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What I especially like is that the unit ran me about FREE-NINETY-NINE. Their functionality is impecable. It really completes my Entertainment unit and looks very tasteful in my living room. The touch of color looks really nice with my ln40a650. I had to jump on that. The Sound quality is great but some might find the 5.1 underwhelming compared to a "tru surround sound" experience. The iPod cradle was definitely a selling point for me. I love these speakers and DVD player.
Received this Cinema system as a bonus with a television purchase. It wasn't clear if the HDMI connection would pass 5.1 or 2.1 audio to the TV.The speaker-out connectors look similar to a large Firewire connector - not an RCA, spring-clip, or screw-down post. These units are in Samsung's gloss piano-black finish with A Touch of Color (red) accents. So rather than connecting it, I gave it to a college-bound friend for his dorm room.Without evaluating sound quality, I'll share some of my discoveries.The speakers, at around two feet tall and with a touch of red, were incredibly sexy, and I considered keeping them for back-channel speakers on my current system (replacing the bland little gray boxes), but I didn't want to break up the Samsung system.
However, it would be an excellent starter system for someone who had a rag-tag assortment of devices and wanted to simplify, or who was otherwise starting from scratch. The included speaker wires have this connector on one end, the other ends are bare.It does have component-out and HDMI out for video, but no composite out - meaning it must be connected to a newer/better tv. It also had an iPod port and a USB port.altogether I was pleased with the amount of inputs. The 2.1 sound is only a limitation for users wanting an immersive HT experience. It also has an antenna-in for the stereo receiver (and included antenna).For existing HT owners this system will probably be a step backwards. It arrived ahead of schedule and in good order.Opening the package revealed the main control/player console, a subwoofer and two speaker towers.
The console has a composite video and left/rt audio in to receive from a VCR for example. The beautiful styling make this a system to show off. Everything was packaged very securely in the box, and wrapped to prevent scuffing.The box also contained a multi-function remote which could be programmed for your tv, an iPod/portable media player dock with many cradle adapters, speaker wire, and wall mounting brackets for the console (and the other bracket may have been for the subwoofer).A brief glance through the setup and owner's manuals told me that my current system, at least in terms of audio, blew this system away. The console and subwoofer also feature an attracive, rounded-corner, fluid aesthetic -- very non-traditional.The console has only 2.1 speaker outs, and did not have an optical/digital out which might allow the system to share multi-channel audio with other components (ie: into my HT receiver).
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