Panasonic SA-HE75 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Home Theater Receiver (Black)

Panasonic SA-HE75 5.1 Channel Surround Sound Home Theater Receiver (Black)
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Panasonic's vision of the digital future is driven by the needs and aspirations of its business customers and millions of consumers around the world who use its products every day. The company shares their dream to live a fuller life by providing ways of working smarter and enjoying the rewards of technological advances.
Amazon.com Product Description
The SA-HE75 home theater receiver from Panasonic is a sophisticated, easy-to-customize, and affordable core component for both home audio and home theater systems. The receiver's Dolby Digital and DTS decoders provide crisp, clear sound, and Dolby Pro Logic II surround sound yields richness to movies and music alike. The SA-HE75 has three surround modes: movie, music, and panorama. The adjustable music and panorama settings add surround effects to stereo sources, and can be altered to fully customize your audio experience.

The SA-HE75 features a unique set of controls that lets you create a customized speaker configuration. When you set up your speakers, you can optimize the sound by selecting the appropriate speaker size. The large speaker setting reproduces a full sound range, particularly lower levels of bass. For small speakers, the setting makes automatic adjustments to the bass range reproduction to avoid distortion and speaker damage. The preset adjustments can also be manually changed. The versatile receiver allows you to configure a full array of speakers of all size in a surround-sound arrangement.

You can also focus the sound of your home theater by inputting the distance of your front, center, and surround speakers from your primary seating location. The easy setup can be adjusted quickly if you change the layout of your room, or if you add speakers.

Panasonic's sound field control gives your audio experience further definition with six presets: hall, club, live, theater, simulated surround, and party (which configures stereo sound throughout the room.). You can further enhance the sound by adding a subwoofer that can be controlled through the receiver. Dynamic range compression allows you to listen to Dolby Digital music and video at low volumes while maintaining audio clarity. It's a perfect option for late-night viewing or listening.

The SA-HE75 receiver supports a wide array of audio and video components: CD players, tape decks (with a tape monitor feature), DVD players, VCRs, and more. An AM/FM tuner is built into the unit. The universal remote control included with the receiver allows you to control the other components in your home theater.

The SA-HE75 puts out 100 watts per channel, with less than 0.9% total harmonic distortion.

What's in the Box
Panasonic SA-HE75 receiver, remote control, two AA batteries, AC power supply cord, FM indoor antenna, AM loop antenna set, and owner's manual.

Average customer rating: 3.0

Shiny...
Terrible Phone
An all-around great phone
worth the change
Save your money and your frustration

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Amazon.com Product Description

LG's newest mobile treat, the VX-8500 Chocolate offers minimalist-inspired style in a silky-smooth slider design. Deluxe features include support for V Cast Music, glowing touch-sensitive navigation keys, a powerful integrated music/video player, a 1.3 megapixel camera/camcorder, stereo Bluetooth capabilities, and a microSD memory slot for extra storage. If you value extreme style mixed with powerful substance, this is the phone for you.

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The Chocolate's sliding keypad keeps it hidden until you need it. See the phone in 3-D (requires Flash). </td></tr></table> Design
The phone features an attractive open-faced design with an internal antenna and a vibrant 240 x 320 pixel, 262,000-color TFT/TFD display. A touch sensor click wheel--similar to the navigation device featured on the ever-popular iPod--and sliding design set the phone apart stylistically. Opening the slider reveals a numeric keypad, as well as the 1.3-megapixel camera and LED flash, which are housed on the rear of the phone. The volume and voice slide keys are on the left of the phone, while the music, camera and "end" keys are on the right side. A memory card slot is provided for MicroSD/TransFlash memory cards of up to 2 GB capacity. The phone includes 512 MB of internal memory. Calling Features
The Chocolate boasts powerful calling functions, such as speaker independent voice dialing, which makes it easy to call contacts by simply saying their names. No prior voice training is required and you can even speak individual digits to the phone for quick dialing of numbers you know by heart. And because the Chocolate is Bluetooth enabled, wireless headsets can be configured with the phone for total handsfree operation.

The Chocolate's internal memory can hold up to 500 contacts for quick access to email addresses and phone numbers. The phone lets you easily assign pictures as well as ringtones to your most common callers. In addition to vibrating alerts, the phone supports polyphonic ringtones, and a number of ringtones come preloaded on the phone and more ringtones can be downloaded from Verizon's Get It Now service. Lastly, the Chocolate's GPS location technology pinpoints your exact location when you dial 911.

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Diminutive size and incredible music functionality make this phone the complete mobile companion. Learn more about V Cast Music (requires Flash). </td></tr></table> Messaging, Internet, and Tools
The phone's support for multimedia messaging means that text, photos, video and audio can be sent with ease (Verizon messaging charges apply). When used in combination with the Chocolate's built-in camera, MMS opens up a whole new world of messaging fun. There's also a built-in web browser for downloads and mobile web browsing. Verizon's optional Mobile Web 2.0 package allows you to read and send e-mails, exchange instant messages and view your favorite web content on your phone. You can check your e-mail, trade stocks online, compare prices while shopping, access flight information, get movie listings and find directions to the theater. T9 text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit--a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, the Chocolate is fully compatible with Verizon's V Cast service. With V Cast, you can download and stream high-quality video. Need news and weather? Get the latest Accuweather forecast delivered right to your handset, or stream CNN news headlines. ESPN sports updates, entertainment news from E!, and even Sesame Street content for the kids, are all available. V Cast also serves as a portal for enhanced 3D games, making it possible to have more fun with a new breed of realistic games.

Verizon's music service is another EV-DO-powered service that makes the Chocolate all the more desirable. With V Cast music, your phone is a music player, letting you jam out wherever you are. It's also a music store, and you can download songs instantly to your phone. Save your songs to a memory card with a capacity that's right for you. You can even pause to take a call without missing a beat.

A number of handy software tools are bundled with the Chocolate including a voice memo recorder that can record calls, a calculator, a calendar, and an alarm clock. You can even set the alarm to wake you to your favorite music. Also included with the Chocolate is Verizon's VG Navigator software, which allows you to get real-time, turn-by-turn audible directions as you're driving.

Imaging and Entertainment
The Chocolate's 1.3-megapixel digital camera features a flash, as well as digital zoom, self-timer, night-mode functions, and brightness and white balance controls. The camera also offers up to one-hour of video capture. A built-in music player with stereo speakers and an equalizer, offering MP3 and WMA playback, lets you keep your music playing in the background. You can also take advantage of the Chocolate's Bluetooth wireless headset capability, allowing you to hook up a pair of Bluetooth stereo headphones. EV-DO Wireless Broadband Coverage
Learn more about where EV-DO coverage is offered.

Vital Statistics
The LG VX-8500 Chocolate weighs just 3.53 ounces and measures 3.80 x 1.88 x .69 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.5 hours of digital talk time, and up to 384 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one-year limited warranty.

Note: The LG Chocolate supports the Headset, Handsfree, Serial Port, Dial Up Networking, Advanced Audio Distribution, and Object Push for vCard. It does not support all Bluetooth object transfer (OBEX) profiles

Customer Reviews:

Shiny..........2007-06-01

I've had my chocolate for a month now, and overall I would say that I'm a pretty satisfied customer. This is my second LG slider style phone. The first one I had was the LG PM325, and I liked it a lot until I broke it (which was entirely my fault, not a flaw of the phone). I'm going to do a handy pro/con list.

Pros:
-Pretty design, very shiny and sleek.
-Huge vibrant screen.
-Durable. I've dropped it once already and it didn't skip a beat, or send the battery pack flying in another direction like one phone I had.
-The only time I've been low on service was when I was out in the middle of the woods and no one else had service either.
-Sound quality is great, I can always hear people loud and clear, except for when their service is crappy.
-Decent battery life, lasts all day even when used for music.
-Speaking of music, I got a pair of Bluetooth headphones to go with the phone and the music sounds great. Pretty decent range as well.
-The touch buttons, although sometimes annoying (like when you are making a call and you hit one with your face) are responsive and fun to use, and they don't get pushed accidentally by things in your purse or pocket.
-MicroSD card allows flexibility of expansion that you don't get from something like an iPod. They aren't that expensive, so you could get a couple and have one with music for the gym, and one for travel music or something.

Cons:
-Seems to be vulnerable to scratches. I'd keep it in a case if I were you.
-If you are a Mac user, getting your own music on the SD card is going to be a bit of a hassle. To sync things directly you have to have WindowsMediaPlayer10, which they don't make for Macs, or you can use a card reader and drop music directly into a folder. Only problem with that is it seems really picky about which files it recognizes the song info (title, artist, album) for.
-If you are a PC user, getting your own music on the SD card is going to be a bit of a hassle. Chances are you already have WindowsMediaPlayer10, but now you are going to have to pay 30$ to get the Music package from Verizon, which includes the USB cable and drivers on CD (Or you can by the cable on ebay and find a download for the drivers). Then you sit through the clunky syncing process that doesn't always work how it should.
(Once you figure out a process, though, the music is worth it.)
-I personally don't care for the little flap that you have to open to stick in the charger.
-The camera seems to squish images vertically a little.
-The menu system takes some getting used to, it's definitely geared toward convincing you to buy downloads and such but once you learn where the things you actually want are it's easy navigation.

All in all, I'd say the phone has it's quirks but none of them were a deal breaker for me.

Terrible Phone.......2007-05-17

Yes, it looks cool, but other than that it's a terrible phone. The touchpad is difficult to use, the numbers are pretty small, the battery dies rapidly. In a word, awful. Even disregarding the fact that the sales woman assured me the phone could play itunes (which it can't and I should have known that) it's still a crappy phone. It makes calls on its own. I'm not sure about hitting the side key twice in rapid sucession, after just testing it, all I have to do is hit the key once and it's able to dial on its own. Additionall, the phone does not recognize when keystrokes are being used as part of the connection. Meaning, when I try to check my voicemail, the phone acts like I'm doing other things when I type in my password. That's an issue I've never had with another phone. It's really difficult to use call waiting. Find another phone to buy. I should have gotten a razor.

An all-around great phone.......2007-04-12

I highly recommend LG phones. My previous phone was an LG, solid construction, easy to use, didn't break in the whole 2 years i had it. I'm only switching to a new phone because I get it free.

This is a slide phone, which protects the phone from dialing itself, and is a lot quicker to open than a flip.

It has a touch sensitive interface for the navigation -- almost exactly like an iPod -- which may be difficult for some people to use (if you don't like the iPod interface, you won't like this phone).

The amount of battery life depends on how much you talk -- not how many calls you make. If you're concerned about battery life, ask the person selling the phone, or read the specs online before you buy.

I was also told (by a very helpful Verizon representative) that you should not plug newer phones in overnight as it tends to wear out the battery -- you should plug it in, say, after dinner and unplug it when it's charged a few hours later, perhaps before bedtime.

The call end button is on the side, and there is a "lock-out" feature so that there really isn't a way to hang up or hit any keys with your face if you hold the phone between your shoulder and ear (like you would a regular phone). This phone does come with a headset jack, and is also bluetooth enabled which means you don't have to have the phone anywhere near your ear.

It comes with a great variety of nice ring tones -- from the typical loud and annoying, to some nice noticeable and yet pleasant ringers.

Very easy to take and save photos -- good quality photos when you "point and shoot" and lots of settings that you can tweak if you want to be that involved.

This phone also has slot for a MicroSD card (which you can buy separately) which enables access between phone and your computer or printer.

worth the change.......2007-03-14

I have long been a fan of the majority of LG products. My first cellphone was an LG (when they were still called Lucky Goldstar) half-flip. Every LG phone I have owed has been nearly problem free.

the mint chocolate, or chocolate in general, is a new design which will definitely take some getting used to, but is well worth it. The touch screen auto-locks when the slider is closed, unless you tap the same side button twice in rapid succession, which helps prevent it from making calls on its own. if you want more security than that, you can still enable "phone locked" mode which is available on every other phone. it has an awesome little camera and the sound quality is impressive.

if you have used an ipod in the last few years, you will quickly adapt to the LG chocolate interface. If you like the possible musica capability, this phone is definitely for you.

Save your money and your frustration.......2007-03-02

This phone is not worth the hype. It has major flaws, such as freezing up; making calls on its own; key pad is way too small; your face will touch the screen during calls and will cause you to lose your call; if you talk on the phone more than 3 or 4 times per day (on an average call) your battery will have to be recharged; nevertheless, you have to recharge the phone everyday anyway (this phone has very poor battery life). Problems will occur more frequently after your 15 day trail period has expired and Verizon will only replace your phone with another chocolate phone. If you are fed up with the chocolate phone they will only replace your phone with a phone of their choice - even if you offer to pay the difference for the phone of your choice.

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