround sound on a DVD will only work if you make sure to go through the menu on the DVD and choose that option. 10/18/2010
Doesn't meet expectations Within 1 hour or setting up the home theather system I had issues. The remote stopped working on the dolby II button. I call Samsung support and they asked me to change the batteries and hold the DVD button for 10 seconds. This is did not work. I also had issues witht he HDMI and had to unplug it 3 times in 1 hour. The function to turn the sub was not available and I could not hear the bass at all. I took it back the next day. This is the 2nd Samsung Home theater that I had with in 14 months. Last years model had issues with the PCU board twice and Walmart Service Plan gave me my money back. 08/23/2010