Samsung HT-Z310T 5.1-Channel Home Theater Surround Sound System (Set of Seven, Black)

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 33 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 33 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0015A90BY
• Item model number: HT-Z310T/XAA
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,040 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 26, 2006

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
Now there are more ways to enjoy your home theater system. The SAMSUNG HT-Z310 works with all of your Bluetooth-enabled devices. Got an iPod? It also has a dock so you can listen to music from your iPod whenever you want. This home theater system is also wireless ready, so there's no need to hide wires or trip over them. Hear the amazing sound, enjoy more capabilities with the SAMSUNG HT-Z310.

Enjoy Standard DVDs in HD Quality

Now you can enjoy regular DVDs in brilliant high-definition resolution. 1080 up-conversion lets you take full advantage of your HDTV by sending high resolution signals to it. The result is lifelike, vivid visuals and crystal-clear details.

DivX Playback

DivX technology provides excellent compression and visual quality. You can now insert DVDs and CDs that have DivX movies downloaded from your computer and watch them on your TV with this SAMSUNG home theater system.

iPod Dock

Not in the mood to watch a movie? Now you can enjoy music from your iPod on your home theater system. The HT-Z310 comes with an iPod dock－ just plug it in and listen to your favorite songs.

USB host play

You don't need to burn CDs or DVDs to enjoy music, video clips or photos on your home theater system - just plug a portable digital device into the USB port for instant entertainment.

HDMI-CEC

Remote controls cluttering your coffee table? Simplify your home entertainment experience. Control all of your High Definition Multimedia Interface™ (HDMI) connected devices with one-touch control in a single universal remote.

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Specifications

General
Total Power       1000
Number of Channel     5.1

Media-Supporting
DVD Disc Capacity     1
CD/CD-R/CD-RW     Yes
DVD/DVD±R/DVD±RW     Yes
MP3     Yes
JPEG Viewer     Yes
DVD-Audio     Yes
SACD     No
DVD-OK     No
WMA     Yes
WMV (1/2/3/7)     No
DIVX (including XVID)     No
BluRay     No
VHS Play/REC     No

Video Feature
Up-Scale     Yes

Audio Processing
sDSM or DNSe     No
Dolby Digital     Yes
Dolby Pro Logic II     Yes
Dolby Pro Logic IIx     No
Dolby Digital EX     No
Dolby Digital+     No
Dolby True HD     No
DTS     Yes
DTS ES Discrete 6.1     No
DTS 96/24     No
DTS Neo 6     No
DTS-HD     No

Connectivity
Anynet+     Yes
IEEE1394 (DV in)     No
HDMI-CEC     Yes
Wireless-Ready     Yes
Wireless Module included     No
USB HOST     Yes
Composite Inputs     No
Component Inputs     No
HDMI Inputs     No
HDMI Out     Yes
SCART Out     Yes
Audio Inputs     Yes
Optical Inputs     Yes
Coaxial Inputs     No
Multi ch in     No
Multi ch out     No
i-Pod     No
Headphone Jack     No
Mic Jack     No

Tuner
XM-READY     No
FM     Yes
RDS     Yes
AM     No

Speaker
Type(Sat/Tallboy)     SAT
Stand     No
Active(Powered) S/W     No

Dimensions & Weight
Set Net Dimension(W*H*D)     16.9'' x 2.6'' x 10.1''
Spk (sub woofer) Net Dimension(W*H*D)     7.1'' x 12.6'' x 14.9''
Spk (rear) Net Dimension(W*H*D)     3.6'' x 4.7'' x 3.5''
Spk (center) Net Dimension(W*H*D)     11.8'' x 4'' x 3.6''
Gross Weight: One Packing     11.02 Lbs.
Gross Dimension (W*D*H) : One Packing     17.7'' x 19.6'' x 15.6''



Product Description
The Samsung HT-Z310T 5.1-channel single disc home theater surround sound system is high performance and high style. Now there are more ways to enjoy your home theater system. Got an iPod? It also has a dock so you can listen to music from your iPod whenever you want. This home theater system is also wireless ready, so there's no need to hide wires or trip over them. Hear the amazing sound, enjoy more capabilities with the SAMSUNG HT-Z310T.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent surround soune system for a great price, July 17, 2008

By	R. Brandwein "cathparuss" (Edison, NJ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this surround sound system with my Samsung LCD 46in 750 series HDTV.

This is a great surround sound system for the price. I was not looking to spend a crazy amount of $$ for a surround sound system. Some go for over $1000.

I am overall extremely satisfied with this product. Setup was easy, but the manual is somewhat confusing.
Sound is great. I use an optical digital audio cable (NOT included--about $30-$50 depending on length) from this system to HDTV. This is the best way for me, as I then don't have to connect anything else to the surround system. Any device that I use (Cable, Wii, XBOX 360), gets connected to the TV & the sound goes from the TV to the system via the optical audio cable.

Also, has anynet+. Which means that any other Samsung device's remote with anynet+ can operate the system (& vice versa) without programming.

Had built in up-converting DVD player. Is not an HD-DVD, but will up-convert any DVD to a better digital looking & sounding DVD. The built in DVD player gives you one less device in your home theater

Issues that could be better (therefore 4 star):

Wires for rear speakers could be longer. They are only about 30ft. Need to be at least 50 feet, or maybe even longer, to adequately run the wires over doors so they don't run across the room

Also, the speaker wires that connect to the samsung system itself are attached to a special connector. Therefore, you can't just run your own speaker wire from the system. You need to "splice" additional wire to the wires provided (Samsung doesn't sell longer wires, I called them).

The wires that do come with the system are not great in terms of gauge (samsung doesn't even known what gauge they are--level 2 support had no idea), but based on the size, I'm guessing about 18, maybe even 20 gauge)

You can go wireless for the rear speakers, but that's an additional $100 for a wireless receiver. ALSO, BE AWARE, that with any wireless speaker device, it WILL INTERFERE with wireless internet (you will get bumped off router if using in same room when receiver is on), certain cordless phones & certain microwaves. For this reason, I didn't purchase the wireless receiver.

Others have mentioned issues with mounting, as the mounts cannot be turned towards a specified direction. This is NOT an issue for me, as my speakers are not mounted, so I can't comment

OVERALL, This is a great sounding system for an unbelievable price!!
If you are an audiophile, this is NOT for you. Spend over $1000 for something else. If you want great sound at a great price, then this is for you

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great sound, BAD DVD upconversion, July 31, 2008

By	J. Wright (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

First, this system is very cheap. Even if you order the $89 wireless kit (which is a bit finicky), it is still ~$300. The sound is also AMAZING for such a cheap system. I combined it with my new Samsung LN40A550 LCD TV (which has crappy speakers) and won't go back to factory TV speakers.

Also, Anynet is better than you think. Having you Samsung TV automatically control your volume through the HDMI cable is awesome. One remote!

As mentioned elsewhere, the iPod interface is awful. As a graduate student who likes to throw parties, it was a complete annoyance to find that the interface will only play songs in alphabetical order!

BUT, the worst problem BY FAR is the upconversion of the DVDs to 1080p resolution. In short, the 1080p resolution is SO pixelated, I can see the pixels from 8 feet away. This was confirmed by other users at avsforums.cmom. To make the image slightly smoother, I have the DVD Player set to standard output at 480p (non-HD) resolution and let the TV do its best to display the signal. My TV is expensive and does a decent job. In other words: it is identical to using a $40 non-upconversion DVD player. In general this is unacceptable. But it will have to do until I graduate!

If you don't mind standard DVD image quality and just need a cheap high-quality sound system: buy it. If you need good images from your DVD collection, buy a more expensive system.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very happy so far, April 28, 2008

By	M. Abbott - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

We have had this for about a week and are so far very pleased. I am not an expert but I think the sound quality is very good. You do have to read the instructions to figure out all the different bells and whistles (especially to figure out when to get the 5.1 vs 2 speaker sound). we have a 46" Samsung LCD so they are in sync with each other- my only complaint is that when I have them linked and I turn on the system to listen to a CD it also turns on my tv...a little gripe but I can get over it. We would have liked to have gotten the HT-Z410 with the 5 discs but the depth of that unit was too big for our entertainment system. All in all- for the price we couldn't be happier with the unit. We always buy from Amazon- wonderful service!