Our Overall Score:
8.6/10
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Latest price search at John Lewis & Partners: £299
The most important part of buying online can be to read reviews and that’s why you’re here. We’ve scanned the internet to find as many Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play reviews as we can, regardless if they’re good or bad as we want to give you the most truthful and realistic overview of just how good Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play is. In finding reviews, we discovered that the best and most informative reviews were from customers over at John Lewis & Partners, to read these review just tap on the View Reviews button now.
When it comes to buying products online, whether that’s a TV, clothes, DVD Players or even a something like a sofa, there are a general set of guidance or advice that you can follow to help you get the best product for your needs and also the best for your budget. As you can imagine there are tons of different options in the DVD Players category and even loads of options of products from Panasonic so it’s important to take the time to find the right one for you. The four areas that we want to delve in to a little more are the quality, the price of the product, what the reviews are saying about it and then finally we’ll look at an overall score which takes into account the other factors.
Quality of Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play
Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play scored an incredible 8.6/10 for quality.
As you’d expect with a lot of products, quality is a very important factor for choosing products in the “DVD Players” category. But it’s even more important to consider and get a feel for quality when you’re buying online because you aren’t given the benefit of being able to see and try the item for yourself.
This is of course why we can’t stress enough the importance of reading lots of reviews, as it will really help you to get a good feel for how good the quality is. A top tip when reading the reviews is to use the search function on your browser and search for the word “quality” in the reviews that way you can skip straight to customers that have mentioned about the quality of Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play.
Once you’ve had a good look over the reviews you’ll have a pretty good indication of how good the quality of Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play is, but we also have the following factors that you should consider to get an idea of the quality of the product you’re looking at.
- Price: It probably sounds obvious, but there are links to the price you pay and the quality of a product. Try and set your expectations for the quality based on your budget. You wouldn’t expect a Rolls-Royce for the price of a Fiesta so bear this in mind when shopping.
- Specification: It’s a really good idea to look over the product description and specification section of the website, for Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play you can read the full details on the John Lewis & Partners website where it will give you all the detail you need. It’s useful as you’ll probably already have a good idea of the sort of specs that make good DVD Players. Also compare these specs to other similar products that are in the same price bracket.
- Brand: Panasonic are obviously a strong and recognisable brand for making great DVD Players, so you’d expect Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play to deliver to these expectations. But always consider the brand when you’re thinking about the quality of the product you’re going to buy, and where quality is an important factor to you, look only at those well known brands (of course only if your budget allows).
- Your experience with DVD Players: You’ll no doubt have some history with buying DVD Players, and you may have even bought products from the same brand, Panasonic, use this information to your advantage. You’ll probably have a good idea of how good the quality of the product was and any faults or floors you remember from it.
Price analysis of Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play
Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play scored highly with 8.9/10 for price in our review.
Price, a hugely important part of any purchase. Price becomes even more of a consideration when we’re shopping online because it’s so amazingly simple to compare the price of several retailers in literally just a few clicks. In fact you don’t even need to do that, we’ve run price comparisons for you in order to find the best price. The lowest price we’ve managed to find Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play for is just £299 over at John Lewis & Partners.
There’s a lot of geeky analysis to be done on price, but what we find most effective and informative is to look at 3 different figures when comparing products and that is the average price, the most expensive and the cheapest. This gives you a really good feel for what the normal product would cost but also giving you an idea of just how cheap you can find it or the opposite, just how expensive some are. It’s also useful to look at the average of the products that fit in the same category as well as products from the same brand. So we’re going to look in more detail now at the price of Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play.
Prices of products in the DVD Players category
We thought it would be useful to spend a bit of time exploring the price of Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play and seeing how it compares to other similar products. And also seeing how much variance there are in prices of products in the DVD Players category. To do this we looked at all of the products over at John Lewis & Partners, there were a total of 10 products in the DVD Players, and of these 10 products the average price was £189.30, making Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play above average at £299. We also looked at the cheapest option in the same category which was just £65.00 whilst the most expensive was £479.00. So you can see there’s a huge variance in the price of products in this category, as an indication there were 13 products less expensive and 1 more expensive than Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play in this category. So we thought it would be worth going into a bit more detail and looking at the prices of products from Panasonic.
Prices of products from Panasonic
So the average price of the 214 products available from Panasonic was £419.26, making £299 below average against the other products from the same brand. With the most expensive product from them coming in at £3799.00 and the cheapest at £14.99. We thought a good next step would be to look more specifically at products from Panasonic that fit in to the category of DVD Players rather than looking at all their products.
Of the 4 products from Panasonic in the DVD Players category, the average price is £280.75 making Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play above average at £299. Again we looked at how much price can vary and found that the cheapest product to fit this criteria was £149.00 and the most expensive was £479.00 so there are again a lot of varying prices with the products. In fact to be precise we found 1 products from Panasonic that were more expensive and 2 that were cheaper.
Reviews of Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play
Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play scores 8.4/10 for customer reviews.
Reviews are really the most valuable part of your online shopping, they’re giving you the next best thing to being able to actually try the product for yourself. You’re not relying on a manufacturers sales description telling you just how good their product is, you’re getting genuine feedback from actual users of the product. We can’t stress enough how important it is that you spend some time reading the reviews of Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play over at John Lewis & Partners, click on the “view reviews” button now to read them.
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Overall score
Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play got an amazing overall score of 8.6/10 in our review.
This figure takes into account the various criteria that we’ve covered above, the price, the quality and the customer reviews, in order to give you an overall score. This overall score of 8.6/10 then gives you a really easy figure to use for comparison purposes if you’re then going on to read any of our other reviews of DVD Players.
As you’ve already seen in the pricing section there are absolutely loads of different options from Panasonic so take your time to read the reviews, do your homework on setting a budget and seeing how the price of Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play stacks up against your budget and make sure you also set yourself a list of “must-haves” so you know that this product ticks all your boxes.
More info: Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play
- Brand: Panasonic
- Model Number: DMR-PWT550EB Smart 3D 4K Upscaling Blu-ray Disc/DVD Player with HDD Recorder & Freeview Play
- EAN: 5025232828548
- Description: The Panasonic DMR-PWT550EB offers an abundance of great entertainment and a host of image-enhancing functions. Packed into its compact form is Freeview Play and a HDD Recorder so you never miss your favourite programme, movie or drama. And with TV Anywhere, you can even watch and record content at home, or away. Please note: The firmware upgrade that enables Freeview Play scroll back has taken place. By making sure the unit is connected to the internet, it will get the upgrade & any subsequent ones required for additional functionality. 4K Video Playback & Upscaling The Panasonic Blu-ray player has the ability to boost standard and Full HD video content to near 4K UHD quality. This achieves a stunning picture which displays images in a more vibrant colour and in more detail too. Furthermore, with Panasonic’s Long Record feature, you can record up to 341 hours of HD content and even keep track of a show with the series link function. This way, you’ll never miss anything. Smart Ready The DMR-PWT550EB is enabled with Wi-Fi so it can access a range of online applications from Netflix, YouTube, BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and All 4 to social media like Facebook and Twitter. No matter which movies or video clips you are watching, they will be streamed in near-4K quality for a crystal clear, immersive viewing experience. Other Smart features include screen mirroring and multi-room compatibility. High quality, 3D pictures Even with a Full HD Blu-ray DVD, this Panasonic Blu-ray player can deliver high levels of detail. Compatible with Full HD 3D TVs, it can also convert 2D to 3D which makes it ideal for your active or passive 3D TV. And with the latest Adaptive Chrome Processing technology, each pixel is precisely processed in the vertically or horizontal directions for a more true-to-life colour reproduction. Record in HD The DMR-PWT550EB features twin Freeview HD tuners, which means that not only can you pause and rewind live TV but can also record two different channels at the same time. Freeview Play This Panasonic Blu-ray player features Freeview Play. Combining catch-up TV, on-demand services and live television, watching what you want, when you want, is now easier than ever. It’s free from subscription and is compatible with existing broadband services too. Enjoy an 8-day forward and 7-day backward programme guide, and keep track of your shows from one screen. Key Features: Double your recording capacity with Panasonic’s Long Record feature Record up to 341 Hrs in HD vs 129 hrs in normal mode Greater clarity, colour and sharpness with 4K upscaling Freeview Play with 7 day scroll back EPG and Catch-up TV Advanced Smart with screen mirroring and multi room Please note: A Smart Blu-Ray Player is a platform that can run 3rd party Apps. 3rd party content providers may remove Apps from the Smart TV platform or stop supporting them at any time, and we cannot guarantee an App’s availability. When new Smart Blu-Ray Player products are launched, there may be also be a delay before certain Apps become available. Availability of Apps is not included within the terms of the manufacturer’s warranty, or the John Lewis 2-year Guarantee for audio visual products, or the 5-year Guarantee for TVs. Delivery information: If you buy a large screen TV along with this item, please note that they’ll be delivered separately.
- Product ID: 3449055377
- Category: Electricals > DVD, Blu-Ray, Home Cinema & Soundbars > Blu-Ray & DVD Players
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