Terrible sound, lighting, and high cheese factor
580089
Unfortunately, I ordered this dvd before I read some of the reviews on it. Being that there was another review that started that the sound dropped in the first 10 minutes of the dvd and never came back on, it sounds like this is a major problem with the product.

Even without the sound problem this had to be one of the worst documentories I have ever seen in my life. It was cheap and the presentation was not worth the high price tag. I felt the presentation in the documentary "Samurai - The Last Warriors" was much better and more informative.
4187067
The light is awesome, the noise however is horrendous. it is not little noise to be covered by music.  This is not something to get your kid for night time use.  I chose to overlook the noise comments in the previous reviews....don't
2732540
This item was terrible with my Vizio TV. The bass level is far too bass-y which doesn't add to the sound quality whatsoever. The sound echoes and  makes it even harder to hear than without the unit. Thought how bad could it be for the rock bottom price of $99 - but - not even worth that. Not worth $10. My computer speakers sound better.
The controls are confusing - I understand it's to keep the sleek design - the options are displayed by pairs of flashing lights. Now if I don't have the manual handy I have to guess because it doesn't give any clue to what the lights mean. I does hook up to bluetooth rather easily - that was nice. But for the money, my computer speakers do just as good of a job (I just wanted a remote - but that's not worth the money).
3560008
I recently TiVo'd this concert but it was not broadcast in High Definition and it was only in stereo but all the same, it was stunning so when I saw it available on DVD with (supposedly)better video quality and surround sound I jumped at the chance to buy it. What a disappointment! The video color is all washed out and very blue and over-exposed looking and there's no depth to the audio tracks. They lack bass and are way too bright. The sleeve says it has 5.1 Surround but the menu offers only 4.1 Surround or 4.1 DTS (never heard of 4.1 anything - what is THAT??). The DTS track is no better (usually DTS is much superior). The surround sound mix is awful and the audience cheers drown out Tina and the band. The stereo tracks were no better. I quickly switched back to my TiVo'd version and there she was in all her glory - rich color and fantastic dynamic range with deep bass and great presence. I'm amazed that such a poor quality DVD got to market like this. It does not do her justice.
2762957
cheezy low light.  Annoying high pitched sound comes out of it.  If you keep it outside for a decoration its fine.  Like in a pumpkin or something of that nature.
4135041
Surprising that Amazon still allows loads of 5 star reviews for inferior products, but this is one of those examples. After reading the many positive, glowing reviews of this sound bar and ordering it, I was amazed at how poor, relatively weak and low-fidelity the sound is. Maybe some of the reviews are for their other (higher?) B2 model? Either way, I was astonished when the sound coming from this thing was neither better than my Samsung TV nor really any bassier despite touting integrated mini woofer.

Since it won't work with my Samsung TV Smart Hub, I guess it has to go back.

Glaring issues:

-No HDMI, optical or aux jack input or BT (yes, I realized it when ordering but didn't anticipate the optical not working with Samsung's hub)
-Just tall enough that I can't put it in front of my TV on its cabinet. It has to be wall mounted or put on a lower shelf (which I don't have).
-Sound quality is exceptionally unremarkable, no better than your average TV in apparent wattage, bass or clarity.
-Remote is super clunky. No fine tuning. My Shield TV remote can't pair with it.
-Samsung 8000 series TV doesn't play nice with the Samsung Hub and this unit. Constantly having to deselect/reselect. Ultimately I opted back for the integrated TV speakers. Ugh.
-No LED or other readouts for volume or settings, just two lights, bright white when on, red when not. How do you know you're even doing anything? Well, it BLINKS when adjusting. Hello, 1990. Seriously.
314043
The sound is terrible.  Don't waste your money.
626494
Horrible monotone sound.  Our sharp TV from bestbuy we use for video gaming has WAY better sound than this overpriced paper weight.  Unless you have sound system, avoid this product.
2928930
I really wanted to like this.  My family is from the Buffalo area, near where Electrohome is headquartered.  Unfortunately, I'm glad it was on my wife's amazon prime so we could easily return it and I now have to admit she was right and I should have just paid the $20 extra bucks for an iHome radio.  I hate admitting when I'm wrong but in this case it wasn't even close.

The main issue is that it is incredibly bright, even at the lowest setting, and (especially annoying) even when you set the display to off, it lights up a little beacon light that is small but shows at full brightness.  Let's think about this, if someone is bothered enough by the brightness to set the screen to dark (not dim, screen is off), why would you then turn on a power light at full brightness?  They may be headquartered in North America but I think the design work is either Chinese or done by people with brain damage.

That bad design continues into the functionality.  Using the directions, it was easy enough to figure out but I guarantee my parents/wife couldn't figure it out without the directions handy at the nightstand.  For me, this would have been forgivable if they had better dimming options.  At the dimmest setting it should be barely visible in a dark room, middle should be clearly visible in a dark room but still probably too dim for daylight, and bright should be clearly visible in daylight.  In full daylight, the dimmest setting is still easily visible from across the room.

Last thing, the speaker is on the lower back of the clock, so you are getting reflected sound from what has got to be the cheapest speaker you could find.  I bought this partly because of the radio reception so I could get a clearer signal.  The signal isn't any clearer on the faint station I want to tune in (PLL sounded good, turns out to be the same as a $12 alarm clock I have) and the sound on stronger stations is so bad it wouldn't make any difference anyways.  I am not expecting anything special here; it is after all an alarm clock.  That said, I have heard a lot of cheap alarm clock radios and this one is definitely the worst.

We have a (now discontinued) Sony that works with 30-pin iPods and the sound is great, the functionality is clean and simple, the screen is too bright but at least it isn't like someone's playing a joke on you, and the price was less than this.  If they made it with a lightning connection, I'd be buying it but the new version looks like a tube that will roll right off my nightstand and costs a lot more to do things no one really cares about anyways.

I guess I'll be ordering one of those iHome alarm clocks and telling my wife she was right (again).
838182
Poor sharpness.  Too dark, ie couldn't be brightened enough w/o further degrading sharpness.  Mediocre sound.
1610455
We are returning the item immediately.  The fan makes a loud whining noise, unless you hold it at an angle.  The projection is small and out of focus even after adjustment.  The Illumination is poor unless in a dark room. Using an USB, the menu would not open the folder to load the photos.
1167516
I wanted to like this thing so bad, but:

1) The photos of the product don't give any hint as to the bizarre and obnoxious lights inside the item which flash and cycle through colors continuously.
2) It resets itself to FULL VOLUME every time it's turned off and on again
3) It begins playing audio immediately when you turn it on (which is double plus terrible because it always plays it at top volume - it'll scare the bejeezus out of anyone in the room not expecting it)
4) It has no option to play sound files in any particular order - it's basically permanently on "randomize". This makes it worthless for listening to audiobooks. I tried numbering my files from 0-10, I tried alphabetizing them, I tried both, but no good. It plays whichever file it feels like playing and you have to keep skipping through random songs/chapters to get to the one you want.
5) The (inadequate) manual is such hard core "Engrish" that I couldn't actually include it with the item as it was a gift to my grandmother and it would have done more harm than good.

The good stuff is that it's compact and heavy and it has a fairly simple UI. I would prefer it if they had not made the buttons dual-mode, or if they had made them bigger and more easy for a person without perfect vision to see. I also appreciated, especially in light of the inability to choose the order in which your audio plays, that the device remembers where you left off when you turn off the device.

Honest to god, though, that obnoxious light is ridiculous and if this were an item I were using for myself personally, the full volume on startup business would be a deal breaker. It works out for my hard of hearing grandmother, but if it had been mine I would have sent it back. As it is, I may look for another similar item that allows me to choose the order of playback.
3571517
Picture is grainy and flickery in the corners, sound quality from the mic is unusable.
720218
I bought and returned this product within a week.  I was excited to have the hard drive/DVD combo capability, but I guess the technology was too good to be true.  The features were easy to use, but the video and sound quality was just awful.  You absolutely cannot film indoors in ANY lighting.  I tried full and dim light, and the picture was too grainy to even make out a face. Outdoors it performed better, but who takes all their video outdoors? Also, with active kids, it didn't catch a good stable image of them in either natural or indoor lighting.  I was really disappointed as I wanted this type of video camera for a long time.  I'm hoping they can improve the technology in the future.  I had read other reviews about the poor performance of this camera after I returned it... I guess I should have read up a little better before purchase!
1609279
The speakers are terrible.  I had no idea a modern speaker could be so bad--far, far worse than the sound from my iPhone.  My wife and I could not tolerate the tinny sound.  Also, there is little room to connect an RF or HDMI cable in the depression in the back of the TV.  We returned the TV
1127533
I had to read the reviews after watching this to find out what I had just watched.  The plot as described sounds like it might have been a good movie if I'd have been able to see what was going on in the dark and hear what was being said.  I had the volume up loud enough to disturb my neighbors but I still couldn't hear much dialogue.  I had no problems hearing all the sound effects and the horrible, monotonous "music" effects.  Maybe if a decent director was in charge of this, and real producers, and they could get a good sound crew and lighting technicians, then this might be a fairly decent movie.  I'm not going to hold my breath on that, though.  I certainly won't be watching this one again!  I'm ashamed to admit that I watched it the first time!
1511412
Not worth a plug dime... terrible sound quality