Gadgetlite 360: Samsung HT-C5200 Blu-ray 2.1 Home Entertainment System

When you blend the amazing HD Blu-ray visuals with the Dolby HD surround sound, you take the entertainment experience to a higher level. And with access to internet, wireless transfers and an iPod cradle, you will discover a new world that is dedicated to entertaining all your senses.

Infinite online entertainment with Internet@TV.

Samsung’s Internet@TV feature sets new standards for connected Blu-ray players. The new Internet@TV platform provides viewers with a gateway to a multitude of entertainment ranging from Video, Music, News and Social Networking. Internet@TV offers a diverse range of online content, simply content you devise to the internet via ethernet cable or wirelessly via Samsung wireless LAN adaptor to access great online services such as Lovefilm (coming soon) movie streaming, BBC iPlayer (coming soon), Muzu.TV music and many others.

Crystal clear clarity.

Let the Samsung BD Player’s crystal-clear sea of sound carry you away. Engineered with noise compensation technology, the Crystal Amplifier eliminates distracting distortion by quickly sensing signal changes and enhancing response speed. And it delivers audio that’s rich, realistic and polished so that you feel like you’re right in the middle of the action. With the Samsung BD Player, you hear exactly what you’re supposed to be hearing.

Connect your iPod and iPhone for more fun.

Integrating your electronic devices with each other is an important part of the home entertainment experience. That’s why the Samsung BD Player makes it easy to incorporate your iPhone and iPod into your home theatre system. Just set either into the provided docking cradle and you’ll be able to enjoy your favourite songs and videos — and share them with your friends and family — while charging. It’s all conveniently controlled with your home theatre remote so you don’t have to leave the couch.

Enhance your entertainment.

Whether you want to connect your game console or HD set-top box to your system directly, Samsung’s home entertainment systems makes it easy with a convenient HDMI input. Typically not available on conventional systems, your entertainment experience is enhanced by the system’s multi-channel sound. Incorporate and manage your stand-alone hi-def devices with ease.

Smart Volume levels things out.

Some channels are louder than others. As if that weren’t enough, volume often varies between the program and commercials, not to mention between action scenes and dialog within the program. But Samsung’s Smart Volume technology lets you make adjustments and determine settings so that volume levels are evened out and you can enjoy your favorite shows, movies and sports without constantly fussing with the remote.

Wireless Ready

Wireless access to the infinite possibilities of next generation entertainment is as easy as plugging the Wireless LAN Adaptor** into the back of the HT-C5200. Internet@TV and Allshare content can be accessed without wires, so you don't need position your player in the reach of an ethernet wire to enjoy the additional multimedia features on your Samsung Blu-ray player.

**Adaptor is not included.

Simple system. Sophisticated sound.

Samsung’s Virtual Surround delivers that sophisticated surround sound effect without the clutter of additional speakers and tangled wires. Utilizing just two stereo speakers, your ears will barely be able to distinguish Virtual Surround’s efficient, powerful 2.1 channel system from larger, more complex 5.1 and 7.1 channel systems. Which makes it a perfect way to enjoy your favourite movies and music artists.

Connecting is easy with All Share.

Now you can enjoy movies, music and photos from your PC and other mobile devices, right on your Samsung TV screen. With Samsung's Allshare (powered by DLNA) you can wirelessly (Samsung LAN adaptor required) sync your PC and Samsung mobile phone with your Blu-ray player, streaming content and even keeping tabs on who’s calling and texting you with real-time monitoring on your screen. Samsung’s All Share makes staying connected easy.

HD audio without going to the cinema.

Feel like you’re part of the film, and in the band, with the Samsung BD Player. It immerses you in a cinematic audio environment that pumps out pure, precise surround sound with dramatic depth of detail. It supports DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD formats — which, because of their uncompressed HD sound, are only found in AV systems of the highest quality — as well as Dolby Digital Plus.

Experience the pinnacle of picture quality.

Blu-ray is the only way you can get full HD 1080p images on your new HD TV. Bring your TV to life with a Samsung Blu-ray player. Experience 5x the quality of standard DVD, the Full HD 1080p quality engulfs you with spectacular detail – rich, eye-popping colours and super-sharp, ultra-realistic images that enhance everything on your screen.