Panasonic SC-PT470EB-K 5.1 DVD Home Cinema System
Posted by Notcot on Apr 2, 2010 in Home Cinema & Video |
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This is a good home cinema, I do agree with other reviews of this as some things are a bit of a let down.
The way its all been set up could have been easier, the LG one I had that this replaced I didnt have to look at the instructions to use it for anything it was that straight forward, but this is a bit of a pain at times. However the sound, look and once you have sussed how it all works its a good piece of kit and I would recommend it. Its a good price here I found some other sites selling it at £300. I have my PS3,Ipod and Sky+ running through it and they all sound great. Buy it, give it some time learn how to use it and set it up right, you should’t be disappointed….. Until your 18month old finds the Ipod dock…. These are Dad’s gadgets back to your room…. He’s at it again as I type this review…. Kids…
Rating: 4 / 5
So far i’ve been quite impressed with this surround system, nice clear sound, quite powerful and has plenty of connections. Got it hooked up to a Freesat box via Phono cables and an Xbox 360 via Optical and the sound is excellent from both. Obviously the Xbox has the advantage of Optical as it can output real 5.1 surround but even the simulated surround from TV programs is good.
An included feature that was very useful when setting it up is a little conical microphone, which picks up the sound from each speaker and adjusts the volume for you – handy for when the room size or shape stops you from having the “perfect” surround setup.
The equalising system takes a more pre-defined approach by letting you choose from 4 or 5 EQ settings (clear, soft, heavy, flat..) and then the subwoofer has 4 power levels. Aside from that there’s Whisper Mode and Centre Focus which are both useful at low volumes. Generally it seems only the more expensive systems let you alter bass/treble manually, so for it’s price the PT470 has good middle ground.
Also the rear speaker cables are 5 metres / 16 feet long, but it’s not difficult to extend them if required.. same goes for many other systems though.
Visually, DVD’s look good (even on my cheap telly!)
Rating: 4 / 5
I’ll try and keep this short and sweet, the picture with an HDMI cable when set on the high definition 1080p setting is almost as good as blue ray, the sound is Amazing with the ipod play back, watching films or playing on the computer cant fault it, setting it up was’nt a mission either the only faults i found but there only minor the speaker wire isn’t that long but that can be easily fixed and scrolling through the ipod playback screen trying to find certain songs, albums etc is abit slow especially if you’ve got big library but apart from that its the nuts well worth the money as long you take time to learn all its different functions and settings you’ll be glad you bought it.
Rating: 5 / 5
I just purchased the SC-PT470 and find that the sound and picture quality is very good but as said by J. Hood, also very loud! Very disappointed that there is no auto scale option to scale my 4:3 movies, this has to be manually selected from the player setup menu and is frustrating. No remote eject button and no time remaining counter. It has a whisper mode that can level out the sound and keep surround effects at lower volume and is welcome. The equaliser options also can help and there is a voice enhance function to make speech louder. Overall I have mixed feelings. Good quality but very basic function.
Rating: 3 / 5
Had the surround sound for a couple of days now; and I must say first of all the sound is excellent! If anything I feel there could have been a bit more base. I have played a couple of DVD’s onto my Full HD T.V. and the quality is great. I have also connected it up to the T.V. and the sound works well with the Sky+ box AND PS3. However to connect to your T.V. and get the unscaled movies you will need to have a DIGITAL OPTICAL CABLE (i have a fusion one) and a HDMI CABLE!
Rating: 5 / 5