Customer Reviews
Lessons learned 
2006-10-13
Well, we've owned this system for over a year now. I was a little disappointed in sound quality and picture quality right out of the box. After playing with the settings, I was able to get some improvement but still not completely satisfied. We still have problems with the dynamic range as volumes go from quiet to loud and vice versa. Dialogue quality still falls somewhat short.
Now for the gripe! For the past 3 months the dvd player would go on the fritz. We would be comfy, watching a movie when all of a sudden, the dvd would stop and the player would turn off an on. The behaviour is sporadic and may happen right off the bat or after watching a movie and moving on to special dvd features. Must be a short circuit somewhere. Annoying as heck!
I'm not going to bother with repairing the thing. I'm moving on to bigger and better things.
Hope this helps!
Nice sound 
2006-07-14
I have owned this product for over a year now, and use it on a regular basis. I like the sound, and had no problems with the DVD player. As a matter of fact, the floor where this unit is kept was flooded with about three inches of water. The subwoofer was sitting directly on the floor, in the water, and nothing happened to it. Luckily, the DVD player was a fraction of an inch above the water line. Nice product for the money. You can vibrate an average size house when you turn the volume up.
Poor design. 
2006-03-26
After a little over a year of use a circuit board, on this HT-920 home theater system, developed a small crack resulting in intermittent sound. This was the diagnosis of one of their certified repair centers. This system sat in the same place the whole time and was not moved. The repair center communicated it was a know issue with the poor design, with the external speaker connector being part of the board. This was not in warranty period and the replacement part is no longer available. The repair center thought Panasonic would replace subwoofer at no charge as they said Panasonic is aware of the issue and the new sub design has changed as a result. Did not happen. This is the second instance in the last 5 years where I've had an issue with a Panasonic home theater system and a know design issue. The other was with the HT-900 where a Panasonic engineer admitted the defect and they did replace that system.
I also own a Boston acoustics (9 years) and Aiwa (15 years) with no issues. To Panasonic's credit I am very please with the 7 year old TV I own. I will not buy another home theater sound system from them and will think twice about purchasing other Panasonic products. This is unfortunate as I'm in the market for 2 LCD or Plasma 42" TVs and I've read allot of good thing about their plasma and LCD TVs.
panasonic sc-ht900 home theater system whit 5disc dvd changer 2006-02-03
PLEASE I NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PRODUCT - BECAUSE I LIVE IN LATIN AMERICA AND I WANT TO KNOW IF READS ZONE 4 AND IF IT CAN BE PLUGED TO 220V OUTPUT .- THANKS FOR YOUR HELP
Panasonic SC-HT930 
2006-01-19
I bought a Panasonic SC-HT930 home theater system online from Dell. I thought the sound quality was great. But within about three weeks it jammed up. There were two CDs inside and the drawer would not open. Every time I turned it on it immediately gave an error code and turned itself off. I called Dell and they refused to help saying it had been more than twenty-one days from invoice. When I called Panasonic they referred me to an authorized service center in my area. I called after one week and was told the optical pickup needed to be replaced and that it was on order and would be in the following week. I called again after one more week and was told the part is on backorder with Panasonic and won't be in for at least one more week. I feel I made a huge mistake ordering from Dell since they won't stand behind products they sell that don't have the Dell name on them. I will also think twice about buying Panasonic products in the future.
One of the Worst Home theater - Don't buy panasonic 2005-08-15
Panasonic's vision of the digital future is driven by the needs and aspirations of its business customers and millions of consumers around the world who use its products every day. The company shares their dream to live a fuller life by providing ways of working smarter and enjoying the rewards of technological advances.PRODUCT FEATURES:1000 watt DVD home theatre system;Built-in 5-disc CD/DVD changer with quick start CD mode;Optical digital input for satellite receiver or digital cable box;Telescopic front speaker system with 50kHz frequency response;Non-directional OmniCast surround sound speaker system;Multi re-master for higher quality audio reproduction;Composite, S-Video and Component Video outputs;Six-speaker system with amplified subwoofer;ENERGY STAR compliant;DVD-audio playback;Dolby digital decoder;DTS decoder;HighMAT;CD, CDR-R/RW1 playback;MP3, WMA, JPEG (on CD-R/RW).
Very Powerful, Great Value and Performance 2005-01-08
I just received this theater system yesterday and it is wonderful. I found it very easy to setup, the directions are very easy to follow and understand even if you aren't electronically inclined. Plus the manual isn't a 100 page book you have to read to learn how to run the system.
I love the design of the system also. Panasonic made the DVD 5 disc changer look really cool by making the front of it look like a mirror. Also around the volume knob, it glows with blue light when you turn the system on. The speakers are silver and have a nice design. The tall (long) speakers are the front speakers and the smaller ones go in the back of the room. The nice thing is that all the speakers are capable of hanging on the wall. Also, poles that are attached to the tall front speakers (as shown in the picture) can be used for the back speakers instead if you like. So there are options with this system.
The performance of the system is amazing and at the price I got it for, you CAN"T go wrong. The DVD player is quick when changing discs and quiet. There are also a lot of setup options. You can ajust the subwoofer level from the remote, many different picture views, sound settings for cd's, and speaker adjustments to name a few. Also, there are tons of inputs for you extra devices. I have the VCR and 3 game systems hooked up to it. I also liked the fact that it had the option for component cable hook ups for the TV. I bought some of those cables last night and the picture does look better. I love the subwoofer. It's pretty hefty but definately worth it. There are 4 different bass levels you can set it on and it is POWERFUL. I put in The Chronicles of Riddick and it shook the floor and my cat hid for the rest of the night. You have to be careful though. I live in an apartment and the bass can be heard clearly and heavily outside the apartment and I didn't have the volume up very loud at all. But with the subwoofer adjustment, you can find a setting that works best for you.
I suggest this product for everyone. It works so great and it's such a good value for the money that I'm telling all my friends about it.
Great product, Very Powerful 2005-01-08
I just received this theater system yesterday and it is wonderful. I found it very easy to setup, the directions are very easy to follow and understand even if you aren't electronically inclined. Plus the manual isn't a 100 page book you have to read to learn how to run the system. <br /><br />I love the design of the system also. Panasonic made the DVD 5 disc changer look really cool by making the front of it look like a mirror. Also around the volume knob, it glows with blue light when you turn the system on. The speakers are silver and have a nice design. The tall (long) speakers are the front speakers and the smaller ones go in the back of the room. The nice thing is that all the speakers are capable of hanging on the wall. Also, poles that are attached to the tall front speakers (as shown in the picture) can be used for the back speakers instead if you like. So there are options with this system.<br /><br />The performance of the system is amazing and at the price I got it for, you CAN"T go wrong. The DVD player is quick when changing discs and quiet. There are also a lot of setup options. You can ajust the subwoofer level from the remote, many different picture views, sound settings for cd's, and speaker adjustments to name a few. Also, there are tons of inputs for you extra devices. I have the VCR and 3 game systems hooked up to it. I also liked the fact that it had the option for component cable hook ups for the TV. I bought some of those cables last night and the picture does look better. I love the subwoofer. It's pretty hefty but definately worth it. There are 4 different bass levels you can set it on and it is POWERFUL. I put in The Chronicles of Riddick and it shook the floor and my cat hid for the rest of the night. You have to be careful though. I live in an apartment and the bass can be heard clearly and heavily outside the apartment and I didn't have the volume up very loud at all. But with the subwoofer adjustment, you can find a setting that works best for you.<br /><br />I suggest this product for everyone. It works so great and it's such a good value for the money that I'm telling all my friends about it.
Stay away from Panasonic! 2004-12-24
Customer Service - the Panasonic website claims this is very important to them. I had my home theater only 3-4 months when a VCR tape got stuck. I has now been at the service center for almost 4 months! When I am lucky enough to get a response from Panasonic (which is rare), they make promises of completion and/or replacement. But promises won't play the DVD's my family would have liked to watch together over the holidays. When we finally got through to the customer service center on the phone, they had the nerve to hand up on us twice. IF YOU WANT A COMPANY TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS - STAY AWAY FROM PANASONIC!!! I have truly given up hope of even getting my home theater back from the Panasonic service center.
This works great for my requirement 2004-09-10
I could not use it to the fullest potential as I live in a apartment. I like it till now, I have flat screen TV never faced any problem as they described in other reviews for plasma tv's.
I like the look of it too, the tall boy speakers look great.
I paid 410$ and I am expecting 50$ back(360$). I feel it is worth the money.
I rate it 5 stars from experience.
