the first product I purchase be the sc-440ht . First off , I could not believe it when the only cable it include be the video cable . it be a especially nice touch how in the manual it say something to the effect of `` for a even better home theater experience , hook you tv up to the system via a audio cable -lrb- not include -rrb- . '' they be webpage originally say that this product upconvert sd dvd 's to 1080us . when it arrive I see it have no hdmus output and be quite confused . if it do convert it , it would be pointless without that output . so when call about the problem , they basically say `` too bad for you , but we 'll fix the whole little false advertisement problem we have on we website ... '' fortunately , the place I purchase it from help I out with get the sc-ht740 ... this product be garbage as well . this did indeed have a hdmus output , BUT , of course , do NOT include any type of HDMI cable . again , all it include be the yellow video cable . another nice touch this manual have , be something to the effect of `` to get a true hd experience and watch you standard dvd 's in hd , hook it up to you tv via a hdmus cable ! ... -lrb- not include ... -rrb- '' any other product I have see come with any and all of the cable you would need for that product , yes , even HDMI ... another problem with both product be that they both state that they play dvd-r , dvd+r , dvd-rw , and DVD+RW , when in fact , they do nothing of the sort . I have try several different brand dvd 's , different brand dvd burner with no avail . they work on every other dvd player I have , even old 30lb out of date one ... but not this `` top-o-the line Panasonic ... '' all of these dvd 's have be finalize and be in video_ts format , so that be not the problem . Panasonic just suck . oh yeah , do not bother attempt to get any online support . for one , navigation on they website be awful . it look simple , but when you click on something to hopefully simply find `` contact we , '' it lead you to la-la land have nothing to do with what you be look for . you click `` customer support '' and it lead you to say ... the webpage for business owner . anyway , when I finally do find a way to send something up -lrb- about two week ago -rrb- they never send anything back anyway . if you be think of purchase this product , do yourself a favor and do not . buy something else .