Panasonic DMR-XW380

60 reviews

May, 2013

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Usability (7)
Value for money (3)
Image quality (1)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 60 reviews from magazines and websites. People are impressed by the image quality. The value for money is also mentioned favorably.

usability, value for money, image quality

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) the Panasonic DMR-XW380 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 88/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by: Jason Denwood (pocket-lint.com)

Panasonic DMR-XW380 Freeview HD DVD recorder review

The recession is lingering and the demand for HD has never been higher. The perfect time, then for folk paying the likes of Sky and Virgin every month to ditch their expensive monthly subscription deals and save money by buying an all-new Freeview+HD...

HD picture, recording options, Gracenote

EPG, crowded remote control, price

If Freeview HD recording and all round digital know-how is your aim, there's nothing quite like the XW380. It's a veritable one-stop solution for a home cinema, albeit one that hasn't embraced Blu-ray - but it comes at a high price

Jun, 2010

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Expert review by: Jamie Carter (techradar.com)

Panasonic DMR-XW380 review

Fed up with paying monthly bills? Welcome to Freeview+HD – and DVD recording too!

Fabulous HD & SD ictures ; Uscaling ; Exhaustive recording otions

Slow ; Squashed EPG ; Comlex recording otions ; No DivX HD suort

Jun, 2010

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Expert review by: Ian Morris (cnet.co.uk)

Panasonic DMR-XW380 review

The Panasonic DMR-XW380 is a sleek PVR, and one that we think everyone will enjoy using. The problem is the hard drive is too small, it's too expensive and you can't save HD recordings to DVD.

Very stylish ; Easy to use ; Loads of useful features

High price ; Freeview picture quality not as good as some ; Small capacity

At £400, the Panasonic DMR-XW380 is £100 more than a 500GB Freeview HD PVR will cost you. What you're getting for your hundred quid is the ability to put recordings onto DVD, and, of course, playback retail DVDs. If you're in the market for a DVD...

Sep, 2010

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Expert review by: (expertreviews.co.uk)

Panasonic DMR-XW380 review

We've got to admit that DVD recorders aren't our favourite products, even when they have built-in hard disks. We've universally found them to be hard to get to grips with, and fiddly to use even when you have. We're hoping to report all that has...

Archiving HD TV or AVCHD footage to DVDs can be handy, but it’s a trick that Panasonic have overlooked here.

Aug, 2010

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Expert review by: (whathifi.com)

Panasonic DMR-XW380

With twin Freeview HD tuners, a 250GB hard drive and DVD recording, this is a flexible device

Functionality ; easy to use ; 250GB HDD tuners ; solid, all-round performance

Too pricey in our book

Decent picture quality When you're recording, the PVR stores the direct stream on to the hard drive. Once stored, you can then edit the content or use one of a handful of ‘DR File Conversion' modes to compress the content into more manageable chunks...

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Consumer review by: (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon review summary for the Panasonic DMR-XW380

alaTest has collected and analysed 19 user reviews of the Panasonic DMR-XW380 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.5/5 for other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) on Amazon.co.uk.

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63% of reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

May, 2013

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Consumer review by: U99 (amazon.co.uk)

panasonic - mighty failure

When this product arrived it surpassed my expectations, it was easy to set up and the up scaling was great. All went well for about about 8 months the problems then began the ubiquitous U99 error started to appear, the box would hang when in playback...

Nov, 2012

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Consumer review by: Rah-Rah (amazon.co.uk)

Disappointing and unreliable

I began having problems with the unit not working properly after only 3 months. After 6 months I had to take it in for repairs by this time I could not change TV channels and the unit would not allow me to set the timer for recording programmes.Also...

Mar, 2012

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Consumer review by: Stuart Foster.Nottinngham. (amazon.co.uk)

Panasonic DMR-XW380

Really pleased with this item, it does all it says, vaule for money. Picture and sound are good. Easy to set up.

Nov, 2011

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Consumer review by: Lucy Button "Lucy" (amazon.co.uk)

Panasonic DMR-W380EBK

Having read the previous reviews I took the advice given and did not enter my address or choose energy save when setting up. I also said no to the parental control. The beauty is I can record 2 channels at the same time without the need for any added...

Oct, 2011

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