Samsung HT-C5500 Blu-ray Home Theater System

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 12.8 x 16.9 inches ; 7.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 29 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0037QF7LQ
• Item model number: HT-C5500
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #27 in Electronics > Home Audio & Theater > Home Theater Systems

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Samsung’s 1000W HT-C5500 Home Theater System brings the entertainment home: Internet@TV delivers the best of the web, straight to your HDTV, with downloadable widgets and apps like BLOCKBUSTER, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, Pandora and more. You can shop online, share pictures, catch up with friends and more. Connect to a wide range of streaming digital content at the touch of a button. Your Samsung Home Theater is also wireless-ready, giving you the convenience of less cords, less hassle. It’s also part of DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance). Samsung’s DLNA certified TVs have AllShare, which enables content to be seamlessly streamed between DLNA devices, allowing you to play files stored on your PC or even use your telephone through your TV.

Key Features

• Internet@TV: Connect to an ever-expanding portal of your favorite digital content. Customizable widgets give you access to BLOCKBUSTER, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and more – all on your HDTV.
• AllShare: Sync up your entire household. A wired or wireless DLNA connection lets you stream your PC audio and video files to your HDTV using your remote.
• 5.1 Channel
  
• Eco Power Management System
• Crystal Amp Pro
  
• iPod and iPhone dock
  
• 1000W Output Power
• Intelligent Power
• Advanced Auto Sound Calibration
  

Technical Specifications

• HDMI out: 1
  

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Internet@TV Samsung's exclusive Internet@TV technology opens up more worlds than you can possibly imagine. And puts it all on a large and brilliant screen. Effortlessly connecting to the Internet, it lets you enjoy all the brilliant content the Web has to offer. Enhancing, enriching and easy, you can organize, add and delete content via its Samsung Applications library. Many models even allow you to make Internet video calls, so you’re not only connected to your videos, you’re connected to your friends. Immerse yourself in the infinite options.

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Crystal Clarity Let the Samsung HT-C5500's crystal-clear sea of sound carry you away. Engineered with Noise Compensation technology, the Crystal Amplifier eliminates distracting distortion by quickly sensing signal changes and enhancing response speed. And it delivers audio that’s rich, realistic and polished so that you feel like you’re right in the middle of the action. With the Samsung HT-C5500, you hear exactly what you’re supposed to be hearing

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AllShare Now you can enjoy movies, music and photos from your PC and mobile devices, right on your Samsung TV screen. With the BDP-C5500’s AllShare, wirelessly sync your PC and Samsung mobile phone with your TV, also allowing you to stream content and even keep tabs on who’s calling and texting you with real-time monitoring on your screen. Samsung’s All Share makes staying connected easy.

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HDMI (V. 1.4) With their HDMI (V.1.4 ) connection, Samsung Blu-ray Home Theater Systems are capable of transmitting the highest resolution digital data in pure, uncompressed streams. This upgraded feature ensures that future-forward technology, such as Full HD movies and games, can be expressed with purity and precision.

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HD Audio without Going to the Cinema Feel like you're part of the film, and in the band, with the Samsung HT-C5500. It immerses you in a cinematic audio environment that pumps out pure, precise surround sound with dramatic depth of detail. It supports DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD formats — which, because of their uncompressed HD sound, are only found in AV systems of the highest quality — as well as Dolby Digital Plus.

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From Your PC to the Flat Screen Gaining access to the infinite possibilities of next generation entertainment is as easy as plugging the Wireless LAN Adaptor** into the back of the Blu-ray Disc player. Content from your PC can be directly streamed to the player, allowing you to enjoy your favorite videos and other media files – from DivX and MP3 to JPEG-HD – from the comfort of your couch. PC Streaming turns your living room into the ultimate multimedia cinema. **Adaptor is not included. To learn more about the LAN Adaptor click here.

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Picture Quality Experience true 1080p high definition – the best picture you can get. Crystal-clear detail and cinematic resolution come home, at last. It’s the state of the high definition art. Your favorite movies are reborn in Blu-ray, when you discover what you’ve been missing. The HT-C5500 can also up-convert DVDs to near high definition quality so even your old movies get a renewed lease on life. And we didn’t neglect your ears – high definition extends to the audio spectrum courtesy of Dolby True HD Technology.

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Connect Your iPod and iPhone Integrating your electronic devices with each other is an important part of the home entertainment experience. That’s why the Samsung HT-C5500 makes it easy to incorporate your iPhone and iPod into your home theater system. Just set either into the provided docking cradle and you’ll be able to enjoy your favorite songs and videos — and share them with your friends and family — while charging. It’s all conveniently controlled with your home theater remote so you don’t have to leave the couch

Product Description

Be surrounded by superior sound with the Samsung HT-C5500 Blu-ray home theater system.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

115 of 119 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great System, But Understand Its Limitations, April 19, 2010

By 

VermontGuy (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung HT-C5500 Blu-ray Home Theater System (Electronics)

The HT-C5500 is a solid all-in-one home theater package at a good price, but you need to know what it can--and can't--do before you decide to buy.

First, some pros and cons:

Pros:
*Low cost
*Compact
*Easy setup
*Integrates with Samsung AnyConnect+ TVs for one-step DVD playback
*Decent enough sound and sufficient volume for a family room
*Netflix and YouTube connectivity work well
*Completely integrated in one relatively small unit
*iPod/iPhone dock included
*Speakers look nice and are very small and unobtrusive

Cons:
*Very limited inputs (Audio only; there are no HDMI inputs--the description above is wrong)
*Flabby bass response (no surprise given the 8lb passive subwoofer)
*Completely integrated--if one part dies, your entire home theater system is offline
*Wireless Internet use requires optional ($70) proprietary Samsung LAN adapter
*Proprietary speaker connectors
*AnyConnect+ can be a little wonky: If you have a disc in the tray, DVD playback seems to override all the other functions such as Internet services or the AUX input.

Even given all the Cons, this system suits my needs very well. I already owned a Samsung TV. I didn't want a proliferation of remotes or components. And the odd shape of my living room meant that I wasn't going to get optimal surround sound in any case, so I wasn't willing to pay a fortune for a system.

I ran the HT-C5500's HDMI output to one input on my TV and connected my FIOS box's optical audio output and my Mac mini's analog audio output to the appropriate inputs on the HT-C5500. The HT-C5500's remote is nothing special, but it makes it quite easy (after a little practice and reading of the manual) to switch between setups. You still need, however, to manually switch between HDMI inputs on the TV depending on what source you want to watch.

Note, however, that I'm at the absolute limit of what this system can do. I couldn't add, for instance, a game console into the mix.

Still, I'm very happy with my purchase. Yes, the HT-C5500 hits a wall quickly, but if you intend to stop before that wall arrives, you won't be disappointed.

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great product!, July 1, 2010

By 

maverick - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung HT-C5500 Blu-ray Home Theater System (Electronics)

I will start with what's bad and the reason why I gave it 4 stars.I have a Samsung TV and one of the reasons I bought this was so that I could sync all my devices using one remote and the Anynet feature(a Samsung AV network system to automatically control Samsung audio-video devices). This unfortunately has been a slow painful learning process, its working now but there are some unresolved issues (e.g.Anynet sometimes taking a long time to recognize devices). Lastly, I wish the rear speakers were wireless. You do have the option to buy an expensive low rated Samsung wireless receiver to fix the problem.

Now to the good part. This is a 2010 model!!! not 09 not 08:) For the price you get-a home theater+ blu ray+ iPod dock+ FM + internet. Produces a great quality sound that really fills up my small apartment. I love the automatic sound calibration option that sets your speaker sound based on distance. I get crystal clear FM and the iPod dock works great with my iPod Nano. Lets be honest, its hard to get a decent home theater system with all these accessories for close to $400.

Tips:
1)Buy an HDMI and optical audio cable from Amazon (does not come with the unit), some stores charge insane prices.
2)I would highly recommend reading the Anynet guide, just Google Anynet + guide to get it. Will save you a lot of time!
3)The price on the HT C5500 seem to change by $50 in different websites--shop around for the best price.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars sleek design and nice features, March 10, 2010

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T. Dalton - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung HT-C5500 Blu-ray Home Theater System (Electronics)

I spent a solid week researching which surround sound system to buy when i stumbled upon this one. I was also looking at the samsung bd 1250 which was rated pretty good buy cnet. Im guessing this system is an upgrade since its the 2010 model so i assume that means its better. It was delivered yesterday and after getting everything set up im happy to say im satisfied with my purchase. i was sort of worried since there were no reviews out yet due to it just being released. It sounds really good. I haven't had a chance to play around with the online features yet, but im planning on using the built in netflix streaming. Be careful though if you plan to mount the speakers on stands, since it only has a keyhole in the back instead of screw holes.