Why You Can Trust CNET Samsung's home theater line gets pricing, available now
Samsung's home theater line has been mostly known since CES 2012, but the devices are finally available with pricing.
Samsung showed most of its home theater line at CES 2012, but the company finally got official with pricing at a media event in New York this morning.
While the products weren't new, they're now officially available, with pricing (estimated selling price) breaking down as follows:
Blu-ray players
Samsung BD-E5300: $100
Samsung BD-E5700: $150
Samsung BD-E5900: $180
Samsung BD-E6000: $230
Samsung BD-E6500: $230
Blu-ray home theater systems
Samsung HT-E4500: $350
Samsung HT-E5400: $450
Samsung HT-E5500W: $550
Sound bars
Samsung HW-E350: $230
Samsung HW-E450: $350
Samsung HW-E550: $450
Samsung HW-E551: $450
That pricing may not seem surprising if you're still accustomed to Blu-ray pricing from 2011, but the high-end models will be a hard sell as Blu-ray pricing has dropped quite a bit in 2012. For example, LG's flagship BP620 is available on Amazon $140, while Samsung's BD-E6500 is going for $200. Yes, the BD-E6500 has some extra features, like dual HDMI inputs, but neither of Samsung's premium priced players seems like a particularly good deal. (The BD-E5900 is available for a more reasonable street price of $150.)
The most intriguing feature of Samsung's new home theater lineup is the disc-to-digital feature. I'm hoping to get Samsung's new Blu-ray players in for review soon, so I'll be able to see how well they actually work.