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I bought the Panasonic SC-BT100 home theater system about a week ago through Amazon and received it yesterday. Of course I installed it immediately and before you know it I felt like I was at a movie theater with outstanding sound. The menus are somewhat confusing. I recommend this product to someone that is starting out with there first home theater system.

The only CON that I have is the speaker wire cable is short. I tried going to Panasonic website to order a longer one but I couldn't find it. Other than that everything else is great!!!

Panasonic SC-BT100

We have had this system for about a month now and have had no problems of any kind. Many of the good points and bad points of other reviewers; we found to be true and were therefore no surprise to us.
Delivery was flawless and the shipping package was in fine shape when it arrived.
Very well packed by the factory, there was no damage and unpacking was easy.

The Plus's
+As noted by other reviewers, the sound quality is very good and the power is fine for movies and television. However, this is not a high power stereo and will not replace one.
Some had complained that it did not have enough power for them but I think it's fine for what it is designed to do. If you want to blast your favorite metal band, then buy a stereo.

+Other people found the instructions to be inadequate and lacking. I did find them to be somewhat minimal however, the information was sufficient to meet my needs and I would say don't let that be a concern.

+This system will play anything and it has the AM/FM radio and CD functions as well.

+There are many many combinations of settings on this system and although I have not gone through everything, I have been pleased with the results.

The Minuses
-It is inconceivable that on a system of this complexity that there is NO eject button on the remote! This is completely absurd. It must be because there is just soooo much stuff on this remote that they must have simply ran out of space! This really annoying.

-Some have complained that the volume knob light is too bright in a darkened room but, there is a "dim" setting for that too so, that is not a concern.

-The speaker wires for the speakers are simply too short. In a large room you are limited to the short speaker wires and this can really be a problem if you have to "make a place for it" somewhere in the middle of a wall or something. The speaker wires have a special connector on them and modifying them from the start would be expensive, cumbersome, and unacceptable. Just remember that the connections between the central unit in the front are limited and the wires from the little surround amplifier and the rear speakers is limited as well.

Overall I think you will be very happy with the service and this system.

I hooked up the system and it worked perfectly. The surround sound system is intense as well as the blu-ray DVD. Additionally, I went to the Panasonic website and found firmware to keep the system state-of-the-art.

I purchased this unit to complement our new 42 inch Panasonic HD TV. It displays Blu Ray Discs and other formats beautifully. The surround sound complements both the movies and the TV sound. However, I cannot get the TV to recognize the Blu Ray setup using the HDMI cable port. The TV recognizes the composite cable and the component cable but not the HDMI. I've spend hours pouring over the directions trying different setups with no success. The manual is very scanty, and not user friendly. IN addition, the Viera Link is really very useless. Any ideas as to why I cant get the HDMI cable connection to work ? Otherwise we are very happy with this unit.

Sounds great for music and movies. Blue Ray player loads very fast and has great picture. Instruction is not very good but everything is pretty automatic and you don't need much instruction to get it to work. Love the ipod hookup. If you are on a budget you can't go wrong with this system.