The UK’s first Blu-ray recorder

Panasonic is releasing the first Blu-ray recorder for the UK, and it’s a slick package that comes with all the extras.

From Panasonic’s press release:

The continued trend toward Full HD in TV broadcasts, discs and digital AV equipment has spawned demand for innovative digital recorders. Panasonic’s response is the “HD Everything” concept – products that allow anyone to easily control, preserve and share a wide variety of Full HD images.

Specs include:

• DVR recording in high-def
• Copy up to 24 hours of content from the DVR over to a single Blu-ray disc in high-speed copy mode
• High-image-quality PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus and P4HD
• Dolby TrueHD and DTS-Master Audio Essential sound
• Save images from an HD camcorder or LUMIX digital camera, or music from CDs onto the built-in hard disk drive or a Blu-ray Disc
• Support for Panasonic’s VIERA CAST Internet function, so users can easily access Internet content such as YouTube and Picasa Web Albums
• freesat+ Twin Tuner allows you to record two programs at once
• 1080/24p playback

View the full specs for all three models at Panasonic’s HD Everything website. No word on when or if these three models will be released outside the UK.

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