Panasonic SC-PTX7

The Panasonic SC-PTX7 is said to be the main use for home cinema system that rips CDs onto an 80GB hard disk. This system includes two front channel speakers and a subwoofer with a 3.1 channel system that the two front speakers using clever technology to project dialogue into the space where a centre speaker would be. The system’s amp generates a respectable power output of 330W, 100W of which is channelled to the slim passion subwoofer. On the front panel, there’s a USB port for flash drivers, MP3 players and a 3.5mm line. Songs can be ripped from CD in high-quality LPCM or the more efficient AAC format, which holds roughly 39,000 songs in the LP mode. The system can retrieve track information using Gracenote’s MusicID system, which recognises songs from their waveform pattern.

 Its features are the 1080p upscalling via the HDMI, Media compatibility that plays DVDs and CDs but also DVD-Audio, DiVX, MP3, WMA, JPEG files. There’s also the Music Shuffle feature, the jukebox feature, the Ethernet port and the LAN connection. The Panasonic SC-PTX7 was praised from the website trustedreviewers.com, reviewers noted that the ‘SC-PTX7 is an impressive performer’ as the performance was pleasing, with top-notch 1080p picture quality and a pseudo centre channel that sounds convincing. The Panasonic SC-PTX7 was again praised by another site techradar.com , reviewers concluded that the colour reproduction was out of this world and Panasonic should be applauded for creating a system that does so much more than just play DVDs.