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| Panasonic SC-BT1005.1 Blu-Ray Home Theater System (Black) | 
| Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
List Price: $999.95
Buy New: $729.99
You Save: $269.96 (27%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2117
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9.4
Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 16.9 x 3.7
MPN: SC-BT100
Model: SC-BT100
UPC: 037988256754
EAN: 0037988256754
ASIN: B0015YX700
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Blu-ray home theater system with magnetically shielded speakers | | • | Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic and DTS decoders | | • | Comes with 2 satellite speakers, 2 front speakers, 1 center speaker and 1 subwoofer | | • | VIERA Link display | | • | Built-in Universal Dock for iPod |
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Product Description
Take your favorite movies to the next level with the Panasonic full-HD Blu-ray Disc home theater system. Blu-ray discs give you superior sound, stunning HD-quality images, and exciting new interactive capabilities like Final Standard Profile for enhanced commentary, audio mixing and picture-in-picture features previously unthinkable in the DVD format. With Blu-ray, you'll never have to leave the couch for a big-screen quality movie experience. Combining a PHL Reference Chroma Processor with advanced P4HD (Pixel Precision Progressive Processing) imaging technology, UniPhier ? the Precise Digital Video processor ? reproduces crisp, natural colors that are extremely faithful to the original movie. Image quality is further enhanced by Diagonal Processing, which creates smooth, sharp diagonal lines, and 3:2 Pull-Down, which optimizes the processing accordingly for film or video making the images look natural and lifelike. With Precise Digital Audio, Blu-ray's beautiful images are complemented by exceptionally pure, accurate sound thanks to the included 5.1 channel surround sound of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD and expandability to advanced 7.1 channel surround sound. The built-in Universal Dock for iPod gives you a great new way to enjoy music and video. Just slip your iPod into the cradle and enjoy. The dock charges your iPod, allows you to use the home theater remote to control the iPod, has on-screen audio menus, and also plays back iPod video. You can also use the system's convenient SD card slot, which allows easy viewing of hi-def videos and photos on your VIERA HDTV. High Definition (1080p) Up-Conversion Rear Wireless Ready HDMI Digital Output, Component Out, Composite Out, Video Out, Optical Digital Inputs, Audio Inputs
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Great quality, but not user friendly October 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
SC-BT100 surround sound & blu-ray review
As far as watching a movie, the SC-BT100 is top notch, and I highly recommend it for it's quality. But there are many things I would change about it, mostly user-friendly issues:
1. It shows a green glow around the volume knob on the main unit. It's so bright and big, it could be a distraction to some people, especially with the lights off, although I've gotten used to it.
2. The settings you want to change as far as configuring the bass, balance of the speakers, etc. are only on the small screen on the main unit. In other words, you can't look at the TV to configure the system for the speaker setup. I guess they did this so that it could be a standalone music system. You'll need to read the manual to figure out how to do what you want to do, so keep it handy.
3. The subwoofer was set to it's highest level when I got it out of the box, both by the setting configuration, and by a button on the main unit that boosts it even more. I guess they did that for displays in stores, but you will probably want to set it back to it's medium setting, unless you want to constantly feel like a 747 is going off in your living room. After watching a 3 hour movie with the subwoofer jacked up, I felt exhausted.
4. The rear wireless speakers actually are wired to a separate receiver that you plug in. This is fine for me, as they are technically wireless from the main unit (and I think all wireless rear speakers on all units have the same setup), but you have to turn the receiver on and off manually. The remote control won't do it. I'm always sitting down, turning on the TV, watching it for a few minutes, realizing that the rear speakers are off, and then having to get up to turn them on. But I do love the fact that the rear speakers are completely separated from the main unit. This makes setup easy.
5. The unit doesn't have a coaxial cable input. I guess if you get this system you will have high definition TV, but if you don't, you can't listen to the surround sound system, because an HDMI cable won't run the sound from the TV to the SC-BT100. In fact, you will have to turn off the SC-BT100 because the TV speakers turn off when the SC-BT100 is on, and you won't be able to hear anything at all until you do. I think you could change this option, but then you would want to change it back every time you watch a DVD or Blu-Ray.
6. The Viera Link thing that means you can use either remote control to work both the Panasonic TV or your SC-BT100 is not worth it. If I turn on the TV with the TV remote control, both units come on, but if I turn on the Blu-Ray player with the Blu-Ray remote, the TV doesn't come on. In fact, there is a separate power button for the TV on the Blu-Ray remote. But you rarely need the TV remote anyway, so it's not a big deal. But I wouldn't worry about trying to match up your system with the same manufacturer as your TV for this option.
7. I also chose the option of having the sound seem like "it's coming from the middle of the TV", per the manual. All this means is that instead of the dialogue coming out of the middle speaker only, it also comes out of the left and right front speakers, as well. This is good, because otherwise, you will have one speaker for dialogue, and 4 speakers for music and special effects, and it will be hard to hear what anyone is saying.
8. It takes forever for the unit to extract a disc. I mean really, why does this take so long? What is it doing? The screen on the main unit even tells me to "WAIT". What for? It takes a long time regardless if the system has been on for a long time, or if I just turned it on.
9. If I want to go to the main menu of a disc, I have to hit the Function Button, or the Submenu button, where I get a lot of options, where one is to go to the main menu. As much as this button is used (and it's on every DVD player's remote in the world), they make it awfully tough to get to the main menu. The Top Menu button and the Pop-Up Menu button won't do the trick. And I've tried this on multiple Blu-Rays and DVDs, so it's not the setup of the discs.
10. The system won't show you what chapter number you are on when you skip through chapters, neither on the main unit's display, nor on the TV. I've never seen a DVD player that didn't show you the chapter number for later reference.
11. I wish it had a screen saver that would kick in if the movie is on pause for a long time. I've had it on pause for probably 20 minutes, and nothing happens. But even with my plasma, I haven't had any burn-in issues. But I haven't had it on pause all night long, either, which is possible if the kids stay up to watch a movie and fall asleep, and the movie ends and stays on the main menu.
12. One last minor complaint is that there isn't a separate button for closed captioning. I know most people never use closed captioning, but sometimes I can't understand what someone says, and I want to quickly read what they are saying, then turn it back off.
I do like the fact that it remembers where I was in the movie when the unit is turned off, so I can easily resume watching. And installation is a breeze, easily explained.
I got a great deal on this system, because I bought it together with a Panasonic TV. I wasn't even planning to get a separate Blu-Ray player, as I am going to get a PlayStation 3, and I viewed the Blu-Ray player as getting that part of it for free. So I love the system because I got it so cheap, and it's high quality. But if you are planning to pay full price for this unit, I would shop around to see if there is something more user-friendly.
As an aside, don't pay a ton for an HDMI cable. "Category 2" is as high quality as hdmi.org recognizes, and RadioShack sells them for $40. I have found that Mediabridge cables online for $4 are just as good, as well.
 Great Blu Ray HTIB Solution! September 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We owned a Bose 321 for several years and used the unit in our family room. Over time the Bose was dying in slow motion, we recently had to have the volume set at 80+ for the same movie we used to listen to at 40. We had other issues as well.
In any event,we were looking for a simple solution, that would not make our family room look like a frat house with giant speakers everywhere, and ideally would use or easily incorporate a Blu Ray player. We found everything we wanted and more in this system.
It arrived right on time (had to sign for delivery, no problem with that). It was nicely packaged, and clearly labeled. It was interesting to me, one of the selling points of the Bose system was how "easy" it was to set up, and it was, but I can tell you this Panasonic system is so well laid out and so intuitive, it is just as easy.
The surround speakers are a bit larger than we expected, but can be tucked out of sight. The wireless "base" module for the surround speakers is quite small and easily fits under an end table totally out of the way. The speakers themselves give great sound! It is amazing how much better, richer and fuller this is than the 321. Dialogue is crystal clear and the "true" surround really creates a theater like effect.
The Blu Ray itself is amazing, even watching old non blu ray DVD's it is great, very clear and sharp.
We are using this with the Oppo HDMI switch, which is another 5 star product if there ever was one.
Overall, if you are not going for the true audiophile experience, and are interested in a simple, great sounding Home Theater solution with a Blu Ray player, look no further, THIS IS IT!
I recommend this without hesitation or reservation.
home theater August 30, 2008
First off, I can't say enough good stuff about Amazon. Their service is awesome. I bought this system for my bedroom. I wanted to save space so I wouldnt have to use several components. This is perfect. The bluray is very good. The receiver is very good. I have it hooked up to a Panasonic plasma tv. Together they are an excellent combo. I play regular programs through the surround system and couldnt be happier. set up was easy. Took maybe an hour to unpack and set everything up. The remote is easy to use but I use the tv remote with Viera link the most. There are some things you can't do with the remote and have to do on the box. The only con i have found. My bedroom is about 20ft x 20ft. This setup is perfect for it. Don't think it would work as well in my living room since it is much larger. But it is perfect for the size of room its in. The wireless back speakers is a great plus. Highly recommend
Great idea but mine was defective July 21, 2008
I had to return mine, as I was getting intermittent static from the front speakers both when watching television programs and when watching both DVD and Blu-Ray discs. I checked the speaker connections and even downloaded a firmware patch, but to no avail. On the positive side, this is an attractive unit with usually good sound quality and some nice features, such as wireless rear speakers and an integrated iPod dock and SD card reader. On the downside, the unit is slow to turn on and unusually slow to switch input sources, and the remote control is very cryptic.
Overall good system, short wires - UPDATED July 9, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Not being a video or sound expert, I can only address this from the average joe user perspective. Sound is great, picture is fantastic, set up overall a breeze. I wish the wires were longer but at least I can deal with that and adapt. The "wireless" rear speakers are a bit inconvenient for my particular situation but I see as overall a positive aspect. Again, not a problem that I cannot overcome. Love connecting this to my 42" Panasonic Plasma! The old TV remote controls everything, including my magnavox HD/DVR cable box. The remote for this system is a bit overwhelming but with some patience and reading it can be dealt with also. I've only had it a few days, but already love it and can see a lot of enjoyment out of it. I've read about using a PS3 and separate sound system but my room layout would not allow for that much equipment so this all in one package works great for me.
UPDATE - Now that I have it installed and added wire to work the system into the room its in, I love it. I will agree that its a little slow starting up, but if thats my biggest problem I'm not too worried about it, I can wait the extra few seconds. Sound is very good and love the interoperability with my 42" Panasonic Viera Plasma TV.
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