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Brand: Samsung EAN: 0036725216501 Item Dimensions: Label: SAMSUNG Manufacturer: SAMSUNG Model: SIR-T165 MPN: SIR-T165 Publisher: SAMSUNG Studio: SAMSUNG Features:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Samsung's award-winning technology leads the industry in flexibility for delivering free over-the-air digital television signals to almost any DTV-ready television or DTV-capable computer monitor. The feature-packed Samsung SIR-T165 easily tunes and decodes all 18 approved ATSC DTV broadcast formats, and directly supports Favorite Channel and Closed Caption functions. You will be able to view HDTV, SDTV, and listen to DTV broadcasts in exciting Dolby Digital Sound. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Look elsewhereI've had this unit for about two years, well really I've put up with it for two years. At the time it was released, it was the hottest thing on the market, but it's still junk in my opinion. Slow to change channels, locks up every time I switch to my local CBS station, takes forever to reboot, doesn't lock onto signals as well as my integrated sony set, etc. LG has supposedly got some nice units out these days... Rating:  - Works great for me.I think the people that are giving this bad reviews either don't know how to use it or dont have the correct support in their area. No reason to rate the receiver badly. It works great for me. Rating:  - Solution to lock up problemI too have been plagued by the HELLO display lock up issue. I called Samsung and they recommened: Unplug the unit from AC Remove the Antenna connection from the back of the unit. Plug back into AC power on then plug the antenna back in Rating: - ALMOST WORTHLESS WARRANTYUnit is slow to respond to channel changes. When it stopped responding, I was introduced to the ALMOST WORTHLESS WARRANTY. No service centers around the country. No exchange program, even while under warranty and with a credit card. Must be shipped to New Jersey, at customer expense. Customer risks improper packaging being blamed for additional damage. Samsung reps show no concern for customer at all - they seem to think their warranty service policy is OK. After faxing copy of invoice 6 days ... Read More Rating: - Could be lots betterA consequence of Samsung's policy of speeding products to market. This box has a mind of its own in deciding and remembering which channels are NTSC and which are DTV -- an opaque process that is hard for the consumer to override or reset. The worst problem is that there is a programming bug in the ASTC mode that Fox used *last year* for "Widescreen." (Fortunately, Fox uses real HDTV this year.) The top and bottom of the image were cut off so you lost things like the score on football games. (This ... Read More |
