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title: "– DMR-PWT550EB Blu-Ray Player and HDD Recorder with Freeview Play"
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# Remote streaming via internet Built-in HDD for 4K recording 7-day Freeview Play catch-up – DMR-PWT550EB Blu-Ray Player and HDD Recorder with Freeview Play

**Brand:** panasonic
**Price:** VT181962
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎬 Elevate your home entertainment—record, stream, and binge like a pro!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** – DMR-PWT550EB Blu-Ray Player and HDD Recorder with Freeview Play by panasonic
- **How much does it cost?** VT181962 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- panasonic enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted panasonic brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Never Miss a Moment:** Catch up on any TV show from the last 7 days with Freeview Play—your personal rewind button for life’s busy schedule.
- • **Seamless Remote Access:** Stream live TV or recordings on your smartphone or tablet from anywhere—stay connected and in control, even on the go.
- • **Smart Home Integration:** Control your Panasonic via HDMI-CEC with your TV remote and enjoy Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound through ARC-enabled systems.
- • **All-in-One Entertainment Hub:** Blu-ray player, HDD recorder, and popular streaming apps like Netflix and YouTube combined to declutter your media setup.
- • **4K Ultra HD Recording & Playback:** Record stunning 4K content directly to the built-in hard drive and enjoy crystal-clear visuals that bring every detail to life.

## Overview

The Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB is a sleek Blu-ray player and HDD recorder that supports 4K recording and playback, integrates Freeview Play for 7-day catch-up TV, and offers remote streaming to mobile devices. It combines multiple entertainment functions into one compact device, supports popular streaming apps, and features smart home compatibility for seamless control and immersive Dolby surround sound.

## Description

Freeview Play lets you watch missed TV from the last 7 days. Record 4K content on the built-in HDD and view it on your TV. Automatically record TV series.

Review: Great one box solution - If you like to keep the clutter under your TV to a minimum then this combined Blu-Ray player, Hard disc recorder, with catch up and popular video on demand services, may just be what you are looking for! One quick tip, ensure you check for any new software updates as soon as you have finished the set-up process. This will ensure you have the Freeview Player functionality. Setup, after you have made the required connections of Aerial, HDMI and power, is quite straight forward. Ensure you make all settings, by selecting "Yes" to all the setup items to ensure you get the full functionality out of this unit. Wi-Fi setup is simple, as long as your router supports WPS (most new ones do have this feature). All setup items worked first time for me and IO was soon able to explore all the features on offer. After the required software update was installed the basics seem quite easy to operate. The displays are clean and simple to use, as can be seen in the pictures I have added to this review. Pressing the Guide button brings up the usual grid showing the TV programs and includes a live inset of the current program. As you select a different program in the grid you get a picture from the program (if available) and a short synopsis. Pressing OK on the remote brings up more details and allows you to either watch the program, by simply pressing OK again, or the option to record it or see series information (if available). All very easy and intuitive to operate. Another quick tip, to move up or down a whole page in the guide you need to hold down on either the channel up/down buttons or the cursor up/down buttons. This speeds up moving through all the channel lists rather than multiple button presses moving from one channel at a time. To use the Freeview Play catch up function you simply scroll to the left, moving back in time, to see the catchup programs available for the selected channel. Moving the curser down or up allows the material from other channels to be seen and selected from the grid (see attached photo). So again all very easy to operate. All the menus appear swiftly and the guide populates within a second or two at the most. By comparison to my 5-year old Panasonic it is speed demon! One feature not widely mentioned is the ability to be able to set a program or view a recording from your Android or Apple iOS device, from anywhere you have an internet connection. I loaded the App onto my iPad and was able to set a TV program to record directly without having to turn the TV on or reach for a remote. Now the process is not fast, as your Panasonic box is being accessed from servers in Japan, but it works. When I first setup the App on my iPad I received an error message, which I could not get passed. However, I simply uninstalled the App and then re-installed it and all was fine. The popular video on demand services are currently limited to Netflix, YouTube and desertcart instant video. For many these will cover their requirements without the need for a separate box. 4K video is supported, where available. It would have been nice if they also included NowTV, as this is quite popular. The unit can also act as a DLNA server or client, meaning you can view content stored on the internal hard disc from another device or view content stored on another device using this to render (show) the content. The Panasonic also supports control via the HDMI cable so if your TV supports this function then you can control many aspects from your TV remote. My LG 49UF850V plays very nicely with this and I can perform all frequently used functions via the TV remote, including setting a program from the guide and playing back from the disc drives. It even turns the Panasonic on and off (equally turning the Panasonic on will turn the TV on). If you have a surround sound system connected to your TV via HDMI (with ARC support) then the audio return channel (ARC) works well and supports 5.1 Dolby surround sound. In the case of my LG TV I find the panasonic, connected directly to the second HDMI input on my TV, not only passed Dolby Digital but also DTS to my surround sound system. This mitigates the missing digital output from this model but which is included in the PWT655 and BWT850. Currently (December 2015) the only fly in the ointment is the lack of Channel 5 catchup, which hopefully will arrive shortly. Overall though I am very happy with my purchase and it has simplified my life and more importantly pleased my wife, who now can operate all the technology simply and with reduced clutter!
Review: Does all I wanted! - Oh I'm glad I bought this. I love high def TV but my previous Panasonic DVR only recorded in standard def, so of late I'd increasingly gone for watching on iPlayer and so on, via an iPad and Apple TV. I was also short of a blu ray player as I'd used an Acer Computer in the past, but so infrequently that any use was preceded by half an hour of Wndows updates. So this looked a perfect solution. Not too long to set up, these things seem to be getting easier, a software update once on line (I chose to make a manual wi fi connection) and I was away. With the coffee table free of the plethora of remotes I previously had I enjoyed more features than I'd expected. Excellent HD on the TV channels, and good reproduction on those that don't offer HD. Fast teletext on BBC. Freeview Play with iPlayer, ITV hub, All 4 and My 5. Netflix and desertcart Prime. You Tube and several other bits I've yet to check out. Good blu ray player - no writer but you can use a usb stick and if you've a usb card reader you can use memory cards too. Only slight drawback so far is old 4:3 DVDs are displayed in 16:9, making everyone look a bit tubby, though I suspect that could be at least partly down to my now aging JVC HD Ready TV - time to trade up to 4K 3D maybe! Summing up, this does all I hoped it would and more.

## Features

- With the newly supported Freeview Play function you will be able to watch TV programmed from the last seven days, that you missed while you were away from home, without even having to record them. They're ready for you to watch in your free time
- Your Panasonic Blu-ray recorder can bring the ever-expanding world of stunningly detailed 4K content into your home giving much more detail, texture, clarity and depth, It lets you record 4K content onto its built-in HDD and view 4K video by USB connection
- By registering TV programmed such as dramas with the TV series recording function, They can be automatically recorded and stored each time they are broadcast
- Panasonic Blu-ray recorders can send recordings and live TV broadcasts over the internet to smartphones or tablets outside the home. You just need a network connection
- Hook internet apps up to your network and Panasonic Blu-ray recorders can deliver a wide range of online resources, such as video and music streaming services, games and all manner of entertainment and information apps

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B015341RTU |
| Best Sellers Rank | 11,073 in Electronics & Photo ( See Top 100 in Electronics & Photo ) 24 in Blu-ray Players & Recorders |
| Item model number | DMR-PWT550EB |
| Manufacturer | Panasonic |
| Product Dimensions | 3.3 x 5.31 x 1.4 cm; 2 kg |

## Product Details

- **Audio output mode:** Stereo, Surround
- **Brand:** Panasonic
- **Colour:** Black
- **Connectivity technology:** USB
- **Connector type:** HDMI
- **Item weight:** 2 Kilograms
- **Media type:** Blu-Ray Disc
- **Model name:** DMR-PWT550
- **Resolution:** 3840x2160
- **Special feature:** 3D Streaming

## Images

![– DMR-PWT550EB Blu-Ray Player and HDD Recorder with Freeview Play - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51paakt8C5L.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: doe any one know which botton on the remote it is to open the disc tray**
A: You can only open disc draw by the  button on the right side top of the player....I've had this model for about 10 years great machine....

**Q: Can you access the internet (Netflix, iPlayer, Youtube) while recording ?**
A: Yes you can.

**Q: Does this unit have twin free view tuners.**
A: Yes it does.  It means that you can set the unit to record two different programmes on totally different channels.  I do this a lot and it is one of the reasons I purchased this model.

**Q: Does this support Wifi as well as Ethernet?**
A: No problem. It has a WiFi receiver built in. You need a router with WPS (most modern ones have it) and although 5GHz is recommended I have found my 2.4GHz router to give perfectly acceptable performance.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great one box solution
*by M***D on 13 December 2015*

If you like to keep the clutter under your TV to a minimum then this combined Blu-Ray player, Hard disc recorder, with catch up and popular video on demand services, may just be what you are looking for! One quick tip, ensure you check for any new software updates as soon as you have finished the set-up process. This will ensure you have the Freeview Player functionality. Setup, after you have made the required connections of Aerial, HDMI and power, is quite straight forward. Ensure you make all settings, by selecting "Yes" to all the setup items to ensure you get the full functionality out of this unit. Wi-Fi setup is simple, as long as your router supports WPS (most new ones do have this feature). All setup items worked first time for me and IO was soon able to explore all the features on offer. After the required software update was installed the basics seem quite easy to operate. The displays are clean and simple to use, as can be seen in the pictures I have added to this review. Pressing the Guide button brings up the usual grid showing the TV programs and includes a live inset of the current program. As you select a different program in the grid you get a picture from the program (if available) and a short synopsis. Pressing OK on the remote brings up more details and allows you to either watch the program, by simply pressing OK again, or the option to record it or see series information (if available). All very easy and intuitive to operate. Another quick tip, to move up or down a whole page in the guide you need to hold down on either the channel up/down buttons or the cursor up/down buttons. This speeds up moving through all the channel lists rather than multiple button presses moving from one channel at a time. To use the Freeview Play catch up function you simply scroll to the left, moving back in time, to see the catchup programs available for the selected channel. Moving the curser down or up allows the material from other channels to be seen and selected from the grid (see attached photo). So again all very easy to operate. All the menus appear swiftly and the guide populates within a second or two at the most. By comparison to my 5-year old Panasonic it is speed demon! One feature not widely mentioned is the ability to be able to set a program or view a recording from your Android or Apple iOS device, from anywhere you have an internet connection. I loaded the App onto my iPad and was able to set a TV program to record directly without having to turn the TV on or reach for a remote. Now the process is not fast, as your Panasonic box is being accessed from servers in Japan, but it works. When I first setup the App on my iPad I received an error message, which I could not get passed. However, I simply uninstalled the App and then re-installed it and all was fine. The popular video on demand services are currently limited to Netflix, YouTube and Amazon instant video. For many these will cover their requirements without the need for a separate box. 4K video is supported, where available. It would have been nice if they also included NowTV, as this is quite popular. The unit can also act as a DLNA server or client, meaning you can view content stored on the internal hard disc from another device or view content stored on another device using this to render (show) the content. The Panasonic also supports control via the HDMI cable so if your TV supports this function then you can control many aspects from your TV remote. My LG 49UF850V plays very nicely with this and I can perform all frequently used functions via the TV remote, including setting a program from the guide and playing back from the disc drives. It even turns the Panasonic on and off (equally turning the Panasonic on will turn the TV on). If you have a surround sound system connected to your TV via HDMI (with ARC support) then the audio return channel (ARC) works well and supports 5.1 Dolby surround sound. In the case of my LG TV I find the panasonic, connected directly to the second HDMI input on my TV, not only passed Dolby Digital but also DTS to my surround sound system. This mitigates the missing digital output from this model but which is included in the PWT655 and BWT850. Currently (December 2015) the only fly in the ointment is the lack of Channel 5 catchup, which hopefully will arrive shortly. Overall though I am very happy with my purchase and it has simplified my life and more importantly pleased my wife, who now can operate all the technology simply and with reduced clutter!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Does all I wanted!
*by R***S on 8 August 2016*

Oh I'm glad I bought this. I love high def TV but my previous Panasonic DVR only recorded in standard def, so of late I'd increasingly gone for watching on iPlayer and so on, via an iPad and Apple TV. I was also short of a blu ray player as I'd used an Acer Computer in the past, but so infrequently that any use was preceded by half an hour of Wndows updates. So this looked a perfect solution. Not too long to set up, these things seem to be getting easier, a software update once on line (I chose to make a manual wi fi connection) and I was away. With the coffee table free of the plethora of remotes I previously had I enjoyed more features than I'd expected. Excellent HD on the TV channels, and good reproduction on those that don't offer HD. Fast teletext on BBC. Freeview Play with iPlayer, ITV hub, All 4 and My 5. Netflix and Amazon Prime. You Tube and several other bits I've yet to check out. Good blu ray player - no writer but you can use a usb stick and if you've a usb card reader you can use memory cards too. Only slight drawback so far is old 4:3 DVDs are displayed in 16:9, making everyone look a bit tubby, though I suspect that could be at least partly down to my now aging JVC HD Ready TV - time to trade up to 4K 3D maybe! Summing up, this does all I hoped it would and more.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ No up and down day buttons
*by A***I on 2 December 2025*

The only thing wrong about this player is there isn't a button to fast forward the days on the tv guide, you have to hold the button down and scroll across the program line, but if you hold too long it wizzes past what you want to look at. Other than that it is a great dvd/recorder with 2 tuners to record 2 different programs at once.

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