Samsung HT-BD1250 Blu-ray Home Theater System

I purchased this 2 weeks ago at BB. I tried to use my USB N wireless(doen't work), then was going to hardwire but finally spent the [...] bucks to get the Samsung USB wireless adaptor. Works very well you will need to enable WPS on your router. I am using a Netgear N WGR614 which is about 40 feet and two rooms away.The system is in a large living room open to the second floor and I am using my built in rear wall speakers which are driven fine by the system. The signal quality and reception is very good. I am using a 2008 Sharp 46LCD and the picture quality on streaming Netflix is pretty good, not BD or DVD quality but definetly a great feature. I spooke with Samsung CSR when I was missing a speaker connector and they were very helpful and sent out a complete set within 10 days. I also spoke to them about the Iphone dock which is not recognizing my device at all. I now see this is a common problem. I use a bose sound dock and a George in the office so it is not that big a deal. However, I do expect it to work and will continue to talk with CSR at Samsung and expect I will acheive satisfaction based on my first experience. The sound with Blu Rays and DVDs is very good but I had fairly low expectations for a HTIB system. I was mainly interested in streaming Netflix and Pandor which this does very well in my opinion. If I wanted great sound I would have bought separates for the same price from Onyko, Yamaha and used small polks or whatever.The subwoofer is weak and flimsy in comparison to powered subwoofers, which are usually bottom firing. However, my priority was good sound, streaming and intergrated system which had a small center speaker. The speaker adjustment and remote takes a little getting used to however I found it fairly easy to navigate. I replaced a magnivox bluray(which wasn't ethernet equiped) and found this to offer a superior picture when playing both BluRay and DVD. I think the price point is about 100 bucks too much but if you want a HTIB I think this is as good or better than most. So in summary for an HTIB(Home Theater In a BOX) this is a good choice if you can get it on sale, hard wire it or use the Samsung USB and have a N speed wireless Router or repeater.

We have had this product for 2 months, and the center channel only works randomly, and cuts in and out all the time. Do research and you will see many people have the center speaker issue. You will be watching a show, and the center speaker will cut out, then come back in, then cut out again.

The home theater system was purchased to fill out a big high ceiling space.

We received the equipment and all seemed good until we decided to test the iPod. In fact we tested like 3 different iPods to make sure it was not them and not the home theater. None of the MP3 players worked on the Samsung system, the home theater would not display mp3 capabilities as if it is not programmed at all. Our neighbors have a similar Samsung, not the same, home theater system and we borrowed the docking station to isolate the problem still the system would not recognize iPods.

If you buy one of this home theater systems test right away the Samsung docking station, ours turned out to be DOA. Another thing, the bass souns very fake and cardboardish, terrible, seems as if it was stufed with foam and a small speaker. The fact that the woofer is exposed outside on the boom box makes it very easy to damage not like others which it is consealed. Samsung did not even placed a grill to protect it, very cheap design. Its like buying car stereo speakers and they do not include the speaker covers.

Used it a few times. Installed it in a large RV because of it's size and features. The positive reviews are what sold me on it. The sound is very good. The subwoofer is a little large for a RV so we made it into a table. Connected it to a 24" Samsung 1080p TV/monitor for a excellent entertainment system. I had a 32" Samsung TV back 15 years ago was junk, so I was leary. This quality has resold me on Samsung. You must do reading and tuning it in to your environment for optimal performance. Yes buy it and not a reg. DVD because BluRays will outdate the older technology.

I purchased this unit last week from Best Buy. My family room isn't huge and I wanted something that wouldn't overwhelm the house. I didn't even hook it to my plasma before I realized the ipod feature was defective. After much testing with the BB geeks, they never got it working. They tested my ipod and some newer ipods with 2 other 1250's and they didn't work. The manager told me that I'm not the first with this problem. I did play the radio and some cds, not overly impressed with the sound quality. If you like this unit don't pay over $350 for it.