Home theatre: Sony DAV-DZ556KB or Panasonic SC-HT540GCSS or Philips HTS3548/98

[Hot Punekar]

Hi,

I want to purchase a home theater system. All the above mentioned home theaters are in my budget. i.e. 20 K (I know it is small but that is what I can spare )

Need help / assistance in selecting the best out of these three.

Originally I zeroed on Sony but later found that Sony is missing lot of thing such as no picture navigator, for songs (replay, shuffle, etc) is missing, you can not navigate to a particular song of MP3 CD and you have to keep on selecting next button on remote.

So I am looking for something which has good VFM (value for money) and is technically good and should be easy for day to day operation.

Please reply me ASAP as I want to make decision this weekend.

Sony
Sony India : DAV-DZ556KB (DAVDZ556KB) : Details

Panasonic
SC-HT540GCSS | Home Theatre | Digital AV | Panasonic India

Philips
HTS3548/98 - DVD Home Theater System - Home theater systems - Recorders, DVD and home theater - Philips

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[cyrus]

You cannot go wrong with either the Sony or Panasonic although I find Sony audio products to be more reliable than Panasonic.

 

[ranjeetrain]

The Sony is Harsh and Shrill. I myself have one and never use it. Wanting to sell, anyone interested?

The Panasonic sounds better, but loose boomy bass.

Out of the three my choice would be the Philips.

 

[unleash_me]

What we need is a complete AV revolution!!!

Is there any way we can stop these "style over substance" HTIBs being sold in the world?! Am sure even toddlers can differentiate between the sonys n panasonics and philips Vs. Quality Separates.

Ok, now that I got the frustration out of the way; I would second Cyrus. Let me be frank here, I don?t like the sound of any one these mentioned here but I vote for Sony for its better build quality, reliability and re-selling value; which I'm sure you would consider in the near future.

IMHO, I would again (repeatedly) suggest the Onkyo Gladiator model if your budget is an absolute 20k.

Best Regards.