Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Panasonic's Blu-ray HTIB; what's wrong with high-end audio?

It's not the best Blu-ray HTIB we've seen this year and the lack of Netflix streaming may be a deal-breaker for subscribers, but Panasonic's SC-BT300 is a well-thought-out system that combines the same excellent video quality of the standalone DMP-BD60K Blu-ray with a solid 7.1 surround-sound speaker package.
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Panasonic's Blu-ray HTIB sounds bigger than it looks
It's not the best Blu-ray HTIB we've seen this year and the lack of Netflix streaming may be a deal-breaker for subscribers, but Panasonic's SC-BT300 is a well-thought-out system that combines the same excellent video quality of the standalone DMP-BD60K Blu-ray with a solid 7.1 surround-sound speaker package. Read the full review here.

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