Yamaha YHT-494 Home Theater Review

Deck the halls for the holiday season with the Yamaha YHT494 home theater that comes with 5.1 surround sound, two satellites, a front speaker and 600 Watts of dynamic audio. Kevin Pereira and Sara Underwood review the $500 home theater for your last minute holiday shopping.

What You Need To Know

• The Yamaha YHT494 Home Theater is an all-in-one system that comes with its own receiver, sound bar for your center and front speakers, 2 rear surround speakers and a subwoofer.
• The design is pretty compact.
• The home theater system has more than enough ports in the back, including antennae, audio/video jacks and a port for a Yamaha iPod dock.
• The YHT494 also has 4 HDMI inputs and 1 HDMI out.
• The interface is pretty standard with an easy to understand button layout on the receiver.
• The programmable remote control allows you to control your Blu-ray player and TV.
• There are several different audio settings for watching action films, sports, playing video games, etc.
• There's no auto configuration option, so you will have to read the manual to optimize your system if you can't figure it out.
• The YHT494 can output up to 600 watts of audio, which sounds awesome.
• This is some of the best surround sound we've heard in this price range.
• Even with the volume at high levels, there was no distortion.
• The mids were a little lost but overall, the highs and lows all sounded about equal.
• The surround sound works and you can actually tell which direction the sound is coming from.
• The Yamaha home theater is also 3D compatible for those who have 3D systems.

Price

• $500

Rating

• Buy!
• It has great sound quality for its price with an easy set up, though you will need to cut and strip the wires yourself.
• There are enough ports to handle your media players and consoles.

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