Customer Reviews

Panasonic SC-HT80 5-DVD Home Theater System

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Ok its not as good as the bose system, but for the fraction of the price it's good. I really can't tell the difference between mine system and my brothers bose which cost 1500 dollars more without a dvd player. If you have super sensitive ears and your loaded get the "bose system" if you looking for a dvd/audio theater system that sounds great, plays cds, dvds and really looks good too, get the panasonic

I do love this system for all the reasons others stated, but what nobody mentioned that prevents me giving it 5 stars is that the speaker wires are hard-wired into the back of the speakers!! How much money could this nonsense have possibly saved? Believe me, pulling wire through a false ceiling (or anywhere else) is a whole bunch easier without a speaker stuck to one end. And what if you already have wiring in place? Well, seems like a minor point that didn't bother anyone else, but I wish I'd had this foreknowledge...

After waiting for 2 months, my system was delivered late September, and since then Movies and Music havn't been the same. I personally think it has a Veryclosesound to the Bose system that the other reviewer mentioned. It is far superorto Sony's DAVS300 Home Theater, i mean a 120 watt Sub to a 30 Watt, thats no comparision. The only thing that dissapoints me is that the 6 Channel Amp dosn't support DTS, all though the 5.1 Dolby Digital does still sound fantastic through the compact sattelite speakers, i've had my system at full volume and there wasn't one little bit of distortion. Another bad thing also is that the CD player dosn't read CDR's which is a slight dissapointment, the Sound Field Control (SFC) which features Heavy,Disco,Live,Hall etc. Each of them don't sound different at all, whether thats a problem with my system or not? The Sub-Woofer when set to SW 4 is very powerful with enough Bass to blow down your Front Door! The 5-Disc Changer is a great idea but a little slow in changing discs (11 Seconds from Disc1 to Disc 5) When playing back Music Cd's the System automaticaly responds, producing such a high quality which matchs my Brother's Denon and Polk Audio $5000 System. Even watching a Video (HI-Fi) sounds great filling the room with the Dolby Pro-Logic. So do yourself a favour buy this Fab Home Theater, even though you might have to wait a little while I'd give it 10 stars if i could

I bought the Panasonic SCHT80 for my mother for Christmas after doing some extensive research. I went to Bose and looked at their systems and Cambridge Sound, I checked out all of the on-line rating systems and even used Consumer Reports and all gave the Panasonic SCHT80 a great review. The sound is awesome and it is the most convenient thing to have a CD and DVD with speakers. I wanted to get my mother a system that was easy to use and understand. All I had to do was plug in the VCR and the Digital Cable box to the SCHT80 and you can watch television and hear it through the speakers on surround sound. On Christmas day when I got that bad boy out of the box and all hooked up it had even more than I had ever expected. I would recommend this to anyone who wants convenience, great sound, awesome visuals and all in one box with a price you can't beat.

This is a sweet system. The reason I didn't give five stars is for one of the same reasons that someone else didn't. The speakers are hard wired and it does make it hard to run the wire. The other reason is because I have had a problem with mine! One night we were watching a sweet movie. The sound was great and everyone was into it. Then all of the sudden the sound turned off! The movie was still going but I couldn't hear any thing. When we turned it off and then on again it seemed to fix it. Then it did it again! So I took it in to get it fixed and they replaced a part in it that costs about $1.00. It didn't fix it. I have yet to have it fixed. Has any one else had this problem?

Do not buy this player if you are considering it. It was nice for a couple of years but the DVD player Optical pickup unit(which from what I've read, commonly goes out on Panasonic) is failing. It was nice to get everything in one package but I recommend not getting an amp and DVD player in one case due to the heat issues. And I am now in the process of replacing this unit with Sony components(I should have done from the start!)

I own a Panaconic SC-HT80. For the first 2 years no problem. Paid almost $700. Now it will not read any new CD's or DVD's. You can not use a rewritten CD on the system. Renting from Blockbuster is a hit or miss if DVD's will play. My local repair person tells me there is nothing wrong with the unit. Panasonic will not offer any spport. Buyer beware!!!!!!

This Home Theater System is the best. Complete (a receiver and DVD player with 5 speakers and subwoofer) that fits everywhere. This Panasonic system has all resources you will need !! I really recomend !!!!

Back in 2000, I purchased this system to be my all-in-one home theater. While $700 can now get you much, much more, this was a great system for me. Speakers are not overly powerful, but they are extremely easy to set up and run, good sound quality, and stylish. I have had it for almost 6 years and only complaint is a crappy DVD lense (reader). Some disks are stubborn, but still play. I typically troubleshooted by re-loading DVD until it would read. Then, I got smart and purchased a scotch DVD cleaner from BestBuy, which greatly helped.

Lastly, when Progressive Scan DVD players came down in price, I just bought one for cheap to get higher picture quality and ran sound through Panasonic (using as traditional receiver/speaker setup, not all-in one).

I have finally outgrown this set, but I do plan on running it in my bedroom as I replace with a higher-end, more digitally enabled system. Speakers are too weak for big family room, and no digital audio in/out or upconversion abilities.

Ok, the sound was good. Until a couple of weeks ago, that is. The latest CDs I bought will not play decently. The music is interrupted every couple of minutes by sounds that make you wonder if there is a record player inside (it sure is large enough...). Panasonic are saying I can have it repaired, which will cost me at least 40 dollars. Just about the price of a low end dvd player. You know, one of those systems that will play mp3, dvd, cd, cdr and cdrw instead of only dvds, like this Panasonic thing. Based on my experience and some of the other reviews it would seem Panasonic equipment lasts about 2 years. Hmmm.