Good Blu-ray and upscaled DVD video performance, Loud, bombastic audio
Slooooow load-up times, Not compatible with all BD-J or BD Live, No video inputs
Unboxing Samsungs HT-BD2 is much like making love to an Eskimo; theres an awful lot of unwrapping to be done before you get to the tasty bits. Its 7.1, you see, equating to eight speakers in total, with one being a meaty subwoofer. Plus, the main un...
Abstract: Samsung’s HT-BD2 is the very first fully-integrated home cinema system to incorporate a Blu-ray Disc drive. The 7.1 channel AV receiver feeds four very robust ‘tallboy’ loudspeakers, two surround speakers, a centre channel speaker plus a hefty subwoof...
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Published: 2008-04-07, Author: Steve , review by: asia.cnet.com
7.1-channel Blu-ray home cinema; built-in Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding; elegant styling, with four tallboy speakers; full-size subwoofer; upscales DVDs to 1080p.
Very expensive; only Blu-ray Profile 1.0 compliant; few jacks for connecting external sources; slow disc loading; no auto speaker calibration.
The Samsung HT-BD2 delivers the sort of top-notch video quality youd expect from the worlds first HTIB with built-in Blu-ray--but its high price, average audio quality, and lack of extras make it tough to recommend.
