LG HT304SU 5.1ch DVD Home Cinema System
Posted by Notcot on Apr 11, 2010 in Home Cinema & Video |
- 300W Output
- Upscale them to 1080P
- 10.1 Virtual Sound Matrix
- USB ripping
- Play back MP3, WMA and JPEG files
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No complaints. For the money, this is a nice little DVD surround sound system. In a small room on DVD playback, it delivers really good surround sound. All the speaker volumes are adjustable from the menu and the picture is pretty good too.
I’ve plugged in an audio lead from the TV which gives me analogue sound from the two front speakers and the Subwoofer. There is a noticeable delay delay. I cant see anything in the manual to show me what adjustment can be made to correct this – suspect there isnt.
So now I have Sky movies and this unit has no HD or optical inputs, I am limited to using it for DVD playback, which to be fair is what it is sold as!
With hindsight, I shouldve saved up a bit more and bought an all rounder, but if you are looking for a good looking small system to play your DVDS on look no further.
Have now managed to get sound from all 5 speakers by using the AV audio lead direct from the Sky box to this unit and selecting Dolby. Ok not HD digital sound, but I am happy with it.
Rating: 3 / 5
Two major problems:
1. All sites selling this mention the “LG Simplink” feature (which allows LG devices to talk to each other, so in theory you only need 1 remote), however, it turns out there’s no mention of Simplink anywhere in the manual or on-screen menus, and it’s not mentioned on LG’s product info page either (even though it is offered when you specify “Simplink” in the LG site search filter). This means you’re left using the TV remote for everything *except* sound, and the audio remote *just* for sound – really annoying, when both are made by the same company!
2. As previous reviewer said, there’s no digital audio in, so you have to use the TV’s analogue output (either red/white leads to AUX input, or SCART lead) to get audio into this unit. Again, an annoying omission, since it’s got a DVD player built-in (as well as HDMI output for upscaled DVD playback) so there’s obviously a lot of digital audio processing going on inside the unit anyway!
By the way, to the previous reviewer: on our LG TV we had to use AV2 SCART connector to get audio out of the TV; AV1 doesn’t seem to output the TV’s audio – presumably AV1 is meant for input-only such as digibox, DVD, etc., whereas AV2 is meant for in/out such as VCR.
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this surround sound system to go with my new LG tv. Playing a DVD it works well but it has one fatal flaw, no digital sound input. As digital sound is what you really need then this system is useless. DON’T BUY IT unless you’re really aware of this!!
It does have 2 analogue jacks but my one doesn’t seem to work so I can’t get the sound from my tv.
Overall I’m very disappointed with this, so I really can’t recommend buying it.
Rating: 1 / 5
with a bit of patience this is a nice little system,ive got everything running thru it,my tv,sky and xbox 360 all in 5.1! i would def recommend this for the price it is!
Rating: 4 / 5
Like it. Easy to set up, good sound. I can get my TV sound though this, the Tv’s own sound needs to be turned right down or you will get an echo.
Rating: 4 / 5