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Samsung HT-C6930 3D Blu-ray home cinema set

All-in-one surround sound kit doesn’t come much better

As I alluded to earlier, 3D is just one of the HT-C6930’s many talents and it’s worth mentioning that the audio reproduction is equally as impressive as the picture. Those eight speakers deliver a beautifully controlled soundscape. Even cranked up loud, there’s no distortion as vocals, effects and musical score are blended almost perfectly.

Samsung HT C6930 Home Cinema

There are multiple audio configurations to choose from

When Mary arrives in the government’s monster facility you feel every clunk of the sliding walls and plummeting lift.

If sprawling speakers cables are not acceptable, you can plonk the surround L & R speakers alongside the front speakers and engage the "DPL IIz" mode for a supposedly enhanced vertical surround system. I tried it and frankly couldn’t detect much difference between a 5.1 and a 7.1 configuration, but at least you’ve still got the wireless rears beavering away.

If media streaming is your bag then this system does as good a job as any on the market with both wired and 802.11n wireless networking and DLNA for accessing content. It works nicely, and the manual has the best explanations of how to set-up a network manually than any other home cinema product I’ve seen. The interface is, like that of the whole system, a joy to use and compatibility is extensive but does preclude connected disks formatted with the NFTS file system.

The Internet TV selection on the other hand is rudimentary and nothing to get over-excited about.

Verdict

RH Editor's Choice

All-in-one surround sound systems don’t come much better than the HT-C6930, not just in terms of audio performance, but also looks, build quality, value for money and functionality. Disc-spinning is its forte, with first-class Blu-ray performance helping to make it as good a ready-made 3D system as you’re ever likely to find. ®

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Samsung HT C6930 Home Cinema

Samsung HT-C6930 3D Blu-ray home cinema set

Every trick in the home cinema book including eye-popping 3D pictures in Full HD
Price: £600 RRP

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