Panasonic SC-HT1500

Panasonic's first truly all-in-one home cinema system with recording capabilities boasts sophisticated styling and a great performance, but the price is high

Terrific picture quality, including progressive scan, plus extended recording capacity and clear on-screen menu ;

DVD-RAM and -R recordable discs only, lacks digital video and multimedia card ports and there's no Freeview tuner or programme guide for timer setting

A single main unit incorporates the playback and recording functions plus the radio receiver and surround sound processor. This includes current formats such as DTS, Dolby Digital and ProLogic II (for simulated 5.1 sound from stereo sources). It...

Great crisp sound, good features, easy set-up.

Terrible reliability, non-standard subwoofer connector, slow boot-up time.

Great crisp sound, good features, easy set-up

Terrible reliability, non-standard subwoofer connector, slow boot-up time