Panasonic SC-HT700 CD/DVD Home Theatre Sys

Panasonic SC-HT700 CD/DVD Home Theatre Sys
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Panasonic SC-HT700 is a Home Theater System with Built-In 5-DVD Changer and Surround Sound Speaker System.PRODUCT FEATURES:DVD-Audio Compatibility;Dolby Digital Decoder;DTS Decoder;Dolby Pro Logic Surround;FM/AM Digital Synthesizer Tuner;Audio Inputs;Cinema Mode;Dialog Enhancer;Multi-Channel Sound Field;Sound Field Control (SFC);Compatible Media Formats VD-Audio, DVD-Video, DVD-RAM/DVD-R 4, CD, CD-R/RW 5, Video CD, JPEG, MP3, WMA, HighMAT;Progressive Scanning;Super Surround Sound.Surround Sound.
Amazon.com Product Description
Early Adopters Pick: April 2003. This home theater system includes the world's slimmest 5-Disc DVD changer, as well as a six-speaker system.

The SC-HT700 handles the audio end of a home theater, giving you surround sound decoding, amplification, and playback through a specially matched six-speaker system (left, center, right, left and right surround, and low-frequency subwoofer). The five-disc carousel system's DVD-Audio playback makes it adept at music as well as movies, offering super high-fidelity (192 kHz/24-bit) sound. DVD-Audio discs provide multichannel and stereo sound, incredible storage capacity, and unique bonus materials not available on regular audio CDs.

DVD movies will look and sound great through the system's 54 MHz/10-bit video decoder, video depth enhancer, progressive-scan video output (for use with high-definition and HD-ready televisions), and Dolby Digital and DTS discrete 5.1-channel surround decoding and rendering. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, providing higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

The speaker set includes four satellite speakers (front and rear left and right) powered by 45 watts each, a 90-watt center-channel speaker (critical for handling most of a movie's dialogue), and a powerful, 170-watt subwoofer specially designed for unobtrusive placement. All speakers are magnetically shielded to protect your TV from distortion induced by the speakers' magnetic fields. In addition, a digital-synthesized FM/AM tuner lets you listen to your favorite radio stations.

Average customer rating: 4.0

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InFocus LP335 Dragonfly Video Projector

Manufacturer: In Focus
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00004U1TN

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Product Description

The award-winning InFocus personal projectors will definitely make your life on the road easier. Starting at just 4.8 pounds, they'll fit in the same bag as your notebook computer. They're equally at home in tiny spaces (like overhead bins) as they are in conference rooms. Now that's a rippin' projector. The new LP 335 "Dragonfly" is the smallest, sleekest, and best-looking projector we've ever built. And at a mere 4.8 pounds, it travels like no other projector, either. The LP335 projector makes a statement - before you even turn it on.

Amazon.com Product Description

The sleekly designed, portable InFocus LP335 Dragonfly LCD projector lessens your burden while making you a more effective presenter. It's easy to carry and quiet running, and its high resolution and a powerful 1,000 ANSI lumens of brightness combine to provide dynamic colored images for your most compelling performance.

Weighing less than 5 pounds and measuring just 9 by 10 by 2.5 inches, the Dragonfly is eminently transportable, easy to set up, and adapts to unfamiliar spaces and unpredictable situations. And it operates from an easy-to-use LCD backlit control panel.

InFocus helps you put on your most professional presentation by offering a built-in manual zoom and focus lens so you can focus without moving the projector. With its 1,000 lumens of brightness you'll rarely have to dim the lights, and the 270-watt metal halide lamp has a 1,000-hour lifetime. Plus, with the included Executive Plus remote you can control the pacing and quality of your presentation from anywhere in the room.

The Dragonfly is easy to connect, using an advanced M1-DA DVI digital and analog connector with USB mouse for plug-and-project setup. And its advanced electronics supply automatic synchronization, tracking, image positioning, and video source detection. Plus, its true 800 x 600 SVGA resolution with compression up to 1,024 x 768 supports most presentations directly from your notebook PC.

Texas Instruments provides filmlike image quality through its Digital Light Processing and supports all major video inputs. For example, because the LP335 is HDTV compatible, the projector automatically resizes 1080i HDTV input, preserving a 16:9 ratio. A one-watt speaker delivers built-in audio, and quiet internal operation allows your orator to maintain the attention of the audience free of distraction.

The InFocus Dragonfly projector is small enough to fit in the portfolio with your laptop computer, and this model includes (along with its own carrying case) an executive remote, MI DVI analog USB cable, composite-video cable, and audio connection cables. InFocus ensures its high level of service and support with Priority Care, including 90 days of free 24/7 technical support while you master all the functions, plus a one-year overnight replacement program and a two-year standard warranty on parts and labor.

Customer Reviews:

Best in the [price] range.......2000-06-19

If you check out the reviews for LCD projectors, infocus products rarely surface. But you get a great bang for the buck here. The NEC LF140 has received rave reviews but if you look carefully, it is heavier than the LP335 and the intensity of its lamp is also lesser. Granted than the difference between 800 and 1000 lumens isn't that great (with the logarithmic nature of light intensity) but there will be a minor improvement in performance with the brighter lamp, particularly if you leave the lights on during the presentation. When push comes to shove and you compare the features, you might still be tempted to pick the NEC product for its "brand." If you yield to that temptation, you'll pay about $1500 more for a inferior feature set.

On the otherhand, the NEC Multisync VT540 is a decent buy. It has all that the dragonfly offers at a comparable price (it is about 3 lbs heavier but you get the MultiSync plug and forget functionality, which is comforting.)

If you want to save your biceps effort buy the dragonfly, else go for the NEC (reasons being the software and brand.)

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