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Panasonic DMR-BWT955GL

Name: Panasonic DMR-BWT955GL
Brand: Panasonic
Price: 89900 AUD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.5 (34 reviews)

MPN: DMRBWT955GL

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S MyersGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

Not reliable

published 8 months ago

Panasonic DMR BWT955GL i have has a few issues after about 2 months no sound when playing disc on 4 occasions 3 of these blu ray disc were new this is the main concern have been using another player for disc but has a few little problems like menu pops up at times settings also change randomly for some reason so it's a $750.00 machine best suited to record tv programs only

Purchased in February 2021 for $750.

Build Quality

3/5

Value for Money

2/5

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Stephen Gippsland, VIC

2 reviews
1 like

Not reliable playing blu ray disc

published 12 months ago

This Panasonic DMR BWT955GL blu ray player on 5 occasions has played a disc but has no sound you only have sound if you play it on x1 speed 3 of the 5 disc have been new rang jb hi twice not helpful lot of money for something that's only good for recording tv

Purchased in October 2020 at JB Hi-Fi Retail Stores for $759.

Build Quality

2/5

Value for Money

2/5

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Panasonic Australia C.PanasonicSend a private message

12 months ago

Hi Russell, Have you called our customer service team on 132600, if not please do as they will assist you and further look into this for you.

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It works but overall disappointing for a premium priced product

published 4 years ago

I got the DMR-BWT599GL as a replacement for my old Humax 4Tune which gave up the ghost. The Humax had 4 Tuners and with it's 3 tuners, this Pana was the nearest thing easily available. Based on past brand experience, I was prepared to be blown away by the refinement of the Panasonic, compared to the Humax. Well, that didn't happen!!
General sound and picture quality is good but I keep seeing this comb pattern at quick changes of video content (reminiscent of badly done bob & weave deinterlacing). C'mon, Panasonic!
But surely, the Panasonic re...

Read morefinement of the user interface will shine, I thought. Nope! I thought the Humax could've done with some improvements but the DMR-BWT599GL seems decidedly clunky, restrictive and generally not very well thought out. It does work, it's just not very good and has some frustrating quirks. You probably wouldn't notice it so much if you haven't seen something better. ;-) The Panasonic feature list looks really good on paper but the problem is that there are fine print conditions attached everywhere. Yes, it has a 4K logo but all it does is some upscaling. Yes, it has 3 tuners but once you are recording 3 programs (not out of bounds in prime time) than you can only watch one of those 3 programs. What the...?! Being restricted to 3 TV stations would be understandable but I was hoping the Pana could pull out programs from other subchannels on the same station. I could go on. Programming is not as easy as on the other PVRs I have used. There is a lot of clicking required to access features and guessing where some features may be. Then, there are the inconsistencies. As one example, when you set your prerecording and you switch the unit off while recording is active, that's fine, you don't lose anything. However, if the program is running and you select live recording and you switch off, it terminates your recording. You can't just easily add time buffers to recordings. Sometimes it lets you, sometimes it does but limits how much you can add and sometimes outright refuses it. This means a lot of missing ends of programs. I know that stations supposed to mark programs accurately, but at least in Sydney, this is not always so. There is heaps other annoying stuff. In hindsight, my much derided old Humax UI runs circles around the Pana... The remote is OK...ish. It's weirdly balanced though. Both my partner and I often grab it in the dark back to front. It's to do with the shape and weight distribution of the remote. Not a big deal but I've never had the same problem with other remotes (including Panasonic ones.) I must give to Panasonic that they have one brilliantly good feature (also present in previous Panasonic products). In the slowest fast forward mode, you can hear sped up sound while preserving pitch accuracy. It's like fast talking but doesn't sound like chipmunks. I often use it to run through less interesting bits of programs and not missing anything. Ultimately, the few strengths are not enough to outshine the weaknesses. This may be acceptable at budget gear, but the Panasonic DMR-BWT599GL commands premium price where such weaknesses are unacceptable. I probably would've stretched the rating to 2 1/2 stars, had it been possible. It's just not worth 3 stars. Overall, I'm quite disappointed! Edit: During the 5-6 weeks since I got it, I had some strange shutdowns. The unit would be motoring along happily, recording a program, us watching a program and it would just power off by itself with no user input. It only happened a couple of times and I can't reproduce it at will. Very annoying. On one of the occasions, I had trouble restarting it. It would power up and go right off. Puzzled, I waited a couple of minutes and it was fine again. At least, the background recording was OK, no interruption occurred. Another black mark from me!

Date PurchasedFeb 2018

Questions & Answers

Christineasked 2 weeks ago

The original remote for our DMR BWT 955 is not working well, bought an universal remote and want to know the code.

1 answer

Panasonic Australia C.PanasonicSend a private message

2 weeks ago

Hi Christine, Please give our customer service team a call on 132600 and they will assist your further and help you.

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Helenasked 3 months ago

Have just bought a Panasonic DMR-BWT955 recorder. When prerecording, it the preceding program is recorded. Is this a fault of the recorder & should it be replaced as it was bought only 3 days ago?

2 answers

Panasonic Australia C.PanasonicSend a private message

2 months ago

Hi Helen, Please give our customer service team a call on 132600 and they can assist you.

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Helen2 months ago

Thank for getting back to me. We have sorted out the problem.

Johnasked 5 months ago

How long does the please wait recovery typically take?

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Panasonic Australia C.PanasonicSend a private message

5 months ago

Hi John, Its best to give our customer service team a call on 132600 and they will assist you further.

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Category	Set Top Boxes / PVRs / DVRs
Price (RRP)	$849
Tuners	3
Internet Connectivity	Wi-Fi
USB Ports	2
Internal Storage	2TB
Height	70mm
Width	430mm
Depth	199mm
Manual	Download manual

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GTIN13: 8887549581281
MPN: DMRBWT955GL

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Not reliable playing blu ray disc

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It works but overall disappointing for a premium priced product

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