Panasonic DMR BS850

Smart looks ; simple to use ; good Freesat performance ; fine Blu-ray sound and pics

Expensive next to separates, unless you need to record to Blu-ray

An innovative, versatile and effective HD viewing and recording solution

Astounding feature list, versatility and ease of use, compressed high-def recordings, Blu-ray pictures, bitstream recording

Can’t copy to USB, limited Freesat high-def content, copy restrictions on HD content, price

The level of technological innovation offered by the DMR-BS850 made it the most eagerly anticipated product of the year, and thankfully it doesn’t disappoint. The combination of twin Freesat tuners, Blu-ray recording, a huge hard-disk, wide multimedia...

A fine one-box solution for recording and watching hi-def, but just a tad too expensive – at the moment...

The DMR-BS850 is certainly a pretty impressive piece of kit, as you'd hope from the first Blu-ray recorder to go on sale. Like its DVD-recording sibling, however, it doesn't have the polished interface that you'd expect from a high-end satellite DVR,...

It may be expensive but this Panasonic represents the easiest way to becoming a media mogul without getting adopted by Rupert Murdoch. Great images, an almost infinite features list and top build quality make the BS850 an instant classic. Panasonic...

exellent quality and design , easy to use.

none really without nit picking.

Ease of use huge hard drive excellent pictures and sound.

not found any yet

Easy to set up, looks sylish and Veira link excellent

Easy to set up, easy to navigate and record to HDD. Haven't tried saving to Blu-ray disc yet so I cannot cooment on that.

TV guide does not show picture in picture view of programme selected as my Humax Freeview does.