Testseek.co.uk have collected 10 expert reviews of the Panasonic DMR-BW880 and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Panasonic DMR-BW880.
August 2010
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The editors liked
It’s a Freeview HD PVR and a Bluray recorder in one
Great recording and playback quality
Huge flexibility caters for every need
User friendly
Versatile
Quality BD-R recordings
Remote control
Great recording and playback quality. Huge flexibility caters for every need
The Panasonic DMR-BW880 big selling point is just how fully equipped it is. As well as delivering crystal-clear Blu-ray images
It'll also deliver your Freeview HD to your HDTV too.The Panny's also packing twin tuners
So you can pause and rewind live HDTV
Watch one channel and record another
Or even record two simultaneously
While the 500GB hard drive will let you fill it to the brim with you
Plenty of storage capacity
Fantastic Blu-ray player
Easy to use
Stylish
Network-sharing capability
The editors didn't like
No WiFi
Costs as much as a new HDTV
Complex – so much so that it can be awkward to live with
Not cheap
Either
Dated looking GUI
Adverts within EPG
No CI slot
Complex – so much so that it can be awkward to live with. Pretty damn
The web TV skills aren’t massively impressive yet – there's YouTube and that's about it.The only stumbling block may be the price - at £799 this isn't the cheapest on the market and might be difficult to justify. There's also a 250GB model for £100 less.
The Panasonic DMR-BW880 has almost every feature you could hope for in a media player. The 500GB hard drive can store plenty of compressed video recordings (which can also be copied to Blu-ray), its network support allows internet features and media s...
The Panasonic DMR-BW880 makes watching, recording, editing and archiving HD extremely straightforward. It also an accomplished Blu-ray deck and has fairly decent networking capabilities too. Yet despite these capabilities it falls short with its jaded...
The Panasonic DMR-BW880 big selling point is just how fully equipped it is. As well as delivering crystal-clear Blu-ray images, it'll also deliver your Freeview HD to your HDTV too.The Panny's also packing twin tuners, so you can pause and rewind live HDTV, watch one channel and record another, or even record two simultaneously, while the 500GB hard drive will let you fill it to the brim with you
The web TV skills aren’t massively impressive yet – there's YouTube and that's about it.The only stumbling block may be the price - at £799 this isn't the cheapest on the market and might be difficult to justify. There's also a 250GB model for £100 less.
In all, this is a great piece of convergence kit and a glimpse at what set-top boxes might become. Look out for internet deals on the price.Best offers for the Panasonic DMR-BW880Laskys £730.80 Direct TVs £734.97 Amazon UK £749.99 Panasonic DMR-BW880 i...
Published: 2010-06-22, Author: Ian , review by: CNET.co.uk
Plenty of storage capacity; fantastic Blu-ray player; easy to use; stylish; network-sharing capability
You'll have to sell a major organ to pay for it
The Panasonic DMR-BW880 is a superb piece of kit. If you want a Freeview HD recorder with ample storage capacity, and the ability to play and record to Blu-ray discs, then we can't think of a machine more worthy of your attention. Just try and get it ...
Superb recording and playback quality. Feature-laden. Well built and finished
Sheer complexity. Outdated menus. Pricey
The DMR-BW880 is a fine recorder and player but needs to be less complex, have a better menu system and shed a fair few more dollars to be seriously competitive....
The Panasonic DMR-BW880 has almost every feature you could hope for in a media player. The 500GB hard drive can store plenty of compressed video recordings (which can also be copied to Blu-ray), its network support allows Internet features and media shari...
