Equipment purchased in date order 01/01/2000 - Netgear wireless router (already had this) - Ethernet to G20 TV and 850 Bluray
21/09/2010 - Panasonic TX-L32G20 TV freesat and freeview tuners
21/09/2010 - Panasonic DMR-BS850EB Bluray Disc recorder with twin freesat tuners and 500GB HDD - scart to G20
29/09/2010 - Panasonic DMR-EZ49VEB DVD-VHS recorder - freeview turner - scart to G20
17/11/2010 - Buffalo 500Gb HDD attached to Panasonic G20 TV for rewind live TV 25/11/2010 - Marantz NR1601 AV receiver (HDMI 1.4) - hdmi to 850 and ez49, hdmi to hdmi2(ARC) on G20, digital optical cable to G20
25/11/2010 - KEF T305 speakers and KEF T-2 Subwoofer
25/11/2010 - QED cabling 25/11/2010 - lots of remotes This maybe useful to anyone purchasing a Panasonic setup similar to my setup. I have emailed Panasonic many times and have not received any reply that they acknowledge any of these issues.
21/09/2010 - Panasonic TX-L32G20 TV freesat and freeview tuners
21/09/2010 - Panasonic DMR-BS850EB Bluray Disc recorder with twin freesat tuners and 500GB HDD - scart to G20
29/09/2010 - Panasonic DMR-EZ49VEB DVD-VHS recorder - freeview turner - scart to G20
17/11/2010 - Buffalo 500Gb HDD attached to Panasonic G20 TV for rewind live TV 25/11/2010 - Marantz NR1601 AV receiver (HDMI 1.4) - hdmi to 850 and ez49, hdmi to hdmi2(ARC) on G20, digital optical cable to G20
25/11/2010 - KEF T305 speakers and KEF T-2 Subwoofer
25/11/2010 - QED cabling 25/11/2010 - lots of remotes This maybe useful to anyone purchasing a Panasonic setup similar to my setup. I have emailed Panasonic many times and have not received any reply that they acknowledge any of these issues.
- The remotes (button layout/position, names) are different between the G20, 850 and EZ49, user interface is confusing as same function are in different positions on the various remotes
- The EPG Guides are different between the G20, 850 and EZ49 - the G20 has a search feature and the 850 does not
- The i button - using the TV remote use viera link to the 850 then either watch a recorded TV programme or start the 850 Guide; then using the TV remote press i - nothing really happens, - I would like to suggest that the i button function relates to the viera linked device ie 850 (or add the i button function to the menu of the option button). I believe people really would like to see the info for the related programme that is on the TV screen.
- The i button information during playback is truncated - all the programme information is actually missing
- TV G20 USB HDD - would be nice if USB HDD could be unplugged from TV (or better shared) for use by a PC (ie 500GB as 2x250GB partitions - one for PC and one for TV) - reserving the entire HDD just for TV (rewind live TV) use is very restrictive. I would like to use the USB HDD to backup my PC folders, copy music and photos.
- The 850 should support rewind live tv on its internal 500GB HDD - like he G20 using an external 500Mb hard drive
- Support other (ITV) iplayers when available - only BBC iplayer works fine
- Support for other USB devices/adapters (wireless adapter, webcam, bluetooth adapter etc) - the Panasonic versions are extremely expensive when compare to what is available