Customer reviews from Samsung US
Samsung - 840W 7.2-Ch. 3D Pass Through Receiver with built-in Blu-ray Disc Player
Average customer rating
4.3
(39 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 39 reviews
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
0
1 Star
3
86%of customers recommend this product.
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30 out of
35)
Customer Reviews for Samsung - 840W 7.2-Ch. 3D Pass Through Receiver with built-in Blu-ray Disc Player
Customer Rating
5
on March 27, 2012
Posted by: Rayjjw
from AC, CA
Expertise:Expert
I love this receiver, works great, i love the bi-amp feature, everything about is great except for the fact that when u are controlling the ipod via the stereo when going through artist it shows all songs by the artist rather than showing albums by artist.
Pros: responsive, wi-fi
Cons: Too big
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
great receiver
on May 11, 2012
Posted by: SOCIOPAPI
from BROWNSVILLE, TX
Expertise:Beginner
loved it and the blue ray features love that more i couldn't ask for anything more
Pros: Built-in speakers, Durable
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
LuvNMySamsungSound
on April 12, 2013
Posted by: LuvNallMySamsungs
from Alabama
Expertise:Intermediate
If you have a TV as brilliant as Samsung, you have to have the sound to go with it. My house is better than a movie theater. I love this product as a perfect compliment to my 3D TV.
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Inexpensive, Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Wow
on June 13, 2011
Posted by: Nickisnotmyname
from Flyoverland, MN
Expertise:Expert
I started out looking for a solid AV receiver that would play nice with my Samsung TV and TIVO box. I wasn't seriously interested in the Blu Ray player because I have an excellent (older) upconverting Samsung player for DVD's. After looking at this it was an easy decision. This was less than $100 more than the receivers I was looking at and it has Blu Ray built in. I liked the way Anynet worked between the DVD player and the set, and this seems to work even better and offer more choices.
As you can see, I didn't have a huge list of criteria for buying this. Once I got it out of the box, I was shocked with how many other capabilities it has.
What really surprised me was the on screen interface and the network hub. It found the PC's in the house during setup without me having to do anything. Pandora worked flawlessly, the Netflix button is a good idea and I'm extremely happy with the ASC microphone for setup. I have very high end Jamo speakers and the ASC setup accurately classified them and correctly measured their positions in the listening area.
I was sliightly confused when I couldn't change sound fields when playing a Blu Ray like I could with the old DVD player and receiver. I understand this has to do with Blu Ray specs. The sound is truly movie theater quality.
My only complaint is with the Anynet connection to the TV. You turn it on and it switches the input away from the TIVO HDMI input onto the Anynet device (great!). You turn it off and it rotates the TV input to the tuner, not back to the TIVO (not so great). A little software tweak would allow Anynet to return to the previous selected input when Anynet connections are broken.... good idea?
I had two small issues with the BigBox retailer I bought it from. The sales person tried to warn me away from a combination device with a built in Blu Ray reader in it. It's always been an issue in combination devices since the days of tv/vcr combos. It might be a risk here, but it's a risk I can take for the price. The thing that really annoyed me was his attempt to warn me away from Samsung because he thinks the firmware support is poor. Somethings wrong with Samsung's relationship with this BigBox retail chain if the staff is doing this.
As you can see, I didn't have a huge list of criteria for buying this. Once I got it out of the box, I was shocked with how many other capabilities it has.
What really surprised me was the on screen interface and the network hub. It found the PC's in the house during setup without me having to do anything. Pandora worked flawlessly, the Netflix button is a good idea and I'm extremely happy with the ASC microphone for setup. I have very high end Jamo speakers and the ASC setup accurately classified them and correctly measured their positions in the listening area.
I was sliightly confused when I couldn't change sound fields when playing a Blu Ray like I could with the old DVD player and receiver. I understand this has to do with Blu Ray specs. The sound is truly movie theater quality.
My only complaint is with the Anynet connection to the TV. You turn it on and it switches the input away from the TIVO HDMI input onto the Anynet device (great!). You turn it off and it rotates the TV input to the tuner, not back to the TIVO (not so great). A little software tweak would allow Anynet to return to the previous selected input when Anynet connections are broken.... good idea?
I had two small issues with the BigBox retailer I bought it from. The sales person tried to warn me away from a combination device with a built in Blu Ray reader in it. It's always been an issue in combination devices since the days of tv/vcr combos. It might be a risk here, but it's a risk I can take for the price. The thing that really annoyed me was his attempt to warn me away from Samsung because he thinks the firmware support is poor. Somethings wrong with Samsung's relationship with this BigBox retail chain if the staff is doing this.
Pros: value for the money, works out of the box, more capable than i expected
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Loaded Reciever
on July 18, 2011
Posted by: OliBogoli
from Houston, TX
Expertise:Intermediate
I bought this to eliminate some equipment from my TV console. This Receiver with built in 3D Blue ray player, iPod connection, FM Radio, front and rear HDMI connections, sleek look, SMART features with full internet connectivity, wireless, and many other features compelled me to buy this unit, I have been using it without any complaints and enjoying the quality of picture, excellent sound output and easy to use internet applications. I wish they had more options for video files like AVI and others.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
It's a great product.
on October 15, 2011
Posted by: vencyus
from Los Angeles
Expertise:Expert
I've used this receiver almost every day for the last 6 months and I love it. Everything you need for home theater is in the box. Great features and design. It looks beautiful under my Samsung plasma and the sound which comes from it is great. I fell in love with Samsung since I both my first computer display ten years ago and truly believe they are going the right way (quality, pricing, design and features ).
Connectivity was my main concern with this one, but not anymore. It connects to my home network easily, see all my computers and handhelds thru wireless and play my music, videos and pictures. The only thing I wish it was better, its ability to play more audio and video formats, but I guess this is coming with the updates which are very easy and automatic thru the internet.
Having BD player integrated is a wonderful idea. Saves you room, less cables and remote. I sold my previous (Samsung ) one right the way. One thing I wish could be better here. It's very sensitive to slight scratched audio CDs. It does not want to play them at all, but I can play them on my regular CD player. I guess Blue ray players are not intended to do all the job, I just wished I didn't have to use my old CD player anymore. As far as a 3D player is allot better then any player I've tested so far.
What else, no cones so far, I hope it will last forever and definitely will recommend to everyone. Great job Samsung!
Connectivity was my main concern with this one, but not anymore. It connects to my home network easily, see all my computers and handhelds thru wireless and play my music, videos and pictures. The only thing I wish it was better, its ability to play more audio and video formats, but I guess this is coming with the updates which are very easy and automatic thru the internet.
Having BD player integrated is a wonderful idea. Saves you room, less cables and remote. I sold my previous (Samsung ) one right the way. One thing I wish could be better here. It's very sensitive to slight scratched audio CDs. It does not want to play them at all, but I can play them on my regular CD player. I guess Blue ray players are not intended to do all the job, I just wished I didn't have to use my old CD player anymore. As far as a 3D player is allot better then any player I've tested so far.
What else, no cones so far, I hope it will last forever and definitely will recommend to everyone. Great job Samsung!
Pros: Inexpensive, Durable, Lightweight, design and features
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
4
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Best AVR combo
on April 4, 2012
Posted by: saloh
from GA
Expertise:Expert
If you want and all around receiver, this is it. tired of clutter in your entertainment console, then this is it. The receiver is great, 3D picture is great, enough HDMI imputs, sound quality is excellent, and the built in WIFi is a kicker. I have it hooked up to to my, samsung 3D tv un55d8000yxfza, the best there is, so yes when it comes 3D, like samsung says iam in wonderland.
The only issue is that the USB is not compartible with my Samsung galaxy captivate. This is a no no The USB is compartible with the Iphone/Ipod and Ipad. but not compartible with your own product, what a shame. Samsung you need to fix this fast and yes very fast.
Well because iam technical I have been able to listen to my music on the phone via allshare or connecting av cables with a 3.5 audion jack on one end, but my.
Well because iam technical I have been able to listen to my music on the phone via allshare or connecting av cables with a 3.5 audion jack on one end, but my.
Pros: Bright display, Durable, Realistic color, good 3d output, excellent 3d audio, nice built in 3d bluray player
Cons: remote control could be better, needs auto input selection or one button each
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
smart/easy
on August 4, 2011
Posted by: drumtrap
from chicagoland
Expertise:Expert
moved out of the sony es9000 with adcom amps and M & K speakers to this. Kept the speakers. The encoding is fairly smart, the set-up options are unique and quit flexible. I have yet to try a better mic on the auto speaker set-up as the one provided is not sensitive enough apparently. I am using this with the c9000 55" tv and their seems to be so many differant ways for this and the tv and the 9000's touch remote to be interconnected to the wi-fi, IR, fibre optic, hdmi, etc that it is going to be a challenge to get the right priorities set. I am running this all off a mac airport express network which seems to be working fine. all in all this seems to be a good solution to todays connectivity issues. NICE PRODUCT.
Pros: connectivity
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US