Samsung HT-E5500W HTIB 5.1 Channel 3D Blu-ray 1000-Watt Home Theater System

I am a accepted buyer of the HT-C6900W and absolutely annoyed with the system. My analysis of the 6900W is accessible actuality on Amazon and aggregate I declared there still charcoal the same. Never had an affair with achievement or believability for over two years of use. It aloof sounds abundant (for an HTIB) and works after a hiccup.

I afresh relocated to a additional home and purchased the E5500W for it. The amount of the E5500W is cheaper than that the C6900W (even at the end of archetypal year blaze auction price) was but I still had aerial expectations as I was advertence the amount abatement to newer and cheaper technologies.

While the achievement is similar, there are a few "compromises" that diminishes the affection of the E5500W compared to the C6900W:
- No autocalibration. This isn't a big accord as you can still bite in the ambit and dB account of anniversary speaker.
- No onboard 1gb centralized anamnesis for BD Live. Don't absolutely affliction about that.
- Still no Amazon Instant! Come on Samsung, I'm a Prime member!
- The alien is angular with abate buttons and not backlit.
- Front left, appropriate speakers are distinct woofer while the C6900W are bifold (the E6500W looks to be able with double). Center, rears and sub looks to be the same.
- Complete affection is actual acceptable but accent and low bass assume aloof anytime so hardly deadened analyze to the C6900W.
- Some changeless babble comes from rear speakers. It is infrequent, maybe a few abnormal for about every hour of use but this never happened on the C6900W. I don't anticipate it's the speakers themselves but the wireless rear connection. I'm not factoring in this in the allegory as I will barter if the botheration continues or worsens. It could additionally be an affair with the cable feed.

Of advance actuality two years newer, there are some affection upgrades:
- Smart Hub blueprint is bigger organized.
- Able with a web browser that works in a pinch. Too clumsy for accustomed use but nice new addition.
- No added accounting in look fields by acute cardinal buttons like sending a argument bulletin on old corpuscle phones. A letter alternative box comes up so you can use the directional keys. This is abundant added convenient.
- Remote, admitting a bit awkward as declared above, now has absolute buttons for Nexflix and Pandora. This is abundant for me as I use those two online appearance the most.
- 2D to 3D about-face appropriate on the remote.

More importantly, there are additionally some achievement enhancements compared to the C6900W:
- The 3D complete feature. It does add to the immersive aftereffect by pumping added aggregate to the rear accessory speakers. This is appropriate on the alien and can be set to High, Med, Low and Off and you will use all four settings depending on the agreeable you're watching.
- Equalizer now accessible to adapt the complete setting. This is a actual accustomed addition. You accept abundant added ascendancy in dressmaking the complete to your taste.
- Disc amount times improved. Still not the best about but conspicuously bigger than the C6900W.
- Picture affection for blu-ray and dvd upconverted still on par with the best blu-ray players.

Bottom line: The arrangement still sounds actual good, bigger than that of Sony, Panny and LG's equavlents. It should be according to that of aftermost year's D5500 rated by Consumer Reports as the best BluRay HTIB by far alike admitting it lacked wireless rears and NO HDMI inputs. It was the alone HTIB to be rated "Very Good" on complete affection while others were aloof acceptable or worse. Still, it aloof doesn't accept absolutely the aforementioned bite and accuracy as the C6900W. Perhaps that's the aberration amid the 5xxx and 6xxx series. Given the price, I will accumulate this arrangement as this year's amount aberration amid the two is over $200! Subjectively speaking, I would barter for the E6500W if the amount aberration was $50 or less. The E6500W has these new exhaustion tubes that allegedly makes it complete bigger (advertised as able brand surround) but could additionally be a gimmick. I listened to it at the abundance and I anamnesis cerebration that it doesn't complete that altered from the C6900W.

Yes, I am somewhat aghast as my appellation says because I accepted the same, if not bigger complete achievement as my two year old system. It's a cleft below. What I am experiencing is aftereffect of dispatch bottomward a alternation alike admitting 2 years apart. Don't let my disappointment fool you. This is still a actual acceptable arrangement for the price.