Panasonic announced a remarkable combo; a Blu-ray DVR, with a VHS player(!)

http://www.hdtvinfo.eu/news/hd-video-formats/panasonic-merges-vhs-with-blu-ray.html
The Panasonic DMR-BR630V incorporates both a Blu-Ray burner, as well as a VHS deck allowing you to copy your old VHS tapes to a more recent medium like DVD, or Blu-ray.

The DMR-BR360V features both digital & analog TV tuners, MPEG-4 AVC H.264 encoding, analog & HDMI connections, a 320GB HDD, USB2 port, an SD card slot & an ethernet connector that will support an upcoming video download service.

SES reports that the ASTRA European satellite service has shown strong growth over the 1st half of this year.

http://www.hdtvinfo.eu/content/view/98/1/

SES Astra now reaches over 109 million households in 35 European & North African countries within the ASTRA footprint, making it the largest HD platform in Europe, featuring over 2,000 video, audio and interactive channels.