I have an older flat screen. When I play older dvd's the sound is fine. Newer ones the sound is garbled and voices muffled. Will this speaker help
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Probably not. The speaker only reproduces what the TV is doing. You could try your audio settings on the TV to see if a different setting works with the newer DVDs.
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My TV also gives me problems with the DVD player...it accepts discs, but then the disc ejects only to not accept the DVD. Then there are times it has so much static that the TV crackles loudly and I fear it's going to blow up...then there's times it doesn't do it. My color is faded and not definite and sharp with red shadows on certain programs i.e. NCIS. Michele Tucci
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I have not had an issue with sound with the unit. I guess it depends on what you are trying to achieve for sound. I think the unit is a bit slow for response is my biggest concern. Otherwise I just use it to play L&H; classic films. Because it was much cheaper to buy the region 2 library disc set than it was for ntsc by about 200.00.
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Hey Dennis,Try one more thing..I know it sounds weird but it's the way my Onkyo works..On the listening modes button (on the remote )where it says movie/tv..try pressing that button ( even though it starts on DVD multichannel ) all around till it gets back to DVD multichannel..you will have to pass all the other settings such as DVD mono movie..DVD TV logic, DVD all channel stereo, DVD full mono, DVD theater dimensional, DVD mono...all the way till DVD multichannel comes back on...If I do this..my surround system comes alive as well as my sub-woofer..Good Luckkeep me posted. Tom Hey Dennis,Try one more thing..I know it sounds weird but it's the way my Onkyo works..On the listening modes button (on the remote )where it says movie/tv..try pressing that button ( even though it starts on DVD multichannel ) all around till it gets back to DVD multichannel..you will have to pass all the other settings such as DVD mono movie..DVD TV logic, DVD all channel stereo, DVD full mono, DVD theater dimensional, DVD mono...all the way till DVD multichannel comes back on...If I do this..my surround system comes alive as well as my sub-woofer..Good Luckkeep me... » Read More Hey Dennis,Try one more thing..I know it sounds weird but it's the way my Onkyo works..On the listening modes button (on the remote )where it says movie/tv..try pressing that button ( even though it starts on DVD multichannel ) all around till it gets back to DVD multichannel..you will have to pass all the other settings such as DVD mono movie..DVD TV logic, DVD all channel stereo, DVD full mono, DVD theater dimensional, DVD mono...all the way till DVD multichannel comes back on...If I do this..my surround system comes alive as well as my sub-woofer..Good Luckkeep me posted. Tom « Show Less
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Not really sure, but my wife plays some older DVD's from time to time and it always works.
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The sound is really poor. One thing I have noticed is that the sound from regular DirecTV channels is much louder than the sound from HDTV channels or the one from the DVD or Blue Ray player. I have everything connected with HDMI cables. I tried also with optical cable with the same results. The volume difference appears also when I listen thru the Home theater. Does anyone know if this is normal?
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I dont seem to be having that problem. Make sure you are using an optical cable or HDMI w/A.R., not RCA plugs. Or, if your TV has the ability, shut off the internal speakers.
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Verne, I bought this for my parents who are in their mid sixties because they recently purchased a flat screen and the sound wasn't as clear as they had hoped. After attaching the sound bar they were blown away at how much clearer and richer the sound was. Buy it now.
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When watching regular TV the speakers are great. When watching a DVD, I have to turn the volume way up. I have not tried to add speakers
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Probably a connection issue with one of the components hooked to the TV (mine happened to be a Sony DVD player...) removed that and the hum went away. Gave me an excuse to get a progressive scan DVD player... hooked it up and still no noise. It took me a bit to narrow it down, since I've got so many console systems. ;)
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Mine registers my wii and dvd player well. I don't know about speakers alone, my surround sound is connected differently. I have to unplug the power cable for the little white box and replug it back in each time i want to use it, for some reason it wont register if i dont. But i have never had connection problems besides that. I have a vizio smart led tv and i connected the box to a hdmi cable and then to the tv. For the price its a decent find. If the price ever goes up though I wouldn't buy since i do have to replug it every time i use it.
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I purchased one of these a couple of months ago and the sound is OK, nothing spectacular. You should be able to hear it though; so you may consider sending it back. Knowing that the sound volume isn't so great, I already had a small bluetooth speaker that I connected to this TV/DVD player and it soinds fantastic. I used a straight wire to hook up the external speaker because this player doesn't have bluetooth capabilities. You can purchase on of these speakers from Amazon at a very reasonable price, around $30. It is very small and will make a big difference in the sound performance.
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I'm using it for a TV so if your DVD player has the correct audio output it should work fine.
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I just set mine up and I'm having the same issue. Voices are muffled and distant, guitars and horns also. I tried cranking up the surround, then the center, switching back and forth from DTS to DD without luck. BD seems to have great sound and play fine, then my old DVD's (so far Steely Dan 2 Against Nature and Allman Brothers Live at the Beacon which BOTH sounded spectcular with a $40 DVD player plugged into my home stereo using only the 2 channel mode output) are very bass heavy, you can barely hear the guitars or backup singers even when you are looking at them on the stunning picture from the Samsung 50" plasma. SOMEONE else must be noticing this from what was the best you could get 5 years ago? Thanks in advance. Otherwise when playing radio sound has more balance and while not up to the levels of my old stereo system now in the basement to eliminate clutter in my small living room, I was expecting far better sound from this system when playing my DVD's with DD and DTS encoding on this system that sounded soooo incredible on the old stuff. HELP?
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Mine works fine with the Samsung TV, I am unable to get sound from the DVD player through the TV when watching movies. I am hooking up the optical cable to see it that resolves the issue
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I do not have that problem on my system. You do have to change the setting on the receiver with the remote to match the HDMI input you selected. If your doing that and your not getting sound and your speaker setting is correct then you might have a problem with the HDMI ports.
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I have not had an issue with sound with the unit. I guess it depends on what you are trying to achieve for sound. I think the unit is a bit slow for response is my biggest concern. Otherwise I just use it to play L&H classic films. Because it was much cheaper to buy the region 2 library disc set than it was for ntsc by about 200.00.