Samsung HT-C6500 Home Theater System Review

Samsung goes to the extreme with their HT-C6500 system which not only has 1000 watts of 5.1 surround sound, but also features Wi-Fi connectivity to stream online content. Chris Hardwick and Jessica Chobot take a look at this household hub for $600.

What You Need To Know

• This home theater is sleek and stylish, and should fit anywhere in your house.
• The left and right speakers are only about a foot tall.
• Satellites are less than half of that.
• The subwoofer and center channel are also pretty small.
• There are also 2 HDMI inputs which is more than most home theater systems.
• This is one of the most connected home theaters on he market, since it will stream lots of different content through the Samsung Portal and from a DLNA device (like an Xbox or cell phone).
• All of these features work really well.
• Since it has built-in Wi-Fi, all you need to do is configure the settings and load up Samsung apps like Netflix, Pandora, Twitter and Skype.
• Samsung is adding more apps every day, too.
• You can also access your Xbox or cell phone media if they're on the same Wi-fi network and DLNA ready. (DLNA is a standard that a lot of gadgets have so you can share music or video over the same network.)
• Overall, streaming works really well and it's easy to set use.
• It also sounds pretty good: highs, mids and lows were all solid.
• The center channel is also stronger than we're used to with home theaters in a box, which is good.
• This is a good example of a well-rounded system. It doesn't blow you away with any one aspect but gets the job done.

Price

• $600

Rating

• 4 Seals of Approval out of 5. (How do we rate gadgets?)

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