Comments on: Is Panasonic’s European BD Recorder Better Than Ours? http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/is_panasonics_european_bd_recorder_better_than_ours/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:57:57 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: tortfeaser http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/is_panasonics_european_bd_recorder_better_than_ours/comment-page-1/#comment-11273 tortfeaser Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:48:13 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/08/is_panasonics_european_bd_recorder_better_than_ours.html#comment-11273 <p>The Australian BW500 has an ethernet port and HDD. HDD 'cos its a HDD recorder, but Panasonic Aus have said the ethernet port is for updates only.</p> <p>So if the European version has BD Live, presumably it'd be just a firmware upgrade for the Australian version. Hopefully they'll make it networkable too, then it would be the ultimate media machine.</p> The Australian BW500 has an ethernet port and HDD. HDD ‘cos its a HDD recorder, but Panasonic Aus have said the ethernet port is for updates only.

So if the European version has BD Live, presumably it’d be just a firmware upgrade for the Australian version. Hopefully they’ll make it networkable too, then it would be the ultimate media machine.

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