Andy,
Re. DVD/VHS combi., I must confess to not having much knowledge; this,
[Link: electrical-shopping.com]however, seems a good buy.
As for Humax and Panasonic, you don't mention which model Humax. Regardlesss of the price though I, personally, would always pick a twin tuner model. Indeed, given that Pace might be abandoning Freeview (I've got a Pace Twin) I too have been looking at the Panasonic. Humax are taking far too long bringing the 9000T to the market.