Panasonic DMR-BS850 Freesat Blu-ray recorder review

Pray silence for the UK's first Blu-ray recorder

Panasonic DMR-BS850 Freesat Blu-ray recorder. Home Cinema, Blu-ray, Panasonic 0

Reviewer: Danny Phillips
Review Date: 4 June 2009
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Price as reviewed: £1000
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Our score

9/10

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Quick review

The good: Astounding feature list, versatility and ease of use, compressed high-def recordings, Blu-ray pictures, bitstream recording
The bad: Can’t copy to USB, limited Freesat high-def content, copy restrictions on HD content, price
Verdict: The DMR-BS850 is the grand daddy of digital recorders - historic, groundbreaking and downright brilliant
Key specs: Blu-ray, Component, Composite, Digital audio, Ethernet, HDMI, MP3 player, Optical, S-Video, Scart, SD, SDHC, USB

Comments

Having purchased one of these units approx. 3 weeks ago we have had nothing but problems these range from not recording at all, no series recordings and going from one channel to another receiving no signal. Today we exchanged the unit for a new one, we rushed home to try this one out and this one is worse than the first, came to play a blu-ray movie and it would not play, changed movies and still nothing. So don't know what to do, exchange for two separate units or try again. Anyone else having these problems?? Posted by Buckoz, UK

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