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Question

soundbar Samsung HW-F450 OR HW-J450

Mar 22, 2016 6:06PM PDT

I've Samsung LED TV 40".Planning to buy Samsung soundbar HW-F450 OR HW-J450.
surrounded OR 3D sound plus.Want to use for Music and movies both equal.which one to choose?
Please help

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soundbar HW-F450 OR HW-J450
Mar 22, 2016 6:10PM PDT

and would like to have less future issues.

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Flip a coin- one is the newer model
Mar 23, 2016 7:12AM PDT

I usually steer folks away from the Samsung soundbars. Build quality is suspect more often than not IME. For that reason, I suggest saving your money and building a system slowly with a real AV receiver that is automatically much more future proof and flexible. Plan 'B' would be to find a HTIB on sale (Onkyo is fine as a substitute for a soundbar IME) if you needed something now- avoiding the wireless component if possible since it's flaky vs traditional wired speakers.