Adverts?
On a piece of CE equipment that cost 300 notes! Do Panasonic actually want to sell the thing?
Panasonic returns to the UK DVR market after an abortive early foray, with a 3D-enabled, media-streaming TV recorder. Rather more convincing than the brand’s first generation model, the DMR-HW100 offers access to the online VieraCast portal, has jukebox functionality and is only slightly bonkers. Panasonic DMR-HW100 3D- …
I have a "Dual" brand freeview PVR that cost me £80 from Asda 5 years ago.
It has a full-width program guide with NO ADVERTS and a handy vertical red bar that tells me at a glance what is just about to start/finish, plus a thumbnail description of the program I am flicking past.
SONY/PANASONIC et al - pay attention to this.
I am ready to buy a freeview HD recorder.
I want it to be at least as slick as the Turkish PVR that sits under my Japanese telly.
I haven't bought a Radio Times in 25 years.The obtrusive ad on the left-hand third of my screen is not *ever* going to coax me to change my mind!
"It has advertising slots - which Rovi, rather than Panasonic, benefits from - and doesn’t offer much of a view when you want to scout for upcoming shows"
Does not benefit Panasonic ? So, why are they doing it ?
This one issue is putting me off buying a £2500 55" Plasma TV from them. I might just have to buy a Samsung 51" TV out of principle.
I agree with the other commentors - I'd knock them 15% at least - you'll use the EPG every day on this product - they really need to be penalised for it.
I was recently going to buy a Panasonic Freeview HD recorder for my parents but was put off by all the people complaining about the adverts being displayed on the programme guide. It put me right off.
Also, if you look on their website you'll discover that the only way to contact Panasonic is to write to them by post. Why would you want to do business with such a company. There are better options. I went with a Humax eventually and my parents are really pleased with it.