Panasonic SC-PT650 Theater System

NEW! Home Theater System with 5-DVD Changer, High-Quality Picture & Sound, 1080p Up-Conversion, EZ Sync ™ HDAVI Control, Wireless Rear Audio Ready with Optional SH-FX65 Wireless Kit, Expandable to Multi-Room Wireless Audio with Optional SH-FX85 Wireless Kit

Excellent Home Theatre in a box.

I originally purchased a Sony upconverting DVD player to hook up to my new Panasonic plasma TV. But, when I hooked the DVD player up to my five year

Excellent Home Theatre in a box.

saved by raymond | circuitcity.com

I originally purchased a Sony upconverting DVD player to hook up to my new Panasonic plasma TV. But, when I hooked the DVD player up to my five year old surround sound system all I heard was a buzzing sound through the speakers. The picture was excellent but not the sound. So I returned the Sony and purchased the Panosonic system. It was out of the box and set up within 30 minutes. Great sound and the upconverted DVD picture quality is incredible. The only thing I dont like is that you can't changethe speaker wires.

Great value, everything you need plus some good features

saved by raymond | amazon.com

The SC-PT650 system's strengths are its high-resolution DVD up-conversion, iPod Dock, and sound quality. My DVDs look great on my Panasonic TH-50PX75U HDTV, which doesn't even make full use of the DVD player's maximum 1080p up-conversion. The iPod Dock is a convenient add-on, and you can even do some iPod controls by remote (skipping and pausing). Lastly, sound quality was great, especially for a budget system (not that I have much experience with anything other than budget systems). The only drawback is the lack of video inputs, but I don't think this should be a problem because any TV requiring a home theater system of this quality should also have plenty of video inputs, so you can just hook up a game system directly to the TV. Also, the iPod Dock works only with the 30 and 60 GB video iPods, and the aluminum iPod nano. Any others will require a small adapter.

Good for the money

saved by raymond | reviews.cnet.com

Panasonic's budget-priced SC-PT650 home theater system sounds good for the money and delivers a decent roster of features--but the step-up model is an even better deal.