Your best bet for recording high-definition television onto the Blu-ray format, exceptional picture quality, plenty of features

Slow start-up and operation speed, remote control is frustrating to use and navigate, created discs may not play on other units, some issues with Blu-ray playback

As a digital television recording and archiving device the Panasonic DMR-BW850 works brilliantly. Blu-ray disc playback image quality is free of any problems and the integrated BD-Live and Internet access features add an extra layer of interactivity....

Blu-ray burning ; Absolutely magnificent ; Picture quality ; Incredibly flexible and feature- packed ; Negative ; Unforgiving keystroke operation ; Slow operation ; No DR recording mode to DVD-R/RW ; HARD-DISK DRIVE: 500GB ; DISC TYPES SUPPORTED FOR...

Unforgiving keystroke operation ; Slow operation ; No DR recording mode to DVD-R/RW ; HARD-DISK DRIVE: 500GB ; DISC TYPES SUPPORTED FOR RECORDING: BD-R/RE, BD-R/RE DL, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVDR DL, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD-RAM ; RECORDING TIME ON 4.7GB...

Still, if you want the best quality digital TV picture, with twin-tuner recording convenience, fully-capable Blu-ray playback and archiving to both DVD and Blu-ray, this Panasonic is — apart from its little brother with the smaller 250GB hard-drive —...