Panasonic SC-BT100 Expert Reviews

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.

Blu-ray without the bother

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

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 out

Panasonic's SC-BT100 Blu-ray home cinema in a box system has been arousing a lot of interest on our Forums, so we thought it was time to try it out

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

The SC-BT100, Panasonic, is a compact system opens the doors to video and audio HD.

-- The all-in-one concept - Compatibility Profile 1.1 BD - HD audio decoders - General Equipment (iPod, SD slot, RF, etc.).

-- What results in wireless with its uncompressed HD?