![]() ![]() When I played a Blu-ray, the volume and mute commands were passed through the sound bar (I had to disable the TV's speakers, as instructed) and the transport functions worked well for the player. I set it up for a Sony HT-CT770 sound bar and a Panasonic DMP-BDT350 and it worked well with both. ![]() For some reason the "Return" key also failed with my DVR, and I was annoyed that the Guide button summoned Samsung's own, not the one on my cable box.īeyond a cable box, Samsung's system can control a Blu-ray player and a Home Theater System. I had to press "Keypad" (which summons the virtual remote), then use the motion control select the "STB Menu" virtual key (the virtual key marked "DVR" didn't work), then use the four-way cursor to click down to "DVR," and then over to "View Recordings." Compare that to one press of the "DVR" button on a standard remote. As I mentioned it's better than Samsung's previous version, thanks to the ability to select and press the onscreen "keys" much more quickly than before, but it can't hold a candle to a good universal remote.Īccessing my list of recorded shows on the DVR was especially tedious. If you do decide to use the TV to control your cable box, you'll find yourself visiting the onscreen remote a lot. That said it's still not as responsive as direct control via a universal or included cable box remote, especially when moving around the box's guide or menus. When controlling the cable box, the very slight delay between pressing a button and seeing the results onscreen was almost unnoticeable the H6400 seemed seemed faster than on the H6350. You control a cursor by waving the remote at the screen, and once you get the hang of it, navigation can happen more easily and efficiently than with the standard method of clicking from one selection to the next, especially on a large screen with a lot of icons. Motion control for the winįor the last few years I've been very impressed by LG's motion remotes, which behaved a lot like a Nintendo Wii controller. The Australian version, for example, has a dedicated Soccer button. ![]() Button configurations and capabilities will also vary for non-US markets. My comments also apply to other Samsung TVs that have the remote, although higher-end TVs get the silver (as opposed to all-black) version, as well as a dedicated key for the Multi-Link (fancier picture-in-picture) function. Step-down models from the UNH6350 on down have a standard multibutton clicker. Before I get into the nitty gritty, know that most of the following is excerpted from my recent review of the Samsung UNH6400 series, the cheapest of the company's TVs to include the new remote. ![]()
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