Panasonic lines up three Freesat-friendly HD recorders
We'd already heard that Panasonic was to release at least one Blu-ray recorder with built-in Freesat tuner, but now the company has announced three machines on their way to the UK this summer.
In summary, the DMR-BS850 and DMR-BS750 are Blu-ray disc recorders with Freesat+ functionality, while the DMR-XS350 features a standard DVD recorder and high definition recording to the hard drive.
From the Blu-ray perspective, the two models feature BD-Live compatibility. Freesat-wise, they have twin tuners. Audio-wise, they can handle Dolby TrueHD and DTS-Master Audio.
Various recording modes are available including uncompressed (or, rather, no further compression) of broadcast material, including (where available) 5.1-channel surround sound, subtitles and audio description. Other modes are available that offer greater recording times on the hard drive.
Most of the other permutations of hard drive, Blu-ray disc and connected camcorders will work, though it's unlikely that it'll be possible to copy material from protected Blu-ray discs (possibly from home-recorded ones).
Other features you'd expect on Panasonic gear like this include VIERA Link, PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus, P4HD (Pixel Precision Progressive Processing for HD) and 1080/24p playback.
The units should be available from around June, pricing to be confirmed.
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