Panasonic DMR-XS350EB Freesat DVR
06.08.09
The DMR-XS350 is the access-level Freesat model going for £699, but peach on around and you can pick it up for about £570. It has a multi-format DVD writer and a 250GB indisputable drive. Further up the range are two models that swap the DVD for a Blu-ray writer, with a 500GB disk alternative. All have twin satellite tuners and bear the Freesat+ logo, so tricks like series linking are supported.
The crate is a standard AV-width unit, with an uncluttered front panel; a dazzle at the bottom reveals analogue video, USB and DV inputs together with an SD card schedule and a few buttons. Along the top there’s an eject button and a power button – curiously the power button is on the pink, by the disc tray, with the eject button on the far right.
The hind part panel has two SCART connectors for input and output, and HDMI, component, composite and S-Video output, Ethernet, both varieties of digital audio yield along with analogue phono outputs, and the connectors for the two satellite tuners.
Source: Reg Hardware