When it comes to selection of a free to view digital TV service market offers a plethora of options but of all these, the one that tops the list is Freeview.

The industry experts claim that the road towards higher choice options gets narrower with only the big names providing equipment in this sector. And of those big names comes the Panasonic DMR XW380.

It is claimed to be one of the first set top boxes that offers the Freeview+ HD service alongside a built in DVD recorder, which in general is unusual for a Freeview HD set top box.

It offers more than an experience to the set top box offering with an HD digital TV service.

The basic version of this machine has created enough hype that we wonder what will the gennext more sophisticated machines which are on their way will offer.

Although priced at the higher end of the scale at around £480 it proves to be a value for money product.