The fuel consumption figures of the unit were almost a reason for exclusion for me, but the good experiences from earlier have yet persuaded me to purchase.
Then the positive surprise came in the device requires Standbye less than 0.15 W. The in my usual off is thus omitted. In normal operation (SAT-TV), the consumption is less than 30W. Consumption with BluRay player I have not yet measured. Which runs much rarer and therefore is not so crucial for me. There is also the the recorder is Standbye independently converts recordings and if necessary decoded (Sky). This feature I find it very comfortable. If a timer recording is programmed requires the device in Standbye 2 W.
A plus point is that the hard drive is as good as not audible.
Programming recordings is as usual a breeze, where you can directly change the start and end time on the guide here. Will use the example even if we 3 series on the same channel one after the other record (eg 20:10 to 23:25) and on another channel one feature film. For more than 2 shots do not seem to. As the Humax ICORD HD was with our two satellite lines to longer able. But if one only the 3 Series, for example, receives a row, you can specify each shot by Guide overlapping recording times. The 3 shots are then all in accordance with the times completely. When Humax HD Icord went as more parts of the recording will be lost. Currently, it is me not yet managed to make two recordings simultaneously SKY. According to the manual, it is possible, but still I have not taken the time to find me a solution. In any case, so far all the programmed recordings were properly concluded without displayed conflicts. The device is not yet completely reliable!
The BluRay player loads the media afloat and play them without any problems. He makes less noise than my Sony player. A BluRay recording, I have not done, expecting here but no unpleasant surprises.
The WiFi I have tested and also find nothing to complain about. Well I think that the recorder läst adjust so that he läst turn on WLAN. Where he is set with me so the WLAN only comes when I turn on the device itself. Otherwise the Standbye consumption is higher.
When you're connected to the Internet are a few nice features. But we do not really use, but we use our PCs he prefers.
For this purpose that the recorder is displayed in better quality sources, I can say nothing, because our TV which already makes and therefore no statement to this is possible. In any case, we are very satisfied with the picture quality.
The Panasonic and our home theater system also work well together. But at the beginning we had problems the Dolby Digital is included. In the basic settings that did not seem to. Here I had to make some adjustments until it worked.
We would buy the Panasonic BST800 in there again, for us, the device deserves clear 5 Stars.
