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Satellite News · 26-02-09, 01:00 PM

Panasonic has launched the first Freesat PVR to use the Blu-ray recording and playback system. It is also a duel tuner, which allows the user to watch one channel while recording another to watch at a later time.This is brand new equipment and so the information is a little sketchy at the moment, but the [...]

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SAT-WORLD · 26-02-09, 04:02 PM

Looks great on paper.
Is this an official freesat pvr or a FTA pvr,as these days often FTA receivers/pvrs are being incorrectly labelled as freesat?

charlie1966 · 26-02-09, 05:20 PM

Doesn't Panasonic have Freesat tuners in their TVs, so would suspect it is the genuine article.

SAT-WORLD · 04-03-09, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlie1966

Doesn't Panasonic have Freesat tuners in their TVs, so would suspect it is the genuine article.

It is Freesat,having read an article elsewhere.
Boy,the price tag is a bit of a downer,approx £1000

big d · 04-03-09, 04:39 PM

i read posts elsewhere that a member with
a panasonic freesat tv connected his dish to
the set and scanned thor 1w in and the diablo
opened the conax and nagra chns when used in the tv ci slot
so it looks like it can be used for any sat with any old
sat receiver to move the dish

SAT-WORLD · 10-03-09, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by big d

i read posts elsewhere that a member with
a panasonic freesat tv connected his dish to
the set and scanned thor 1w in and the diablo
opened the conax and nagra chns when used in the tv ci slot
so it looks like it can be used for any sat with any old
sat receiver to move the dish

The downside to the Panasonic Freesat Tv's are that they not Diseqc compatible.
So only one fixed satellite,meaning no multi-lnb setups can be connected to the tv's.

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SAT-WORLD Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,664 Thanks: 19 Thanked 246 Times in 215 Posts	Re: Panasonic launches duel tuner Freesat HD PVR Looks great on paper. Is this an official freesat pvr or a FTA pvr,as these days often FTA receivers/pvrs are being incorrectly labelled as freesat?

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