The soundbar speaker of the SC-HTB8 also features an 80 W RMS power, ensuring consistent and balanced audio output. Panasonic rates the HT80 as capable of holding up to 30Kg, in weight, so again most should sit safely upon it but do check your TVs specifications before parting with your money and potentially creating a bit of a mess on your living room floor.

During testing we hooked up the SC-HT80 to a Toshiba L4353 we were reviewing and found operation faultless over ARC, although we can't 100% vouch this will be the case for all TVs as we've seen some shoddy implementations. to RCA) and connect one end to the headphone jack of your mobile device and the other end to the AUX IN port on your home cinema set.The better your problem and question is described, the easier it is for other Panasonic owners to provide you with a good answer. There's a subtle blue LED display to the centre giving you input, menu and volume level feedback but it can be dimmed but not turned off altogether. There is an opportunity to stream audio via Bluetooth with the added bonus that a connection can be established immediately via your NFC (Near Field Communication) capable device. Loading… RatingLet us know what you think about the Panasonic SC-HTB8 Home Theater System by leaving a product rating.

Essentially it's a soundbar only one that's designed to sit underneath your TV, rather than in front of it, thus providing the last word in stylishness and simplicity whilst also bolstering your TV audio experience.There's quite a lot of DSP (Digital Sound Processing) options to play with, in fact, although most of the Sound Modes aren't wildly different from one another. Whichever you choose, the audio performance will generally be on the warm side with excellent clarity of both vocals and dialogue and very nice sense of detail. As previously stated, this soundbar is meant to cram a lot of punch into a compact speaker according to this Panasonic SC HTB8 Review. Probably the most used of these will be the Bluetooth streaming, which supports the A2DP profile and proved very robust in our tests with a Windows 7 PC and a Nexus 7. Connectivity options are good and include HDMI, digital optical and stereo as well as the (almost) obligatory Bluetooth support and there's the added bonus of NFC for your capable device.