Panasonic DMR-EX86EB

Can play recordings whilst recording

Can remove channels once tuned in eg shopping, adult channels. Can't set a channel child protection to stop view adult channels.

Quality of the case and display

No

Records to DVD's, Good HDD capacity, Looks neat

Picture quality is much poorer than on our Youview box. TV's connected to the same aerial have a vastly superior picture. Very very slow software and TV guide looks like the graphics are the same as Ceefax. Needs about two minutes to switch on and...

Ease of use

Rather slow when starting from standby

Often when you change channel or click on guide it switches off the connection to the TV and I have to go into source and reset it. Now it stops working every time I change channel, the clock resets to 0 and will not record. I was lucky to record some...

Ease of use with Panasonic TV

Manual should be a little easier to interpret

the instruction manual is like reading a book.too much information.

easy to setup

none so far

picture quality and sound

very complicated instructions and machine and went into a unresponcive mode where remote did nothing until swiched off at plug and on again

Records to DVD's, Good HDD capacity ; Looks neat

Picture quality is much poorer than on our Youview box. TV's connected to the same aerial have a vastly superior picture ; Very very slow software and TV guide looks like the graphics are the same as Ceefax ; Needs about two minutes to switch on and...