Panasonic SC-HT520

Its great. Obviously it isnt a Blu-Ray player, but who cares! it has a radio, plays everything from cd, JPEGfiles to dvds. It was a bargain price at the time. I have had it almost 6 years now and it still plays like a dream. Best bargain I have ever purchased.

Only thing about it would put people off is the amout of wires needed for each speaker (5).but I have them all tucked away nicely so no worries there.

Best home cinema system i ever owned!

The neighbours hated it! Even on the quietest sub woofer level the box was doing a dance! only age made me move on to better things and upgrade!!

The sound was spot on and not muffled in anyway

Picture was great for its time, as it was before blueray and HD and it still looks spot on and would fit in any silver box setup!!!

If the shop had told me before i bought it how much it would have annoyed the neighbours, I would have bought two of them!

Best cd player i ever had also, as most of my rock and metal got played through the surround system.

Thank god for Panasonic!!!!!!!!!

Panasonic SC-HT520 is simply good and beautiful, i feel that I payed less than the real price considering the quality and functionality

I received a Panasonic HT520 and just loved the sound until some silly sod broke into my house and stole just the DVD unit. I am now left with the active sub and speakers and no unit to to play.

I received the Panasonic SC-HT520 Home Theatre system for Christmas 2006. The unit was purchased 11/28/2006. With in 11 months the unit stopped working. I called Panasonic and found the local Authorized service center is 45 min away from my house. I am a single mom and work 2 jobs, the first Sat I had off to bring the unit to the repair center was 12/08/2006. Ten days after the receipt expired.

It is now 03/21/2008. Four months since I dropped off my Home Theatre system and it still sits at the authorized service center, who refuses to fix the unit due to cost. The center will not give Panasonic a detailed estimate of repair cost.

I have called Panasonic many times. Sometimes I have had to call through 5 times in 1 day just to speak with the Supervisor handling my case. Today I spoke with Leo. He would not give me his last name nor would he let me speak to his supervisor or manager. Leo explained Panasonic can not help me. The unit is out of warranty and they are still waiting for the detailed estimate of repair. Panasonic did offer me a 20% off discount to a purchase of a new unit. Which just didn't seem fair considering.

My review and suggestion to all consumers considering a purchase of a Panasonic unit of any kind should not consider Panasonic. Please learn from my terrible experience.

Panasonic SC-HT520 is a good value surround sound kit, ridiculously loud sub, gives a real cinema feel for less than £200.

A bit annoyed I cant connect my PS2 up via optical, but the pro-logic II still gives me surround sound.

Don't be fooled as I was!

I specifically bought the Panasonic SC-HT520 model because it was billed as an "all region" player and I have a collection of region 1 dvds, many of which are just not available in other formats.

It turns out that what "all region" means is that it will play dvds marked "ALL" instead of with a specific region. Thus my region 1 collection remains unplayable. Worse, there appears to be no crack for this particular model, meaning I am lumbered with a useless pile of junk.

I therefore rate this player 0 in all categories and urge you to boycott this and all other region restricted players until this stupidity is overthrown