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Now that Blu-ray has won the format war and recorders are hitting the shelves, Panasonic's DMR-BW500 HDD/Blu-ray recorder with twin HD TV tuners is looking mighty nice indeed. For high-def buffs this is one with the lot.

At the rear of the recorder are HDMI 1.3 and coax/optical digital audio outputs along with the other usual suspects. There's also an Ethernet port for downloading track info when ripping CDs to the hard drive, but it won't play media files across your ...

THIS is a great addition to any high-definition home entertainment setup - if you can afford it.

500GB hard drive, dual high-definition tuners, Blu-ray writer, Viera link

Costly, minor bugs in the EPG

If you can afford it, the Panasonic DMR-BW500 is a wonderful addition to any high-definition home entertainment setup. It offers dual HD tuners, a 500GB hard disk and Blu-ray writing capabilities making it a perfect all purpose device.

have had this recorder for some time and since new it has had a bug where it fails to record timer scheduled programmes. It just keeps blinking. After many calls to panasonic they have finally admitted its a fault but wont do anything to fix it.

twin tuner

timer recording doesn't work reliably

have had this recorder for some time and since new it has had a bug where it fails to record timer scheduled programmes. It just keeps blinking. After many calls to panasonic they have finally admitted its a fault but wont do anything to fix it.

twin tuner

timer recording doesn't work reliably

Was going to buy today but after reading of compatibility issues and no Profile 2.0 (not even upgradeable) FORGET IT. Will wait till the next model where these issues are fixed is release.