Product Description

Samsung's new line of A/V products, providing consumerd with the ultimate in stylish home entertainment. Its potential only limited by your imagination.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1085 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Samsung
• Model: HT-BD1252/XEU
• Released on: 2009-03-30

Features

• System 5.1
• Audio DOLBY DIGITAL/ DTS/ PROLOGIC 2
• Total Power 1000w
• Playback Formats BD-ROM, BD-R/RE/DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW/CD/ MP3
• 1080/24p Playback Yes

Manufacturer's Description
Samsung's HT-BD1252 Blu-ray Home Cinema System offers consumers an affordable opportunity to discover the sensational picture and powerful audio performance brought by Blu-ray. Boasting 1000 watts of output and 5.1-Channel surround from the 2 Tallboy and 2 Satellite speakers, the HT-BD1252 produces rich, lifelike audio and is capable of decoding high-definition formats including, Dolby TrueHD™ and DTS-HD Master Audio® for the ultimate in in-home movie experience. The speaker cones are constructed using sea kelp rather than the traditional, chemically-treated paper pulp, for natural and improved sound reproduction. This model is also WiFi ready (via optional Wifi dongle) for BD Live and PC Streaming and also features the new amplifier technology as well as an iPod cradle for iPod and iPhone playback. Twin the HT-BD1252 with Samsung’s SWA-4000 wireless adaptor and you can enjoy wireless rear speaker, for a simpler home cinema setup

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Customer Reviews

Great sound shame about the cables
Using my HT-BD1252 with a Samsung 40" series 6. All works as expected including remotes ( one reason that i went all Samsung ) .
Negatives first ;
1. The cables for the speakers are WAY too short . Had to use rear speaker cables for front pair, then had to make up new extended cables for rears. Come on Samsung on a product like this how much would it cost to put longer cables in the box ???
2. This unit is powerful and will get hot! My old tv cabinet was semi enclosed. Bad idea . Make sure its well ventilated.
Positives ;
seems to be well constructed on outside and sound quality is excellent, you may need to fiddle with settings to get it right for you . And the power output will shake your fillings out!
Really pleased with unit even more so when you consider the price.

At last a Blu Ray home cinema system
I've been on the look out for a Blu Ray home cinema system for a while but there is not many reasonably priced ones on the market yet. Bought this one a couple of weeks ago and am not dissapointed, the picture quality is fantastic but what really stands out is the sound quality, it is awesome. One small draw back I've found is that sometimes the sound is out of sync with the picture, which apparently is to do with the encryption type. There is a feature which allows you to eliminate this issue but it can be a bit fiddly messing around with sound delays to get it in sync, surely this could be done automatically??

Some issues, but excellent considering the price
I had um'ed and ah'ed about buying this for some time and finally gave into temptation last week. The unit turned up well packed, i assembled it together and was pleased to see that it's very nicely designed and looks awsome with my Samsung TV. However...

I put in a blu-ray disc and discovered there were multiple artifacts (Visual distortion/Huge square bugs in the picture) every few moments so i unplugged the unit and tilted it. Something was broken inside :( I called amazon early next morning and they sent me a new system within 24 hours (Excellent customer service)!

I put it together again and was blown away by the clarity of the picture but most of all by the sound of the speakers! I have hooked it up to my Xbox 360 via optical cable and i'm telling you the gaming experience has been improved 10 fold!

However.... I have watched a couple of blu-Ray movies and have seen for a split secound a couple of artifacts again (it happens twice max. in a whole film) which i am a bit annoyed about. Does anyone else have this issue i wonder? Firmware is up-to-date. The ipod functionality is basic, you navigate the same menu structure that is on the ipod i recommend making playlists for easy playing.

NO HDMI CABLE IS SUPPLIED! This is a low budget Blu-Ray Home cinema, despite the very rare drop in picture quality issue and lack of HDMI cable i am very happy purely because it was so affordable. The sound system really is the 'mutts nuts' especially when playing High Def games. I recommend Sunshine, Transformers, Iron Man and Casino Royale to kick start any blu-ray collection.