Panasonic DMR BS850

Amazingly versatile ; Suerb BD record quality ; Twin Freesat tuners ; Viera Cast internet access

Requires broadcasters to lay ball ; AVCHD dubs to DVD in SD

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

Judged purely on its technological merits, the DMR-BS850 is a truly astonishing piece of kit. The wealth of features and recording functionality on-board beggars belief, but it's testament to Panasonic's knack for user-friendly design that it never...

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

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,...