Samsung HT-C650W Home Theater System
Review by R. Picard "RP" : Decent system

For the money, the HT-650W is a decent HTB system. It does the job as far as enhancing the sound on my Samsung 52 LCD TV. The bass is not as thunderous as you would get with a Bose system, but your also not paying $2000 to $3000 for the system. The wireless rear speakers work flawlessly and the sound from my Ipod sounds great when placed in the Ipod cradle. For under $200 bucks, it was a steal!

Samsung HT-C650W Home Theater System
Review by Matthew Morse "matthew" : Not bad. Not great, but not bad.

I recently purchased this Samsung system as a replacement to my previous Samsung system that was destroyed in a house fire. I'm no audiophile, but I do know good sound when I hear it.

Before buying this set, I had considered sound bars and other 2.1 systems (mainly Bose) as I live in an apartment and my living room isn't all that big, nor did I want the system to blow away my neighbors. I ended up with this, though for a couple of reasons:

For the money, it's a good system. It's almost identical to the last albeit with wireless rear speakers. Which is my first point. The wireless rear speakers just work. You plug in a transmitter to the back of the unit and then plug the rear speakers into a receiver unit that you plug into the wall. So the rear speakers aren't truly wireless, but they're good enough. I did buy some nice stands to put them on so that I could hide the speaker wire. The receiver box is small (about the size of a Nintendo Wii or similar) and unobtrusive. I set it next to my couch on the floor under a side table and you can't see it unless you're looking for it. Also, the couch hides the wires coming from the farthest speaker.

The speakers are good. Not great, but they'll do. They don't have any grilles on them, which is a bit annoying. They look good, but if you've got toddlers on the move or a big dog, I'd suggest wall-mounting them or putting them up on stands to get them out of the way of curious fingers and/or sharp teeth. My rear speakers exhibit a bit of fuzziness at low volumes, especially when I'm sitting right next to one of them, but turn up the volume and have a steady flow of sound, and you never hear it. I'm guessing this might be a slight loss in transmission from the transmitter to the rear receiver, but I may be wrong.

The setup for this system was incredibly easy. Samsung color-codes their speaker wires so you can't really mess it up. The only bad thing about this is that if you want new, more or better speaker wire, you're going to have to get something Samsung compatible with their connections or either do some MacGuyvering to get their connection onto your wire of choice (which may defeat the purpose of better speaker wire). The good thing about this system vs. my last one, is that the wires weren't permanently attached to the speakers so I can upgrade my speakers at any point by just unplugging the wires from these and plugging them into the back of something nicer. I doubt I'll ever need anything more, but it's an option. Back to the setup, Samsung provides a microphone for an auto setup feature and while I never could get it to pick up every speaker every time (it would miss at least one each time), it did seem to get things close enough for me.

This system works flawlessly with my Samsung 46" LCD HDTV and while I don't use the remote (I have a Logitech Harmony remote), it seemed easy enough to use and matched the remote to my TV almost button for button.

For the money, there aren't much better systems out there. Especially if you're looking for rear speakers that are wireless. It's a good starter set or a replacement to an old setup if you just want to add in the all-in-one capability of the box.

Samsung HT-C650W Home Theater System
Review by Philazon : Great product, great price

This is an awesome system. Worked right out of the box, no confusing set up for the wireless speakers. This is one of the few sets that comes with the wireless rear speakers, and at a great price. Keep in mind, the rear speakers still are wired, they just wire into a wireless hub that you can hid behind the couch or whatever (no wires across the room). They look cool too. I'd definitely recommend these if you are looking for reasonable surround sound and don't want to pay that extra $100 for the wireless adapter you would need with standard systems.