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Panasonic Closing Media Center App
A notice has appeared on the Panasonic Media Center app to advise that the service will be discontinued from 18 October 2023.
Whilst the app wasn't great, had a number of omissions, was prone to crashing and very sluggish, it did serve a purpose in enabling the timer to be set remotely on my Freeview Recorder.
Thank you for using the Panasonic Media Center app.
We regret to inform you that we have decided to discontinue the Panasonic Media Center app service due to a recent decrease in usage and the need for significant maintenance to continue the service in the future.
The service will be discontinued on October 18, 2023, and the download of the smartphone app will also be discontinued at the same time.. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to our valued customers.
Please note that after the service is discontinued even if the app is already installed on your device, you will no longer be able to log in to the service and use it.
Whilst the app wasn't great, had a number of omissions, was prone to crashing and very sluggish, it did serve a purpose in enabling the timer to be set remotely on my Freeview Recorder.
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Obviously why no body used it then
I don't use it but Panasonic have another app to do what you want if your TV is compatible.
The Panasonic Media Centre app is used with their TVs as well.
Notice of Remote Recording Service Termination
The Remote Recording Service will be terminated on October 18th, 2023.
They do.
https://www.johnlewis.com/panasonic-dmr-bwt850-smart-3d-blu-ray-disc-recorder-with-1tb-hdd-twin-tuners-freeview-play/p2737349
That model was first released in 2015 (the first to have Freeview Play built in) and has contiued to be part of their line up. No new models have been produced since 2015.
I wonder if this will be replaced this year......with the demise of the Media Centre App and ITVX not supported on this model.
I should explain that as a user in Northern Ireland, I'm getting a signal from a transmitter in the Republic for stations in the Republic of Ireland and recording - the drive doesn't allow series record from tx in the Republic so I have to remember week by week. The same signal (mostly recordings of things on RTE) doesn't have the limitations of the UK stations preventing streaming of their programmes to my mobile.
The software, while old and sometimes slow - I assume slow because it was remotely booting up the hard drive and so it it took time - was very stable on my current iphone. I wouldn't have minded the withdrawl of watching content remotely but really disappointed that I'm unable to set the recorder remotely. Because I'm not in the UK, content from Ireland is not always available on RTE Player/ TG4 Player.
Thanks - I'll try this out.
Same here - taking this away is such a retrograde step. I'm aware I'm in a dwindling minority but I like to keep my own TV archive rather than rely on streaming.
Indeed you can. I've just bought two DMR-EX97EB DVD player / PVRs, one to replace my partner's faulty DVD player and unreliable Humax 9300 PVR. That's her Christmas present sorted.