Panasonic have announced the DMR-BS850 which is a Blu-ray recorder with two Freesat HD decoders and a 500GB hard drive. Also coming to the market is the DMR-BS750 which shares the same specification but with a 250GB hard drive instead.

The twin decoders give considerable flexibility for watching and recording at the same time, Panasonic’s Viera Cast online portal gives access to YouTube and other Internet media sites, a USB and SD card slot.

The BS850 retails at £999 and the BS750 at £899.