Panasonic SC-DP1 Progressive Scan DVD Home Theater System

by Panasonic

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• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 17.3 x 20.9 inches ; 19.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 23 pounds
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• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0000949XC
• Item model number: SC-DP1
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,575 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Panasonic's SC-DP1, which comes with a DVD player/receiver, AM/FM tuner, and two video-shielded side speakers, is designed for people who want the rich audio of a home theater system without bursting the pocketbook. The system's compact footprint fits easily on a bookshelf or in a slim cabinet, though the speakers need a bit more space, as each includes a 4-inch woofer and 2-3/8-inch tweeter.

Unlike many systems in its price category, the SC-DP1 is loaded with options, including progressive scan, which delivers less flicker and motion artifacts than traditional interlaced scanning, and Advanced Surround, which simulates full surround-sound audio through the included speaker pair. The player supports DVD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, video CD, audio CD, CD-R/RW and MP3/WMA formats, in addition to HighMAT, which displays digital photos and other home-recorded media content. When connected to a 5.1-channel receiver through its optical digital output, the system delivers striking digital surround sound, with compatibility for Dolby Digital, DTS, and Pro Logic. The system also includes such features as a dialogue enhancer, five preprogrammed and two custom picture modes, a karaoke mode that mutes the vocals on a CD, and up to five bookmarks.

Each of the two-way speakers employs 50 watts of power, along with a hexagonal-shaped speaker box that controls sound reflection and provides cleaner audio. To improve flexibility, the system includes a three-way subwoofer level control, though the subwoofer isn't included. Users will also appreciate the variety of input and output options, including RCA composite video, S-video, and component video, plus an optical digital output. The system connects easily out of the box, and includes a remote control. It's also Energy Star compliant.

What's in the Box
DVD player/receiver, two speakers, speaker cables, video cable, AM and FM antennas, remote, two AA batteries, user's manual.

Product Description

SC-DP1 has a built-in progressive scan DVD Player with multi-format playback: DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, DVD-RAM/R1, CD, CD-R/RW1, HighMAT(tm), WMA2, MP32 and JPEG. 100W Total Output Power rated at 8kHz/1kHz: 25W/ch (8kHz, 6 ohms, 10% THD) + 25W/ch (1kHz, 6 ohms, 10% THD)and 80W Total Output Power: 20W/ch (3kHz-16kHz, 6 ohms, 10% THD) + 20W/ch (60Hz-3kHz, 6 ohms, 10% THD). Speaker System is of high quality 2-way bass-reflex with 4" PP Mica Woofer and 2-3/8" PP Mica Tweeter. Features Bi-Amp, Bi-Wiring System, built-in DTS(r) & Dolby Digital(r) Decoders, Advanced Surround (2 modes), Double Re-Master Processing, Preset EQ (Heavy, Soft, Vocal, Flat) & Bass/Treble Control, 3-Step Subwoofer Level Control, Subwoofer Output, Digital Synthesizer Tuner. Also features 54MHz/10-bit Video D/A Converter, Cinema Mode, 4:3 TV Zoom, Component Video Out and S-Video Terminal. Comes with Remote Control and is ENERGYSTAR Qualified. Note: Playability may vary depending on the contents, discs and quality of the recording.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An attractive and great-sounding unit, December 31, 2003

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bro (MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panasonic SC-DP1 Progressive Scan DVD Home Theater System (Electronics)

I purchased this unit as a CD player and FM tuner only. I have not yet used the DVD facilities.
This is an attractive system. The unit is mostly metal-cased and solidly built. The front fascia features brushed stainless steel (or at least a very good facsimile of it), a display that looks like opaque chromed perspex when switched off, and a chromed volume control with a quality, 'weighted' feel to it. The build and finish are excellent.
On CD, the sound quality on 'normal' setting is perhaps a little more mellow than you would expect from a jap system at this price, though it is always smooth and well detailed. Switching to 'advanced surround' processing really puts a punch into a normal CD. Vocals can suffer slightly at this setting compared to the original, but listeners tend to say 'wow, that's pretty good!' when you hit the 'surround' button. I expect a properly encoded dolby DVD would sound even better than a CD.
The FM tuner picked up stations easily, and sound quality is very good. The tuner tends to sound quite a bit louder than a CD at the same volume setting.
The volume level for CDs was easily adequate for my room (20ft x 17ft), but if you like your music very loud or have a larger room than this, you may find yourself turning it all the way up on occasions.
Bass is slightly lacking for my taste (though there is an output for a powered subwoofer, which I might well add at some point...). There is little choice but to stick with the supplied speakers, as this is a bi-wired speaker amp, requiring 4 seperate wires to each speaker. The supplied speakers come with only about 5ft of cable each.
The speakers don't ooze the same quality finish as the main system unit. The main problem is the cheap fake wood 'cherry' finish, though they're well constructed. They're a strange stretched octagonal shape (better than it sounds, actually), and look much better with the silvery fabric cover removed. I think they will grow on me, but I haven't seen fake wood that colour since the seventies. Compared to the look of any other speakers I've seen from units around this price, they'll do.
At this price, I haven't heard any mini-system that matches the overall sound quality (apart from a couple that look like scrap left over from a mad max movie.... what are manufacturers thinking?), or build quality.
If you're into burning your own CDs (or DVDs), this system can play or display lots of formats, including MP3s, windows media files (WMA), and even JPEGs (as well as all the usual DVD formats).
Overall; built well, looks good, sounds great, well worth the money. I love it.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This thing rocks!, April 27, 2004

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Michael T. Rognlien (Palo Alto, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panasonic SC-DP1 Progressive Scan DVD Home Theater System (Electronics)

I admittedly was only looking for a small-ish, psuedo-surround system for a secondary TV in my house, and what I got was not only a great DVD player (progressive scan is the only way to go!) but also great sounding - and small - speakers and a party management system! I love that this thing plays MP3's and displays a full menu of all the songs recorded on the TV. I recently made a CD for a party with almost 200 songs on it and a number of people asked about the system I was using.

For the price range, you really can't beat this deal, and Panasonic has always made solid A/V equipment (in my experience). If you want something simple that takes 5 minutes to hook up, this is the product you're looking for!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Package!, April 11, 2004

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sweddie (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panasonic SC-DP1 Progressive Scan DVD Home Theater System (Electronics)

I agree with the other positive reviews on this site. I have to add that I'm coming at it from a slightly different angle. I have been looking for a nice bookshelf system that will also play MP3 and WMA files. I have a nice portable CD player that does this and it's so nice to have 10 CD's all on one disk. I tried out an MP3 disk at the store and was happy to see that it not only plays files that are all in the root folder (flat files) but also files that are organized in folder structures (by artist and album title). I like to organize my music that way. The big bonus was when I got it home and connected it to an old TV monitor (I really wasn't planning to use it for DVD's). I love the navigation and on-screen display of my music - even regular CD's with the track info stored display properly (FINALLY!). I've only had it for a few hours, but I've played CD's, MP3's and some DVD music videos. So far, I love it! My only caveat (as with most electronics, these days) is that if you lose the remote control, you lose a lot of functionality. I'll just have to keep it away from the kids.