Panasonic SC-HT700
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The SC-HT700 handles the audio end of a home theater, giving you surround sound decoding, amplification, and playback through a specially matched six-speaker system (left, center, right, left and right surround, and low-frequency subwoofer). The five-disc carousel system's DVD-Audio playback makes it adept at music as well as movies, offering super high-fidelity (192 kHz/24-bit) sound. DVD-Audio discs provide multichannel and stereo sound, incredible storage capacity, and unique bonus materials not available on regular audio CDs. DVD movies will look and sound great through the system's 54 MHz/10-bit video decoder, video depth enhancer, progressive-scan video output (for use with high-definition and HD-ready televisions), and Dolby Digital and DTS discrete 5.1-channel surround decoding and rendering. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, providing higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. The speaker set includes four satellite speakers (front and rear left and right) powered by 45 watts each, a 90-watt center-channel speaker (critical for handling most of a movie's dialogue), and a powerful, 170-watt subwoofer specially designed for unobtrusive placement. All speakers are magnetically shielded to protect your TV from distortion induced by the speakers' magnetic fields. In addition, a digital-synthesized FM/AM tuner lets you listen to your favorite radio stations.
Features of the Panasonic SC-HT700 include:
- Progressive Scan 5 DVD Changer Built-In
- Progressive Scan Component Video Output
- 5 Satellite Speakers and Subwoofer
- DVD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, mp3, DVD-R, DVD-RAM and JPEG playback capability
- Universal Remote Control Ready for many brands of TV/VCR
- FM/AM Digital Synthesizer Tuner
- Energy Star® Compliant for Low Energy Consumption
- Multi-channel sound field functions for advanced AV effects
- 4 x 55 Watts, 1 x 160 Watts, SW x 220 Watts
- All pieces have matching silver finish
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Reviewed by Mark on 02-29-2004
A very decent entry level system for an average sized room. No problems or complaints other than the fact this Panasonic SC-HT700 unit does not have an optical input for 5.1 surround sound from an outside source. Still it is a good unit for playing DVDs.
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