Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71615 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Samsung
• Model: HT-XQ100R/XEU
• Released on: 2006-07-12

Manufacturer's Description
A perfect match for Samsung's gloss black finish LCD TV's is the HT-XQ100 serie home theatre experience. This gloss black finish product features a top loading DVD/CD player with a futuristic display which "disappears" when the DVD/CD player is switched off. Add to this a total of 500 watts of power output and 2.1 sound experience and you have a modern , powerful system to increase your enjoyment of films , images and music which will not overpower your visual karma.

Customer Reviews

By God, it's pretty!
It is with but a moment's hesitation that I must admit - for possibly the first time in my life - that I bought this product basically because it looked nice. How awfully superficial of me, I know. But it's worth mentioning again, because as other reviewers have said this thing is pretty. Matched alongside a Samsung LCD and sat upon a black glass TV stand the whole set is quite stunning (in an ultra-modern kind of way, that is).

However, at the end of the day, most people don't spend £300+ on an ornament. So how does it operate? In short, extremely well. Sound quality is fabulous and makes me wonder whether I actually *want* to go to the cinema ever again, as it far surpasses anything my local multiplex can offer. Sub-woofer is atmospheric without being excessive and the quality of high-range performance from the left and right speakers are top notch. In my relatively small living room, I've yet to seriously test performance much beyond about 1/3rd of its capacity, but I suspect performance quality will persist into ear-splitting territory.

The DVD functions are exactly what I'd expect from a good quality player, although nothing exceptional. The top-loading feature is a nice gimmick although in practice doesn't combine well with being on a TV stand - a minor gripe to be sure. I was a little surprised that it doesn't come with DVD/RW or hard-drive functions, but I expect later models will integrate these in due course. One thing I would like - and to be fair, it may do it, but I've not stumbled across it using my typically male "instructions are for wimps" attitude - is a way of saving different settings for different media. DVDs with 5.1 obviously default to surround sound, but CD playing seems to default to stereo, where I'd much rather have matrix sound with all five speakers contributing to fill the room with sound.

Two minor technical gripes. The leads provided for rear speakers were too short for my needs, and I'm having incredible trouble locating longer leads of the official samsung-type. If they even exist. And my front right speaker resolutely refuses to detach from its base, making it impossible for me to hang it from the wall. Niggles of the pettiest degree, to be sure, but I think it only right that you - the reader - be fully informed!

I'd have no hesitation in recommending this for the majority of home cinema users. It aint perfect. But it's very good, and that's enough for me!

" OUT of this world SOUND quality "
WHAT an amazing system, love the look with the shiny surface all over, but that's just the start, you have to hear it play, it's very powerful for the wattage, it sounds much more than it is, TOP NOTCH !!,

when i first heard it play my jaw dropped to the floor, the sound is very clear it's as if its not coming from speakers at all, the radio on it is superb, when i played the film 'finding nemo'on it, it completely took my breathe away it's just too good, i was stunned by how the video upscaling feature and the hd quality turned the movie into like a reality, the sharpness of how it took affect to the hd lcd tv was absoultely marvellous.

It was very simple to connect the wires as they have like colour coded plugs on the ends that plug into the back of the dvd player, each one with a totally separate colour, no two were the same, then you just apply each wire at the other end into the back of each speaker, what i liked was the wires were really long, so this system is fine with either a smaller room or a larger room.

I could not have been happier with this system than i already am, if you are looking for class, quality and superb sound which makes you hold onto your seat (v.powerful subwoofer) then this system will for sure not disappoint.

Samsung Theatre Kit HT-XQ100R
Great looking item and matches the samsung gloss black range of lcd tv's. Great power output. A little too much bass but there may be a way to alter this that i haven't discovered yet. The unit is also a little slow to react and ouptut sound when switching between sources. Blue display is cool, top eject is awkward when on a display stand with shelf above. I say buy it or miss out. This is capable and stylish with it. Wireless kit a little pricey though!!!