Panasonic blu-ray recorder

[Range Rover Blues]

I recently purchased a Panasonic Blue-Ray recorder with twin free-sat and HDD, mostly to keep videos I record with my HD camcorder but also to play Blu-Ray disks because I've started to buy them.
Well, if anyone else is thinking of buying one let me save you the grief, DON'T.

I'm just about to return the second one to the shop.  It can do what I bought it for, albeit slowly,  What it fails quite spectacularly to do is play blu-rays disks.  Anything with any sort of movement across the whole screen and it limps along at about 5 frames per second, it's truely rubbish.  It can't even handle the credits on Band of Brothers let alone any of the action.

Leave it in the shop, keep your money and wait for Sony to bring one out that works properly, in the meantime buy a second hand PS3 like I did and enjoy brilliant movie playback.  What makes me wonder is the Hi-Fi magazines now say the PS3 has been surpassed as a Blu-Ray player, I remain unconvinced and if you have a wirless network nearby it will update itself like mine has.

[dxmedia]

Got to agree, the PS3 is a brilliant BR player, and also one of the best upscalers for SD DVD's.

Shame it's rubbish for gaming.

[Manicminer]

Have you tried downloading updates for it off their website? I bought a sharp blue ray player in the summer and it wouldn't play any of the new films. I downloaded an update and it plays everything now.

[Range Rover Blues]

But this is a brand new model, it's just been launched, and with a RRP just short of a grand I'd expect it to do what it says on the box.  Besides, it's another one that supposedly updates itself.  It does have a cool anti-theft system where you can program your own PIN code and personal details (postcode basically) to make it identifiable to the police.

[stretchy]

im still strugling with vhs  :lol:

[muddyjames]

It does have a cool anti-theft system where you can program your own PIN code and personal details (postcode basically) to make it identifiable to the police.

My Panasonic feeeview box has that and I bought that back in 2002 I think, maybe 2001? It was when freeview first came out anyway.

Hope you get blue ray sorted!

[markppearson]

But this is a brand new model, it's just been launched,

Could still need updating, as you dont know how long its been sat in a holding warehouse waiting to be released, and then shipping and distribution etc, could quite eaqsily put 6months on!

I see Argos are seeling the predicted way of what will knock both DVD & Blu-Ray out of the water...... Movie On A Stick!

[Range Rover Blues]

Well I took it back and they won't give me a refund unless their "engineer" says it doesn't work.  He was supposed to look at it today.

They tried saying it was my Blu Ray disk that was at fault but it plays fine in my PS3.  They tried one of their own deom disks, you know the ones, no image stays on screen long enough to tell what you are looking at, all loud noises and flashing lights.  Even that was showing signs of not playing properly but they wouldn't have it.

think I might be contacting my credit card company soon, but I'm really fed up, I wanted a free sat for Christmas and now I can't afford just a basic one 'till I get my money back on this damn Panasonic from Damned Comet