Remanufactured Panasonic SC-HT05 370-Watt Home Theater System (Silver)
Avoid at all costs
I was excited at the prospect of buying a neat, self-contained package at such a reasonable price. Boy, was I mistaken! First, the total unit weighs a ton, so forget about sending it back. But why would you want to send it back? It has such a sleek design, right? And 370 watts of power!! And a pretty neat design, with the amplifier actually within the subwoofer, and the speakers are wired from the subwoofer, as well. But that's about the only good thing I can say about it. Why? Because first off, you know you have to buy a dvd player to go with it. That's okay. But there is no dvd player that I have been able to find that has an output for audio, video, front speakers, subwoofer, and rear speakers. That's right. In order to use this unit, your dvd player is required to have five outputs. Since none do, you wind up with front speakers only. Not much better than a stereo TV alone. The subwoofer will not work because there is no subwoofer output on a dvd player. Pretty lame. So this unit is not surround sound, it is not home theater, and it will cost you big time to send it back to Amazon, or wherever. Avoid it like the bird flu !!