B1GGLZ: Just had a look at the user manual at Samsung.com and this unit doesn't even compare with the Panasonic.
NO disc burner.
NO recording 2 channels at once.
Looks like you can't copy HD recordings on the internal HDD to a USB HDD.
Very limited functionality.
The Panasonic allows you to record HD to BD Disc (BD-R or BD-RE). It works cos I've tried it.
Will also burn HD recordings to DVD but only in real time by converting to SD.
Records 2 at once and watch a 3rd.
And the new model is 3D as well.
Panasonic 1, Samsung Nil.
And it's nearly the same price as the Panasonic.
After some playing around with the Samsung...
It certainly doesn't compare with the Pana unit. It's just not as easy to use, it takes more and more button pressing that it should. Having to enter 'edit mode' or the likes drives me nuts.
I would probably never use the burner on a Pana, as I'd just fire it across the network via DLNA, then convert it to whatever format I want with Handbrake.
I think the Samsung is a solid first effort, but I'd wait until a 2012 model before making the jump on one of those... if I didn't have MySky, I'd have a Pana unit in a heart beat.
