Our Overall Score:
8.5/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £109.97
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Panasonic or alternative products in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver
PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver scores 8.7/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Home cinema systems and sound bars. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Home cinema systems and sound bars, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Home cinema systems and sound bars? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver scores 8.8/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category was £9999.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £24.99 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Home cinema systems and sound bars category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category. This was £460.46 from the 108 products we found in that category. So PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver actually comes in below average at £109.97.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £9999.00 and the least expensive, which was £24.99. In total we found that of the 108, 92 were more expensive and 15 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver.
Prices of products from Panasonic
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Panasonic. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Panasonic, which was £333.17 of the 161 products we found. So PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Panasonic was £17.99 with the most expensive coming in at £3799.00.
Prices of products from Panasonic and in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Panasonic that sit specifically within the Home cinema systems and sound bars category.
For this we found that the average price was £241.12, making PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver at £109.97 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £699.00 with the lowest priced item being £49.99. In total there were 5 items that were more expensive and 2 that was less expensive.
Reviews of PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver
PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver scores 8.1/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver is.
Overall score
PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver scores 8.5/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Panasonic so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: PANASONIC SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar, Silver
- Brand: Panasonic
- Model Number: SCHTB488EBK
- 200 WWireless subwooferBluetoothHDMI / Optical
- EAN: 5025232858385
- Description: Top features:- Powerful sound output to boost your home audio – Bluetooth streaming to play your favourite music – Wireless subwoofer allows you to create a flexible setup Powerful sound outputThe Panasonic SC-HTB488EBK 2.1 Wireless Sound Bar has a 200 W output to fill your room with sound. With balanced sound production for movies, TV and music, the sound bar and wireless subwoofer combine to deliver clear and precise audio along with impressive bass.Bluetooth streamingIn addition to enhancing your home viewing entertainment, the sound bar can be used as a Bluetooth speaker for clear and enjoyable home audio. Simply connect your smartphone or tablet to enjoy your favourite music and playlists.The sound bar connects to your TV using a wired connection. In addition to an optical port, it also has ARC HDMI to send both video and audio signals to your TV. For added convenience, you can control the basic functions of the sound bar using your TV remote when using a CEC compatible TV.Wireless subwooferYou can create your ideal home entertainment setup using the HTB488 as it features a wireless subwoofer which can be placed in the most convenient position. Since you don’t have to worry about wires, you can simply enjoy tight and powerful bass sounds no matter where the subwoofer is in the room.Don’t forget your cablesCheck out our range of HDMI and optical cables to connect your input devices and to make sure your new SC-HTB488EBK works perfectly, with improved transfer speeds. Look out for the Sandstrom Silver Series HDMI cables with their lifetime warranty.
- Product ID: 25577631821
