Samsung HW-C450

• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 10 reviews
• My rating: 0 stars

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• 7 stars

  Good at what it does but not without hiccups

  by Wyze2000 on December 16, 2010

  Pros: Good Price, Nice design, Brings depth to movies that LED Tv speakers simply can't replicate.

  Cons: Can't see display while seated if its mounted anywhere near eye level.

  Summary: For the size of my condo's living room it easily fills the room with robust sound when watching movies(I barely go higher than lvl 12). Compared to my ...

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  Summary: For the size of my condo's living room it easily fills the room with robust sound when watching movies(I barely go higher than lvl 12). Compared to my Samsung 5.1 HTIB, while you don't get all the true effects(helicopter coming in from the left and departing right), its minimalistic design isn't as intruding. It's easy to forget the sub-woofer is their until a boomy part of the movie arrives.
  
  I agree with the other reviewers on the following points:
  
  1) Sporadically switches input to the second digital input;
  2) You will get an echo if you leave the tv speakers on but this will happen with any system if you "double up";
  3) Optic audio input only...no problem for my TV or PS3;
  4) Sounds great for movies (I use the drama setting for all movies as cinema heightens the overall bass too much for my taste);
  5) I have no real issues with the sound when listening to music.
  6) Remote doesn't control TV unless it's a Samsung (Confirmed as I also own a Samsung LCD)
  
  Overall I'm more than pleased with my purchase especially since I got it for $150 as an open box special!!

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  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 6 stars

  Good for the price but has problems

  by meddy6168usa on November 11, 2010

  Pros: Good price and sounds good

  Cons: It has a bad echo anytime you have your tv volume on. Sometimes it switches the amp. to other settings by itself. . Sometimes its not responsive and I have to unplug it to get it to restart.

  Summary: Sometimes it changes the volume up all the way or down all the way by itself and I have to restart it to get the volume to go down or ...

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  Summary: Sometimes it changes the volume up all the way or down all the way by itself and I have to restart it to get the volume to go down or up. Sometimes it switches the amp. to other settings by itself. . Sometimes its not responsive and I have to unplug it to get it to restart.

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  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 6 stars

  Volume control a drawback

  by packerfan222 on August 18, 2010

  Pros: Pretty easy to setup, excellent sound.
  Cons: I'd never seen an "optical" connection before - that was a bit of a challenge. Using with a Panasonic Vizio TV.

  Cons: Unless you specify "speaker off", the TV sound interferes with the sound bar, producing an annoying echo. TV remote can't change soundbar volume, therefore 2 remotes are req'd. Probably would work better with a Samsung TV or a Panasonic soundbar.

  Summary: Excellent sound, good cost - I'd question buying again because of volume control issue.

  Summary: Excellent sound, good cost - I'd question buying again because of volume control issue.

  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 3 stars

  sounds great till stops working

  by corythestory on December 1, 2011

  Pros: slim looks nice sounds great

  Cons: mine doesnt cycle through settings it flashes pcm every 3 seconds and makes it impossible to watch anything

  Summary: i think the internal wiring in the sound bar is faulty on alot of these units, I first had mine hooked to dig. out 1 worked great for a few ...

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  Summary: i think the internal wiring in the sound bar is faulty on alot of these units, I first had mine hooked to dig. out 1 worked great for a few weeks. Well i wanted to see how nice this thing really sounded so i turned it to a music channel and turned it up(not even close to distorting) sounded amazing i couldnt believe it out of such a small unit well next day turned tv on like normal and after a few minutes i noticed that the sound kept cutting out so i tried everything i could to fix itand absolutely nothing worked as far as settings so after a couple days i couldnt take it no more so i unmounted to switch to dig. out 2..... amazing!!!!!!!!!! worked great!!!!!!!!!!! so last night i decided i would here some music at a higher volume(nowhere near distortion) well this morning i turn the tv on and same thing with the pcm flashing every 3 seconds....( very very very annoying) so point of the story if u have one of these sound bars appearantly DONT TURN IT UP not even to a above moderate level..... what a piece of crap< i'll try a new one but if it happens again i will definetly switch product brand!!!!!!!!!!!!! its 2011 bout to be 2012 step your game up samsung

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• 8 stars

  Good sound

  by spuzbeaver on June 30, 2011

  Pros: Good sound; easy setup

  Cons: Cannot see display panel easily

• 7 stars

  Great addition to Samsung TV

  by MikeMV on June 24, 2011

  Pros: Full integration with Samsung TV
  Wireless Subwoofer

  Cons: Almost poked my finger through the tweeter.

  Summary: With my Samsung TV almost flush mounted, the internal speakers sounded muddy, especially with dialog. The HW-C450 solves the problem without adding any complexity to my modest setup (TIVO, Blue-ray, ...

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  Summary: With my Samsung TV almost flush mounted, the internal speakers sounded muddy, especially with dialog. The HW-C450 solves the problem without adding any complexity to my modest setup (TIVO, Blue-ray, TV, that's it). Upside of optical is that the wire is much thiner as less noticeable compared to HDMI cable.

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• 7 stars

  Sleek, easy and cheap.

  by BS_MD on February 16, 2011

  Pros: Price is great. Sleek look. Gets LOUD. Wireless sub. Cute remote with some options.

  Cons: Not as good as Bose CinemateII. Bar is like 1/4" taller than the bottom border of my NX810.

  Summary: Had to get something for my NX810 55". Voices are already MUCH better. This is the best soundbar at hhgregg except for Bose CinemateII/GS. It is less than half ...

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  Summary: Had to get something for my NX810 55". Voices are already MUCH better. This is the best soundbar at hhgregg except for Bose CinemateII/GS. It is less than half the price. Sounds louder than the Sony and Polk soundbars BY FAR.

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• 9 stars

  great value sleek l00k

  by holden1090 on October 30, 2010

  Pros: easy wall mount digital sound fair price point optical audio

  Cons: limited to optical audio.. so glad x box has optical !!

  Summary: can't beat the sound and look of this for the $$

  Summary: can't beat the sound and look of this for the $$

• 10 stars

  Just Amazing !!!!

  by Smogexperts on October 20, 2010

  Pros: Looks great. Sounds great. Love the adjustment to the lows.

  Cons: None. Wish it had adjustments to the mids, high.

  Summary: I got it for a great price open box special for 200 didn't have the remote. I just bought one from samsung for about 15 bucks. I see people ...

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  Summary: I got it for a great price open box special for 200 didn't have the remote. I just bought one from samsung for about 15 bucks. I see people are having problems with the TV volume, I haven't had any problems with it. I can put my LG TV speakers off with out any message popping out.

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• 8 stars

  Awsome and affordable home theatre system!

  by Chris_1976 on September 20, 2010

  Pros: Great sound...has enough watts and base to have some balls. Wireless sub has no connections issues and works like a charm. Styling is nice and matches my Samsung 55C650. Don't have any issues with the lack of outputs.

  Cons: Can't see the volume display from a seated position.

  Summary: For the price, I couldn't have made a better decision. It takes up no room, it looks really good, and it sounds really good for movies. Do it!

  Summary: For the price, I couldn't have made a better decision. It takes up no room, it looks really good, and it sounds really good for movies. Do it!

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