Panasonic SC-BT100 (Home Theatre Systems)

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Panasonic SC-BT100

By Rob (reevoo.com) Read the full review

Upscaling of standard dvd's to 1080p resolution is amazing. the sound quality is excellent, giving that 'cinema experience' feel. Fairly easy to use after having a quick flick through the user manual

Could have done with extra speakers to take it to the 5.1 surround for the money that I paid. Disappointed that the HDMI & digital optical audio cables didn't come as part of the package. If you're paying for the highest quality sound & picture, it...

Jun, 2009 2009-06-19 4

Panasonic SC-BT100

By Karen (reevoo.com) Read the full review

The product design is excellent and would fit in different room sizes. The sound was so good I kept having to turn it down because the floors were rumbling along with the movie

Lots of wires hanging from the back of the system and to the TV

May, 2009 2009-05-31 5

Panasonic SC-BT100

By Stuart (reevoo.com) Read the full review

Pretty good picture and sound quality and once I had figured out how to get the rear wireless speakers on line the surround sound is top notch ; Wireless unit seems very reliable as well I have not experienced any issues with interference reported by...

It is a bit complex to set up especially the rear wireless speakers - the manual is not very clear about that but I did succeed ; Cannot imagine why they put an iPod bit in it since the quality of video from these is pretty mundane I would have...

Apr, 2009 2009-04-04 4

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Panasonic SC-BT100

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We have collected and analysed 19 expert reviews and 222 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 67/100 and users rate it 81/100. The average review date is 19-10-2008. We have compared these reviews to 57986 reviews from other Home Theatre Systems. The alaScore™ for this product is 76/100 = Good. Last update: 23-05-2012.

May, 2012 2012-05-23 alaScore 76 3.8

Panasonic SC-BT100 home cinema system review

By Danny Phillips (pocket-lint.com)

Blu-ray pioneer Panasonic scoops another world's first with the SC-BT100, currently the only Blu-ray system on the market with Profile 1.1 support. That means it'll play the picture-in-picture commentaries found on certain Blu-ray discs (such as...

Picture quality, features, looks, ease of use, Profile 1.1

Sound quality, expensive, rear speakers are extra

The SC-BT100 offers amazing pictures, generous features and Profile 1.1 is a real bonus, but disappointing sound quality and the prohibitive price let the side down

Well almost – Panasonic has only made the SC-BT100 a 3.1-channel system as standard, which means you need to add optional wireless rear speakers (SB-HS100A) to make up a 5.1 or 7.1 channel system (the norm for Blu-ray discs) which bumps the price up to...

Aug, 2008 2008-08-18 3.5 Partner Source

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Panasonic SC-BT100 Blu-ray Home Cinema System

By Danny Phillips (trustedreviews.com)

It's the world's first Profile 1.1 Blu-ray home cinema system, and Danny's on hand to scrutinise it.

There's no denying the sheer quality of the SC-BT100, which dazzles with a superb feature list, sublime hi-def picture quality and a satisfying sound performance. On the downside, it's a shame that it's not a 5.1 system as standard, as having to fork...

Also, the lack of BD Live as found on the DMP-BD50 is a minor disappointment, but these minor gripes aside this is yet another killer proposition from Panasonic.

Jul, 2008 2008-07-11 4 trustedreviews.com

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Panasonic SC-BT100

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A thoughtful and fairly neat solution - but sound quality is as important a part of the cinema experience as picture quality

Extensive specification ; fine Blu-ray images and effective DVD upscaling too

Sound is unyieldingly hard ; conspicuous speakers

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Preview: Panasonic SC-BT100

By Philip Wong (asia.cnet.com)

In many ways, the SC-BT100 is a better Blu-ray-enabled home-theater-in-a-box than the Samsung HT-BD2. But for its price, you may be better off investing in a component kit instead.

Sep, 2008 2008-09-26 No rating -0.1 asia.cnet.com

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Panasonic SC-BT100

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In conclusion, the SC-BT100 provides a quality home theater setup all in one package. With the ability to upgrade to 7.1 channel surround, the SC-BT100 provides scalability without the worry of hardware compatibility. If you are looking for an all in...

Upgradeable to 7.1 channel surroundUp-converts up to 1080p1000W of power at 250W a channeliPod DockSD Card Slot

The SC-BT100 is a 5.1 channel surround sound system that is upgradeable...

But if you value high end performance over size, then the SC-BT100 may not be the way to go.

Mar, 2009 2009-03-21 3 Partner Source

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Panasonic SC-BT100 Blu-ray HTIB

By Mark Fleischmann (hometheatermag.com)

How do you define high end? Is it the gear that delivers the highest performance, sells for the highest price, or represents the most agile and innovative thinking? If that last criterion means anything, the Panasonic SC-BT100 is the very definition of...

The Panasonic SC-BT100 puts together a highly desirable feature package for $1,000, including Blu-ray playback, iPod compatibility, wireless surround-channel transmission, digital amplification, and speakers with bamboo drivers. I'll go out on a limb...

It includes a Blu-ray drive, makes daring use of bamboo fiber speaker diaphragms, and employs wireless technology to deliver signals to those two lonely surround speakers in the back of the room. Moving backward to the second criterion, price, the...

Oct, 2008 2008-10-01 No rating -0.1

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Panasonic SC-BT100 Blu-ray HTIB

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Oct, 2008 2008-10-27 No rating -0.1

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Panasonic SC-BT100

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Panasonic SC-BT 100

The Panasonic SC-BT 100 narrows the gap between lousy, low-end home theater systems and the ultra high end sound you can only hear in the movie theater

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alaTest has collected and analysed 18 user reviews of the Panasonic SC-BT100 from amazon.co.uk. The user reviews were collected from Oct, 2002 to Oct, 2009. The average user rating from amazon.co.uk is 82 out of 100.

17 Users positive 1 Users negative

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of the Panasonic SC-BT100 from play.com. This user review was collected in 2009-01-01, with a rating of 80 out of 100.

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Matt

Awesome pictue and sound. What more do you need?! Decent connections and looks pretty good. I was after a 2.1 1080p upscaling system originally then s

1 Users positive

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alaTest has collected and analysed 5 user reviews of the Panasonic SC-BT100 from reevoo.com. The user reviews were collected from Feb, 2009 to Jun, 2009. The average user rating from reevoo.com is 74 out of 100.

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Panasonic SC-BT100

Upscaling of standard dvd's to 1080p resolution is amazing. the sound quality is excellent, giving that 'cinema experience' feel. Fairly easy to use a

Panasonic SC-BT100

The product design is excellent and would fit in different room sizes. The sound was so good I kept having to turn it down because the floors were ru

Panasonic SC-BT100

Pretty good picture and sound quality and once I had figured out how to get the rear wireless speakers on line the surround sound is top notch ; Wirel

Panasonic SC-BT100

Nice sound Really slow to start up

4 Users positive 1 Users negative

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alaTest has collected and analysed 2 user reviews of the Panasonic SC-BT100 from cnet.com. The user reviews were collected from Jul, 2010 to Jul, 2010. The average user rating from cnet.com is 40 out of 100.

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Great system, but a few flaws.

Overall it is a great system. The system sounds great for an HTIB. The dual midrange drivers in each of the satellites generate a warm, room-filling

Beware of the sc-bt100!

Message for others: We will never buy anything from panasonic again!!! Our blueray player kept cutting out on the sound when we played any movies. Cus

1 Users positive 1 Users negative

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alaTest has collected and analysed 4 user reviews of the Panasonic SC-BT100 from newegg.com. The user reviews were collected from Sep, 2008 to Jan, 2009. The average user rating from newegg.com is 100 out of 100.

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What was that.

My husband and i cought each other looking around trying to find out where that sound came from but it was the speaker... wire-less rear speakers mad

Panasonic SC-BT100 5.1 CH Blu-ray Disc Home Theater System w/Wireless Rear Speaker Kit

When the price adjusts to the current market it will be a great value, no regrets on performance. All BD players and good standalone recivers take an

Great system

After 4 months of use I really love this home theater. The sound and picture quality are excellent. The unit once set up is pretty painless to operate

Great system

After 4 months of use I really love this home theater. The sound and picture quality are excellent. The unit once set up is pretty painless to operate

4 Users positive

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alaTest has collected and analysed 114 user reviews of the Panasonic SC-BT100 from amazon.com. The user reviews were collected from Dec, 1999 to Jun, 2010. The average user rating from amazon.com is 80 out of 100.

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Panasonic Blu-Ray Home Theater

Adds a whole new dimension to watching TV. Sound is crisp, clear, & superb quality unit. System is very easy to install and the wireless speakers ar

GREAT tool!

GREAT tool! I repair copiers for a living, and have been using this screwdriver for over 6 years, every day, with no problems. This is my second Panas

Bad information of product

Bad information of product When they sell world wide, and the AC voltage was not spesified, I thought the charger to the Panasonic drill & driver coul

The worst customer service ever

I bought a SC-BT100. I have been very happy with the unit until the HDMI port broke and it had to be sent in for repair.

102 Users positive 12 Users negative

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alaTest has collected and analysed 8 user reviews of the Panasonic SC-BT100 from bestbuy.com. The user reviews were collected from Jul, 2008 to Jan, 2009. The average user rating from bestbuy.com is 80 out of 100.

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Great product, 4.5 out of 5

"Pros; overall its a great setup, worked great on my 50" Panasonic lcd as well as my 72" samsung dlp. Picture and Sound Qaulity is amazing. Set up eas

Awesome box system

"It is great out of the box, I have played several movies bluray and dvd the picture is awsome the sound is even better. My room is very large and not

Excellent quality, poor ergonomics

"First, the sound and video quality are incredible. They are unmatched by anything I've used in this price range. That being said, there are a few ver

SIGHT + SOUND!!!!!

"Clear, crisp, clean and defined - that is what you get with this set. Everything is awesome except the 75 second load time - it is worth the wait."

6 Users positive 2 Users negative

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alaTest has collected and analysed 16 user reviews of the Panasonic SC-BT100 from ciao.com. The user reviews were collected from Sep, 2008 to May, 2009. The average user rating from ciao.com is 91 out of 100.

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Verry Goood

Eu pensei que a primeira curva de aprendizado um pouco íngreme, mas depois de descobrir a forma de executar cada característica agora eu sinto como um

An excellent home theater

Am very much familiar with Panasonic SC BT100Home theater system. I thought the initial learning curve a little steep, but after figuring out how to r

i love it

I thought the initial learning curve a little steep, but after figuring out how to run every feature I now feel like a king. The picture quality and s

A better Home theater system

Panasonic promotes brand-new blue light video disk family theater system SC-BT100, BT100 to be possible to present the careful sharp picture nature, s

16 Users positive

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alaTest has collected and analysed 2 user reviews of the Panasonic SC-BT100 from epinions.com. The user reviews were collected from Aug, 2008 to Sep, 2008. The average user rating from epinions.com is 90 out of 100.

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Great Blu Ray Complete System

We were looking to replace our Bose 321 system in our family room. Over about 4 years the Bose was showing its age more than a bit. Where movies used

First the agony, then the ecstasy (more or less)

My family recently took the plunge and bought a Panasonic plasma for our living room as a second TV. While setting it up, I read about something calle

2 Users positive

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alaTest has collected and analysed 2 user reviews of the Panasonic SC-BT100 from shopping.com. The user reviews were collected from Aug, 2008 to Sep, 2008. The average user rating from shopping.com is 90 out of 100.

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Great Blu Ray Complete System

We were looking to replace our Bose 321 system in our family room. Over about 4 years the Bose was showing its age more than a bit. Where movies used

First the agony, then the ecstasy (more or less)

My family recently took the plunge and bought a Panasonic plasma for our living room as a second TV. While setting it up, I read about something calle

2 Users positive

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Panasonic SC-BT100

Panasonic SC-BT100: product specifications

Brand

Panasonic

Audio System

Built-in Cradle

iPod cradle

Built-in Decoders

Dolby Digital / Dolby Digital Plus / Dolby Pro Logic IIx / Dolby TrueHD / DTS 96/24 / DTS decoder / DTS Neo:6 / DTS-ES decoder / DTS-HD High Resolution / DTS-HD Master Audio

Components

Blu-Ray disc player / AV receiver / Speaker system

Functions (KA)

AV receiver / Blu-Ray disc player

Sound Effects

Hyper-Bass

Sound Output Mode

Surround Sound

Subcategory (KA)

AV systems

Surround System Class

5.1 channel

Type

Home theatre system

Cassette System

Type

None

CD System

Type

None

Connectors

Headphone Jack

Built-in / Yes

Optical Digital Input

Built-in / Yes

DVD

Type

Blu-Ray disc player

Equaliser

Built-in / Yes

Header

Manufacturer

Panasonic

Model

BT100

Packaged Quantity

Product Line

Panasonic SC

MD System

Type

None

Radio System

Tuner Type

AM/FM / Digital radio tuner

Remote Control

Type

Remote control

Manufacturer's 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. It does this by up-sampling the color information in decoded video signals, while the super high-speed P4HD up-converts content recorded in 480i/p, 720p or 1080i format to 1080p by correctly generating each pixel according to information drawn from up to 60 surrounding pixels. The image motion of each pixel is then categorized into one of 16 levels, from stationary to super fast. 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. In addition, the BT100's HDMI output is deep color compatible, with 4,096 steps of gradation for even smoother, finer-quality images that meet Hollywood's stringent demands, so you can experience movies just the way they were meant to be experienced.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. Use of a highly rigid bamboo material in the center and front speakers helps achieve an extremely pure, clean sound. A Kelton Subwoofer system with a dual diameter structure delivers a deep, powerful bass. Whisper-mode surround allows you to enjoy rich surround sound even when watching movies at low volume.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.The newly enhanced VIERA Link displays a menu on the TV screen, making it easier to operate your connected Blu-ray Disc home theater system. For example, you can display a menu with a list of the movies or music stored on your iPod, and use the VIERA remote control unit to select one and begin playback.