"We built our new entertainment setup and were looking for a receiver that looked Modern, not something that has looked the same for 30 years. This was the first one that we found that had a very modern look and had the specs we needed: Several HDMI inputs, decent watt per channel, and component / composite inputs. System puts out some sound!

The only thing I can say I don't like about this receiver is that it doesn't upscale Composite / Component. I have to run a single Component, Composite, and HDMI cable up to the TV from the receiver for each type used. I didn't realize this when I bought it. It isn't a huge deal since I run all the cables through the wall, but it would have been nice to just run a single HDMI cable up the wall. Lesson learned. Next time, I will make sure it upscales the older connections for my Wii / older consoles.

Overall, I LOVE this receiver. It looks amazing and performs perfectly! No complaints with look or performance!"

Pros: Bright display, Realistic color, modern look, good wattage output, samsung stability

I would recommend this to a friend!

+1point

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Review 2 for 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver

Derixs

from West Cost

I have used this product for:6-12 months

Expertise:intermediate

# of SAMSUNG products I own:3-5

Features

4 out of 5

Performance

5 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

4 out of 5

Rating:

5 out of 5

Fantastic Receiver

PostedMay 10, 2011

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedMay 10, 2011

"I have had this receiver for over 6 months now. This was easy to setup and operate. The hardest thing about setting this up was plugging the speaker wire into the back with the knobs. Since there is not a lot of room to work with. Other than that small issue I have had nothing but great audio from this machine. Overall this was a very nice and welcome addition to my home theater."

Pros: Bright display, Inexpensive, Realistic color, Lightweight

I would recommend this to a friend!

+3points

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Review 3 for 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver

Anonymous

from PR

I have used this product for:1-3 months

Expertise:expert

# of SAMSUNG products I own:1-2

Features

5 out of 5

Performance

5 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

5 out of 5

Rating:

5 out of 5

Excellent purchase

PostedMay 8, 2011

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedMay 8, 2011

"I have all my media connected to this product as is excellent. Easy to install & understand. The sound is perfect and the iphone application is outstanding (the audio and video is excellent). This is an easy product to work. Note: I recommend to read the instructions so you can take advantage of all the features. Just to give you an idea, I have the following equipment connected (beleived or not): Wii, 3 DVD's, 1 VCR, 1 iphone, 1 Blue ray, 1 Karaoke and a satelite (DTV)."

Pros: Inexpensive, multiple connections

I would recommend this to a friend!

+3points

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Review 4 for 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver

Lleu

I have used this product for:less than a month

Expertise:intermediate

# of SAMSUNG products I own:1-2

Features

4 out of 5

Performance

5 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

5 out of 5

Rating:

5 out of 5

Have only one complaint

PostedJanuary 12, 2011

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedJanuary 12, 2011

"Overall I am extremely happy with this receiver. Sound quality is quite good, setup was easy (once I got past a duh moment on how the menu tree worked) & I really like the sleek design. I do have one minor issue in regard to the I-pod dock. It will only play songs in order - shuffle/random is unavailable. Per one of the experts on the website there are currently no updates to address this issue. Hopefully, there will be an update in the near future to resolve this litttle annoyance. Until then, I will probably just hook up an independent dock to one of the inputs."

Pros: Inexpensive

I would recommend this to a friend!

My product recommendations

Samsung Mythic™ Touchscreen Cell Phone

(179)

+1point

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Review 5 for 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver

Lou123

from Va.

I have used this product for:less than a month

Expertise:expert

# of SAMSUNG products I own:1-2

Features

4 out of 5

Performance

4 out of 5

Design

4 out of 5

Value

3 out of 5

Rating:

4 out of 5

Install

PostedApril 24, 2011

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedApril 24, 2011

"The AV receiver works very well. I did have a hard time with the setup and manually adjusting the speakers"

Pros: Lightweight

Cons: user manual was hard to understand

I would recommend this to a friend!

+1point

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Review 6 for 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver

JCH70

Features

4 out of 5

Performance

4 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

5 out of 5

Rating:

4 out of 5

Pretty good for the price

PostedMarch 7, 2011

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedMarch 7, 2011

"This is excellent receiver to start off with, not your high end but gets the job done and sound and picture are great. The only down side would be that the response between switching components is slower than usual and sometimes it will default to TV optical when you first turn it on."

Pros: Bright display, Inexpensive, Durable, Lightweight

Cons: Not high def

I would recommend this to a friend!

0points

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Review 7 for 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver

bcultra

from North Carolina

I have used this product for:1-3 months

Expertise:novice

# of SAMSUNG products I own:1-2

Features

4 out of 5

Performance

4 out of 5

Design

3 out of 5

Value

3 out of 5

Rating:

3 out of 5

HW-C500

PostedJanuary 25, 2011

I would recommend this to a friend!

PostedJanuary 25, 2011

"I got this as a gift and I have no other experience to compare it to. That being said I really like the having all the inputs and only have to have 1 output to the TV. That feature is great.
Sound output is sufficient for a small room but if the room is large I would look for a unit with greater power.
IPOD/Iphone compatability is somewhat misleading. Audio features work but video out is limited to certain models. IPOD touch 3rd gen is NOT Supported. Big let down.
Get familiar with Samsung's 800 support line, you will need it for set up. Owners manual was not written for the average person, more likely for a person already familiar with this units functions."

I would recommend this to a friend!

+1point

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Review 8 for 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver

DiViT

from San Franciso, CA

I have used this product for:less than a month

Expertise:intermediate

# of SAMSUNG products I own:1-2

Features

2 out of 5

Performance

2 out of 5

Design

2 out of 5

Value

3 out of 5

Rating:

2 out of 5

Could Have Been Great...

PostedJanuary 28, 2011

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

PostedJanuary 28, 2011

"I recently purchased this receiver for my home theater setup. I decided to just get a more entry level receiver, not needing a lot of extras (ie, 7 channel sound, more than 4 HDMI ports, etc). One of the big selling points for me was this integrated iPod dock feature. Unfortunately, it's probably one of the worst attempts at integrating an iPod that I have ever seen.

There is only one option to play from start. It doesn't access any of the playlists I have, or even allow for it to shuffle songs. Every time I turn the unit off, it restarts the songs from track 1. Unless you want to press "next" continually to get to where you left off, you're stuck listening to the same few songs all the time. I will go back to manually hooking it up through the analog stereo connection. This isn't some crazy new technology, and Apple isn't some random brand. It would have been better to just not even including this feature than halfassing it like they did.

This is my first Samsung purchase, and how misleading they made this feature will make it hard for me to want to purchase any future products from them. I really hope Samsung gets their act together and release a firmware update of some sort very soon."

Pros: Inexpensive, sleek design

Cons: Did not meet expectations, ipod integration

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

-4points

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Review 9 for 5.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver

Anonymous

Features

4 out of 5

Performance

3 out of 5

Design

5 out of 5

Value

2 out of 5

Rating:

2 out of 5

Really freakin difficult to set up

PostedJanuary 23, 2011

"Just try and plug something into the back of this thing and watch nothing happen - i still don,t know if i connected everything right - every-time i change devices i have to push the auto assign button until i hear or see something - and the buttons have no tactile feedback so you could just brush up against the face and accidently hit a button - if i didn't have a samsung tv i would have bought something more friendly."

Pros: looks nice

Cons: Did not meet expectations

-2points

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