Samsung HT-TX75 DVD Home Theater System Review
September 30th, 2009
Samsung HT-TX75 DVD Home Theater System Review from Victor Gavrilenko. Great HTIB with some HDMI connectivity problems, The TX75 sound quality, design and apearance deserve 5 stars. However there are problems with HDMI connectivity and playback of certain multimedia formats, so I lover the rating to 4 stars until these problems are fixed by Samsung in the next firmware (below applies to firmware v. 0.86K from 2007-05-18).
Pros: speakers/receiver appearance (system looks way much better in real life than pictures shown on all websites, including Amazon), sound quality, slim profile DVD changer (fits on glass shelf of TV stand), USB in front (vs. back), good remote, many more one would expect in a system of this class.
Cons (listed in the order of inconvenience they cause):
- Does not play LPCM audio from HD DVD Toshiba A2 player through HDMI connection (avs forum states that other receivers like Onkyo play LPCM from A2 fine through HDMI). I have to connect A2 to TX75 using optical cable, and since optical input is used now I cannot get Dolby Digital on TX75 from my satellite box. I spent many hours trying different connection options, cables and A2 player settings, and still cannot get surround sound from A2 over HDMI. This is also A2’s fault for not allowing an option to send DTS over HDMI like it can over optical cable.
- Does not play mpeg transport stream video files recorded from my satellite DVR, although many other divx/mpeg files play fine.
- Does not play any VCD/SVCD.
- When unit is turned on, it shows scrolling message “Welcome to Samsung Digital” for couple seconds. Until this message is finished displaying, the unit does not respond to remote control or front panel buttons, so I cannot switch input source or adjust volume and have to stay with my back bent like id*%&ot waiting for unit to initialize. Old Panasonic HT900 allowed switching sources immediately after turning unit on.
Update: this unit played ALL recorded DVD-Rs I tried, including brands Playo 16x DVD-R/DVD+R (from Staples), RIDATA 4x RVD+RW, Memorex 4x DVD+RW. I recorded them in Nero using lower recording speed 4x-8x. I also applied “region free” fix described in another review, so may be this improved DVD-R readablity. Only discs it did not play are VCDs.
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