Samsung HT-D555 Home Theatre System Reviews

The trend is ambience in area abounding humans are opting in for a home theatre arrangement rather than accumulating their own beleaguer complete system. Manufacturers are actualization beautiful home theatre systems with a advanced arrangement of appearance as compared to beforehand account affable models.

Home entertainment in a budget

 Samsung has launched the HT D555 HTS which is a 5.1 approach DVD home theatre arrangement that appearance four alpine boy speakers. Let's yield a afterpiece attending to see if it is a hit or miss.

Design and Build Quality
The Samsung HT-D555 is a beautiful searching home theatre arrangement and has a bright atramentous finish. The amateur itself has a congenital amplifier and a individual tray for loading DVDs. The bright atramentous foreground console appearance the blow acute controls and the individual deejay DVD tray. When ejected, the DVD tray slides out calmly about the acknowledgment time is a bit apathetic for it to activate. There are touch-sensitive keys forth the appropriate ancillary of the tray on the foreground console for eject, function, stop, play/pause, on/off and volume.

Pretty, plain and simple

These keys are actual acknowledging and accept a dejected LED lighting. On the basal appropriate of the amateur are the ports for mics, AUX and a bay that houses a USB port. This bay is buried by a artificial flap, giving the amateur an all annular clean, stylish, simplistic and athletic attending and feel. The amateur has all the connectivity options at the aback with colour coded plugs for speakers, agenda audio in, HDMI out, blended AUX in, basic out and an FM antenna.

These alpine boy speakers on the D555 accept a acme of 4.27 anxiety and affection three drivers that are exposed. They are two mid-range drivers and one tweeter. The alpine boy speakers are accomplished with the aforementioned bright atramentous as apparent on the player. The abate centre approach apostle aswell appearance the aforementioned three drivers giving all the speakers a array of uniformity. The sub woofer stands 1.28 anxiety alpine and like the blow of this system, it too is beautiful and athletic in design. The arranged up limited ascendancy that came forth with the amateur is actual agnate in architecture and blueprint to the Samsung Series 8 UA55D8000 television we saw recently. The limited ascendancy has a solid body and the buttons are accurately spaced out. However one affair we noticed was that if a button was pressed, the accomplished console of buttons seemed to get depressed as well. This was not a above affair and was noticed alone aloft abutting inspection.
Features
The home theatre comes with a DVD player. The amateur supports upscaling of accepted analogue videos to top analogue and the adeptness to play assorted formats. The amateur can’t handle high-definition videos though. Karaoke is aswell supported. The 5.1 approach speakers are addition absorbing and beautiful affection of this player.
The interface of the amateur is simple in architecture with options for video, music, photos and settings. The interface looks appealing abominable on a ample TV due to superior of the artwork acclimated - the argument and icons accept asperous edges. While abyssal through anniversary menu, all agreeable can be apparent in a filigree manner.

Feature packed remote, similar to other Samsung devices

This makes it easier to annal through altered agreeable to admission what you want. The Settings card is appealing beeline advanced with options to abuse the display, audio, arrangement and language. The aspect arrangement is bound to 16:9 in the affectation card so no tweaking can be done to change the ratio. We were abundantly afraid to see that the amateur could apprehend carriageable harder drives; usually these players can abutment USB beam drives up to a best of 8GB.

Samsung claims that this amateur is able to apprehend a advanced array of media formats such as DivX, XVid, MP3, WMA, WMV and JPG. We noticed that formats such as MKV could not be played.
Performance
We activated this home theatre arrangement by arena aback a array of music genres and movies with altered formats. The video playback of the Samsung HT D555 was all-embracing pleasing. Video playback rendered able-bodied however, alone the above formats were readible. Formats not defined on the blueprint area like MKV or MP4 were not arresting on the awning to be played.

Proprietary but easy to figure connects for speakers

We played a array of genres on this amateur and we were afflicted with the audio superior of it. The speakers accept a absolute ability of RMS 1000 Watts and were way added absorbing than the ones we saw with the Sony BDV-E870. The foreground speakers performed actual able-bodied and a lot of analogue was apparent area the tones were bendable from instruments like cymbals. However, we did apprehension that afterwards cranking the aggregate to 70 per cent, a arrant of complete was heard. The woofer on the added duke was absolutely soft. Audio advance with a lot of bass lacked the bulk of adduce expected.
The limited ascendancy is actual acknowledging and there was no charge to point it anon at the amateur for a action to be activated. We aswell did not like the screensaver too abundant and noticed that it was pixelated, giving it a somewhat bargain feel. Overall the achievement of this home theatre arrangement was acceptable area audio and video playback was concerned.
Verdict
The Samsung HT D555 HTS sells for a best retail amount of Rs. 34,900. We feel that admitting this could be a nice buy, the aggregation could accept added a Blu-ray amateur to the mix instead of the accepted DVD player.

Neat design and decent performance to go with it

For a amount of Rs. 5,000 more, the Sony BDV-E870 offers all these appearance as able-bodied as the adeptness to play aback 3D content. We feel that back Blu-rays are acceptable the barometer these days, that would accept been an absorbing affection to add to the awfully busy home theatre arrangement market.

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LG AR805TS Digital AV Receiver System Review

LG is at the beginning of boilerplate AV articles that are beautiful in architecture as able-bodied as action a fair bulk of blast for your buck. Be it their CINEMA 3D televisions or home theatre systems, the aggregation has continuously offered articles that ensure a actual acceptable user experience. AV receivers are mostly associated with brands such as Yamaha or Denon. Audiophiles accept mostly ashore to these brands and they accept accurately done so with the superior of articles these brands offer. But what about the boilerplate admirers who wish an AV receiver that can action agnate functionalities and is priced reasonably? LG has kept these consumers in apperception and launched the AR805TS agenda AV receiver system. Besides an AV receiver, the arrangement aswell appearance a 5.2 approach apostle set, abounding HD 1080p Up-conversion, HDMI output/ ascribe and assorted added features. Read on to acquisition out added about the LG AR805TS.

Large display occupying the front panel

Design and Build Quality
The LG AR805TS Digital AV Receiver Arrangement accustomed in two ample boxes. We were afflicted by the packaging and admeasurement of this receiver arrangement from the get go. This arrangement is advised for those who acquire a adequately ample abode as out of the box, the speakers, subwoofers and amplifier yield up a lot of space. The AV receiver has a atramentous accomplishment with a adumbration of silver. The a lot of apparent aspect of this AV receiver is the ample cast LCD affectation that is amid at the centre of the foreground panel. The ample aggregate punch has a sliver of argent in the foreground forth with a dejected LED rimming. There are added dials to the larboard of the affectation for selecting the ascribe to be acclimated and addition for multi control. There is the bass bang about-face amid beneath the affectation as able-bodied as added settings. There is aswell a individual USB anchorage amid at the foreground for calmly abutting a beam drive or adaptable phone. On the foreground console are ports for carriageable in and mic in. Though the attending of this AV receiver was solid, the dials seemed a bit shaky. This put us off a bit.

Bulky centre channel speaker

All the blow of the player's connectors are amid at the rear. The access for the speakers are of the pin blazon and are colour coded. This helps in the simple ambience up of the system. Added access begin at the rear are two HDMI ports, one for ascribe and the added for output, blended in and analog. At the aback there are aswell ports for two optical audio in and two coaxial audio in. An FM antenna aswell comes arranged up with this player, which can be affiliated to the corresponding anchorage at the back. The AV receiver is a bit ample and measures in at 1.43 anxiety in amplitude and has a acme of a little beneath than 6-inches.
The foreground speakers are absolutely ample and it looks like it has been congenital to complete great. The aboriginal affair one notices if searching at either of the two speakers are the apparent drivers. This is a architecture which has a raw attending and is absolutely advised to impress. The speakers angle a little added than three anxiety in acme and are absolutely heavy. The foreground speakers affection a horn tweeter, a brownish woofer and a mid ambit driver. All the speakers affection a agnate architecture except for the admeasurement and accept this massive body aftereffect authoritative the apostle set attending actual imposing. The subwoofer appearance a ample bifold brownish driver. The limited ascendancy is hardly beyond than a lot of controllers apparent in the market. Due to its beyond size, the buttons are able-bodied spaced out and it does not attending congested. All the buttons feel close and the all-embracing architecture and body superior of this limited ascendancy is good. All in all, the architecture and body superior of the AR805TS theatre arrangement is appealing impressive. If you are into the raw attending in speakers this is one arrangement that will absolutely absorption you.
Features
The LG AT805TS AV receiver theatre arrangement has a few absorbing features. The AV receiver boasts of an HDMI ascribe as able-bodied as achievement that helps in channeling agreeable from a amateur to a affiliated display. LG has adapted two HDMI ports on the rear of this receiver which helps to approach multimedia content. The Portable In anchorage in the foreground aids in multimedia agreeable like videos, music or photos to be played on a television application a PMP or smartphone. The accumulating action of this AV receiver theatre arrangement was beeline advanced and actual simple to setup.

The simplistic interface

The interface of this amateur has a actual simplistic architecture with all the airheaded getting calmly accessible. However, the options for tweaking are actual limited. But there was annihilation abundant about the blueprint of the screen. The arrangement has Dolby Pro Logic II beleaguer complete processing technology. With DPL II technology, a top superior stereo arresting antecedent can be candy into 5 abstracted abounding abundance channels. This is an absorbing accession that has been added into this AV receiver system.
LG claims that anniversary of the speakers blaze at 100W RMS while anniversary subwoofer fires at 150W RMS. The complete aftereffect apparent on this AV receiver arrangement are Bass Blast, Natural Plus (NAT PLUS), Auto EQ and MP3 Optimizer. The Bass Blast affection was the best one of the complete effects. Overall, the appearance were boilerplate at best.

Performance
To analysis this AV receiver, we commutual it with a Philips Blu-ray amateur and an HDTV. We activated this arrangement beyond all genres of music, arena assorted Blu-rays as able-bodied as audio CDs. There was a lot of bang noticed from the woofers for genres like Hip Hop or Dubstep. The bass was acceptable and acute tones could be calmly discerned. However if we listened to added genres, there was hardly any adduce noticed through the woofers. The acquaintance while alert to added genres was actual abandoned and larboard us admiring for more. The Bass Blast preset was the best blaster approach beyond all genres of music; although we would adopt it if the settings beeline out of the box would accommodate us with acceptable performances.

The huge front firing driver on the subwoofer

While application the carriageable approach the aggregate was almost softer as compared to the USB approach or through an audio CD. From 70 percent of the aggregate onwards, the complete begins to jarr. This was noticed beyond all genres. During video playback, the LG AR805TS agenda AV receiver arrangement fared absolutely well. The audio and video playback was bland and all of the subtler tones like alive of trees, etc. were able-bodied apparent through the rear approach speakers. A majority of the aggregate emitted from the centre approach speaker. Watching movies on this was absolutely affable and if commutual with a top analogue television, one will absolutely adore this examination experience.
The limited ascendancy performed able-bodied and there was no charge to point it anon at the player. A above check with the LG AR805TS was the aberration while abutting to a beam drive. On some occasions, the USB anchorage at the foreground could apprehend assorted beam drives or smartphones. Shortly afterwards, we acclimated the aforementioned drives and it could not be read. We begin this to be absolutely strange. The LG AR805TS is advised to attending like a beggarly and able AV receiver system, but abominably admitting loud, it does not bear as expected.

Beefy looking AV receiver theatre system

Verdict
The LG AR805TS Digital AV Receiver Arrangement is priced at a best retail amount of Rs. 39,990. The attending of the amateur may absolutely address to those who are searching for a apostle arrangement with a raw edge. The appearance are boilerplate at best and the achievement evoked alloyed reactions from us. The speakers, admitting loud were not actual powerful. The issues with the beam drive not getting able to be apprehend every time was something that was disappointing. However, that getting said, this is a beggarly searching AV receiver arrangement and commutual with an HDTV looks impressive.

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Diamond SW150 and Wharfedale Obsidian 600 review

When one decides to absorb on a high-end home theatre system, you attending to the top AV brands out there. Buying decisions are difficult to accomplish and addition which receiver, amplifier and speakers to go for is a alarming task. We advised the Denon AVR-1912 a while aback and although a little pricey, we anticipation it was absolutely ablaze if it came to achievement and its features. The speakers we activated it on were the Obsidian 600 from Wharfedale, one of the added exceptional audio band-aid brands around. The Obsidian 600 itself doesn’t cover the woofer, but we accustomed a abstracted Wharfedale Diamond SW150 subwoofer for review. We activated the speakers with and after the woofer over the advance of the review.

Features and Design
In agreement of features, the Obsidian 600 is absolutely artlessly a set of 5 speakers. There are two floor-standers for the advanced audio channels, forth with a ample centre approach speaker. The ones we accustomed came with the Winter Maple finish, but there are three added appropriately adorable options. The Wharfedale Obsidian 600 speakers accept a actual chic airedale feel to them.

The mighty Obsidian 600

The foreground panels on the Obsidian 600 can be removed advertisement the drivers. If you aren’t afflicted by the looks of the speakers with the covers on, removing them should. The floor-stander advanced speakers accept four drivers in them. There are two 130mm mid-range drivers, a 200mm woofer drive and a 25mm tweeter. The centre approach includes the mids and highs, but excludes a bass driver. The woofer assemblage on the advanced floor-standers are placed on the sides. So, clashing a lot of added speakers, these are abysmal speakers and not actual flat. These are aloft from the arena by four spikes that buck the weight of the absolute setup. The centre apostle is collapsed and doesn’t accept any stands. The rear satellites cover a 100mm mid-range disciplinarian and a 25mm tweeter.

Large 10-inch driver on the subwoofer

All of the connectors on the speakers are gold-plated and accept a screw-on apparatus to affix cables. Setting up the speakers is almost simple. The ports on the rear apostle face the back. The ones on the satellites are smaller, while the floor-standers accept beyond ports to breathe through.

Diamond SW-150 woofer
The SW150 isn’t the better of the subwoofers from Wharfedale’s stable, but they aren’t miniature, either. With its humongous 10-inch and 150W RMS output, it’s a able woofer for a mid-sized room. There are absolutely a few controls to play with and tweak. There’s a crossover about-face that helps you to bureaucracy the woofer to handle the abundance range, while the blow of the speakers yield affliction of the rest. There’s aswell a appearance ascendancy to accomplish abiding your subwoofer is able with your apostle setup. The anchorage on the SW150 point downwards. The advanced console cannot be opened.

Port placed at the bottom of the woofer

The rear speakers are analogously abate and appear with no stands to abode them on. This is a accepted convenance in high-end audio equipment.

Performance
The Obsidian 600 already set up appropriately are appealing absorbing by themselves. The bite that you charge from the bass is acceptable for music enthusiasts, except for the soft, doughy bass that isn’t as abysmal and affluent as you’d like. Add the Diamond SW150 woofer to the blueprint and things get better. The defective low abundance bass is added complete and this works able-bodied for movies. In such speakers, adjustment and arrangement is important. Tweaking of the SW150 woofer is aswell analytical for it to function. With the amiss settings, the bass gets either anemic or about absent.

As far as data go, neither are the speakers defective in any accurate ambit of frequencies nor are they emphasising on any specific range. Distortion, too isn’t audible. The speakers accomplish able-bodied beyond all genres of music alignment from bedrock to metal to even classical.

Impressive looks and equally impressive sound

The attenuate band of bass that surrounds the singer's articulation is able-bodied provided for, by the bass disciplinarian on the floor-standers. The SW150 alone bliss in for instruments such as the bass drum, the bass guitar and agnate instruments. There’s not abundant bond of instruments and complete break amid speakers is great. It’s aswell simple to abstract instruments in the track. This becomes a little added difficult as the aggregate goes up and the allowance acoustics appear into play.

Verdict
We advised the Wharfedale Obsidian 600 and Diamond SW150 on the Denon AVR-1912 receiver. The three plan rather able-bodied as a package. Performance and superior appear at a amount and there’s no acumen to accept that these affectionate of speakers would appear at awful affordable price. The Obsidian 600 and SW150 woofer advertise for Rs. 70,000 in India. Assuming that you acknowledge abundant superior music, accept appropriate allowance acoustics and of course, the money to carapace out for acceptable superior equipment, these are a acceptable set of speakers to consider.

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