Samsung HT-TX75 DVD Home Theater System Review
October 1st, 2009
Samsung HT-TX75 DVD Home Theater System Review from Andy. Excellent Sound Quality, Bad for Comcast, The HT-TX75 is provides rich deep sound quality in a very stylish and affordable package. Between an above average frequency response range, great surround sound processing, the high-wattage sub, 5 disk changer, built in stands – I can’t really find anything particularly wrong with the TH75 and would readily recommend it to others.
I’d like to address some of the other reviewers issues and share my my own experiences:
-I haven’t had any of the trouble other users are reporting with burned DVD’s, all of mine worked with it right out of the box, from home movies to ripped commercial DVD’s (all burned with Roxio Popcorn or Nero default burn settings), from both my LiteScribe and Panasonic burners.
-Those who say it can’t produce surround sound without HDMI input simply missed a simple setting on their remote. It can play Dolby Digital surround sound through all it’s inputs, even via composite (you just have to switch the sound mode with the remote to the right setting). Surround sound is, however, a bit more clear and well defined if you use optical or HDMI, but surround via composite is extremely comparable to my other 5.1 and 6.1 speaker systems that don’t even have these digital inputs.
-Startup time is all of 2 seconds, afterwards you are free to switch inputs or disks. If you can’t wait 2 seconds for it to startup than I would suggest waking up a few seconds earlier every morning to make the time 
My only complaint isn’t actually with the receiver. It’s with my Cable provider. Apparently Comcast customers in many states in the US (mostly mid western and pacific coast) are stuck running aging firmware on their cable boxes, which has outdated HDCP rules and may block HDMI signals from going from the receiver to the TV. If you are planning on using this with a Samsung HD TV and a Comcast HD cable box, it’s probably worth checking what firmware version you are running and if it will be compatible with your setup. Sadly mine was not, and I have to run HDMI straight into the TV and use composite-out from the TV to get sound to the TX75, a setup which prevents me from using any of the syncing abilities of this system and the television. I choose not to let this affect my rating as it isn’t really Samsungs fault (I’ve seen some reports that Comcast was notified of the problem Nov ‘06), but it it definitely something to investigate before purchasing.
More on the subject http://ghelf.wordpress.com/2006/12/21/comcastmotorola-hdcp-issues-via-hdmi/
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