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Panasonic DMR-BWT850

Panasonic DMR-BWT850
alaScore 84

59 reviews

Apr, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 59 reviews of Panasonic DMR-BWT850. The average rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average rating of 3.7/5 for other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) for all reviews. People really like the size and image quality. Some have doubts about the reliability and price.

usability, image quality, size

price, reliability

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) the Panasonic DMR-BWT850 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 84/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by : What Hi-Fi? (whathifi.com)

Panasonic DMR-BWT850 review

 

Blessed with a wealth of features, this Blu-ray recorder is an impressive box of tricks...

It does everything

Expensive

Panasonic’s Blu-ray recorder is an impressive, but expensive, box of tricks

Jan, 2016

Consumer review (johnlewis.com)

Great piece of kit!

 

Bought to replace a previous similar model 5 years old. The updated features and Freeview Play are great, the pictures from the HD tuners look really good. It does take a bit of work to get to know how to archive programmes onto dvd and blu-rays but...

Mar, 2018

Consumer review (johnlewis.com)

Disappointing

 

I bought this to replace my Panasonic DMR BWT 740 which had stopped working (After replacing it, and being left unplugged for some time it is now working again) The new machine's connectivity is lacking. No phonos to connect to an amp and no scart...

Mar, 2018

Consumer review (johnlewis.com)

Good so far

 

Had this a few weeks, and it does what it says on the tin, part from the remote access ("TV Anywhere" which I knew about before I purchased it). However the home streaming over Wi-Fi does work, as does the simultaneous recording of two broadcasts. Note...

Feb, 2018

Consumer review (johnlewis.com)

Not as good as previous models

 

Apart from the changes to the program guide, which all reviews seem to hate, I found that button placement on the remote was not as intuitive as on previous models. I also found that the volume is far lower which means that when changing from TV to...

Feb, 2018

Consumer review (johnlewis.com)

so so

 

It seems to have better tuners than my TV but like much technology there is a learning curve to climb. I was dismayed to find that it only has digital audio out and my audio system only has an analogue input so had to buy an a to d converter but this...

Feb, 2018

Consumer review (johnlewis.com)

Bought to replace Sky

 

Easy to set up and use. Freeview Plus is very good. Can wind back live tv, which matters to me. Just two niggles - no mute button on tv gadget, and when recording consecutive programmes on same channel plus one on another channel the box stops the...

Feb, 2018

Consumer review (johnlewis.com)

Fairly useful product

 

I bought this item to replace a proprietary hard disk recorder (set top box) from a major broadband and TV provider and because it can play programs recorded on other units on the same network. Overall I find it's a really capable unit. The picture...

Jan, 2018

Consumer review (johnlewis.com)

The ideal recorder

 

I wanted another Panasonic twin drive recorder that also burns to disc. This seems to be the only one, though I didn't need the blue ray bit. Works as well as my old one, which has given years of good service; straightforward and easy to use. Handbook...

Jan, 2018

Consumer review (johnlewis.com)

Very full-featured kit, but takes some mastering

 

This is a perfectly competent Freeview+ PVR and DVD/BluRay player. What makes it quite literally unique in the marketplace is that it can also copy and write to both those types of disc. You always have to record to the unit itself, but you can then...

Jan, 2018

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