I own the device now for over a week and had a very good impression .... with a few restrictions. Regarding the image quality I take my likewise schafftes recently TV Philips 40PFL86XX reference. An LCD TV with LED backlight. What burning first of all interested me, was to compare the image quality between TV tuner and tuner of the Panasonic DVD recorder. And at this point I would advise everyone, 'playing' with the image settings of your TV. For herein is immense potential for improvement. Was the image quality of the Panasonic device discussed here a far cry from the quality of the image directly from the TV, let adjust the image to the extent that with appropriate settings in the TV set, that no obvious difference was more notice. Depending on the delivery settings of the used input of the TV - the best HDMI - are colors and contrast may too bright. The sharpness is covered and leads to sometimes overdriven (flickering) edges. If one possesses a Philips - device are also via HDMI connection TV functions such as Natural Motion, Pixel Precise, etc. Once not active. I imagine, like features on TVs from other manufacturers, this concerns the same way. These functions must be checked and activated. Thus the image wins deutlichst quality. However, this applies with restrictions for HD channels. As discussed in the comments already, lack of clarity in this regard seems to rule whether the Panasonic DVD recorder now offers HD and can record or not. However, this is clearly the attentive reading of the manual; He can not. But HD-TV is converted to SD video in Panasonic equipment. This is clearly visible in direct comparison. All other stations that broadcast in SD, are qualitatively of the highest quality. To avoid misunderstandings; even HD channels coming on the Panasonic DVD recorder very well, but not in 'real HD'. The operation of the device is very intuitive compared to previous video and DVD recorders. Timer Programming, copying from HDD to DVD is internalized after a short time and the manual does not have to be constantly at hand. The only thing that I could chalk up the device is that the 'TV Direct Record' function with my Philips - TV no longer works. With my previous DVD recorder, also a third-party product - a Pioneer - this has worked perfectly. Whether this is attributable to the DVD recorder or the TV, I can not judge. So I would not consider this in my overall rating. Resulting in a star deduction is this: 1) The processing; the DVD tray makes an extremely rickety and primitive impression. Then the currently fashionable 'piano lacquer design'. Also a matter of taste of me. I 'love' piano lacquer, but hulls the nose, if only high-gloss plastic comes so. And otherwise the front of this unit. 2.) the viewing of NTSC DVDs is not possible with programmed and befindlichem standby timer. Only the timer for the individual, programmed shipments must be disabled; then you can also watch an NTSC DVD. If you forget afterwards to activate the timer again, the programming on 'missed'. Again, this was not an issue in my previous Pioneer DVD-HDD recorder. Since NTSC DVDs ran while the timer was active and ready.
Due to the fact that it is currently dealing with the single HDD DVD recorder with built-in DVB-C tuner with this device, I can issue a buy recommendation. If you want to record true HD quality and it has a satellite, will also find it at Panasonic. In the form of the EUR 1,000 - expensive DVB-S BlueRay HDD recorder. And who, as I rely on DVB-C, as I refuse a variety Set-top boxes and separate receiver, but still, I will not invest, high value on true HD recordings .... should prefer to wait.
