Great Blu Ray Complete System

We were looking to replace our Bose 321 system in our family room. Over about 4 years the Bose was showing its age more than a bit. Where movies used to be played and clearly heard with a volume setting of 40, we were now often at 80.

I had wanted a blu ray player for some time, also wanted the complete 5 speaker surround system, ideally wanted it all integrated. I know going component by component can lead to an overall better system, but I am not an engineer nor am I an audiophile, so when I stumbled across this sytem, which further met our other requirement of not being too big, it was a hit. We did not want huge speakers dominating our family room, where we put the system.

It is interesting, we bought the Bose because it advertises easy installation, and it was, but this system was extremely well put together and easy to understand. In less than one hour, we had removed the Bose and installed the Panasonic, including the wireless surround sound.

Ok, the big moment, we put in The Fifth Element Blu Ray. Not exactly classical movies, but visually stunning, and in Blu Ray, it was UNREAL. Also, this system very very clearly illustrated that what we had before with Bose's "simulated" surround sound, was in fact, very lacking. You can hear cars, bullets, etc. literally whizzing by your head. Voices are very clear, and big booms can literally shake the house.

The upconvert feature on non Blu Ray disks is excellent as well.

Overall, this is an awesome system, has funtioned perfectly, you did not have to be an engineer or technician to install or use it.

In my home it is paired with a Sony TV, so I cannot speak to the Viera Link.