Panasonic DMR-ES20DEBS DVD RAM Disc Recorder
Panasonic DMR-ES20DEBS DVD RAM Disc Recorder
Customer Review: 6 months then bang
I purchased the Panasonic recorder because it had good reviews and also did all the things I wanted - play DVDs’ ,record plus freeview all in one neat box. But all I had is trouble.
From the start the machine would not keep any preferences when it is turned off, so it has to remain on all the time unless the machine decided to turn it self off - for a self check - which it does, often.
Now 7 months since purchase it no longer records or plays any disk!
DO NOT BUY THIS MACHINE - YOU WILL WASTE YOUR MONEY!
Customer Review: Clever but complicated
This is a very clever machine with all these recording options but it takes a while to understand how to do things. I don’t find the remote or the menus very intuitive and had to read the manual several times to find out how to do things.
Panasonic’s bumph convinced me that RAM disks were a great idea so I bought loads but then found out they don’t work in other DVD players! Am I expecting too much? If Apple can make computers easy to use why can’t someone make DVD recorders easy to use?
Still it works fine and it’s great to have Freeview built in.
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Used Price: ?279.01
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Able to record more than 280 hours of video on its 160 GB hard drive, the DVD DMR-EX77 player from Panasonic provides you with exceptional quality for all your films and television programmes. It uses the latest technological innovations to display clear and true-to-life images, and comes with an SDHC and SD card-compatible reader so you can play your JPEG files or video sequences on your television. The DVD DMR-EX77 is also HD ready and has an HDMI connection!
Amazon Price: ?203.00
Used Price: ?139.99
Customer Review: Freeview recording issue
This machine is fine, but - like others it seems - I stupidly did not realise that if you are recording a freeview channel then you are locked into watching that channel. A bit of a drawback, though one that is apparently shared by all (non-Japanese???) DVD recorders. It seems there is a solution, involving using a separate freeview box and connecting it to a second scart socket on your TV. However, I only have one scart socket on my TV, which needs to be connected to the DVD recorder. Does anyone know a way where I can set up both the DVD recorder and a separate freeview box, even though I only have one scart socket on my TV? Many thanks for any assistance
Customer Review: Beware JPEG quality
I will send mine back. One of the reasons I chose this HDD recorder was because I have a Panasonic camera, and a Panasonic HDTV. You would think that jpeg pictures coming from my camera via this unit to the Panasonic TV look great.. well, they do not. Staight lines turn into jagged lines, and colours start bleeding. It is almost as if they are trying to upsample the thumbnails. I tried from SD card, I tried different image manipulation programs, nothing worked. I wrote to Panasonic and they advised me to lower the resolution on my Panasonic camera.. joke. I took the same pictures to a Sony shop and their HXD870 unit displayed them without problem (on a CD generated with Photobase, a program supplied by Panasonic with my camera). So this is the first time I will send a Panasonic device back, it is disappointing. Other than that, it is a brilliant HDD recorder, and the 1080p picture quality from standard DVD and even from material recorded from Freeview is stunning.
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Customer Review: Avoid - Awful recorder and player
I brought this machine with the best of intentions to keeping it for the rest of its life but the machine turned out to the be the worst recorder iv ever had and the worst stand alone player iv ever had! * When recording the controls were fiddly. * If I connected via RGB scart a purple/red colour was pulsing on the screen - even after i invested in top of the range scart leads. * When playing DVD’s whilst connected to my av3 scart socket on the tv the colour was in VCR format. * Moving it to AV2 scart improved it a bit but then i ran into a whole new set of problems… The colour didnt seem as vibrant as my previous player but it seemed vibrant enough and didnt seem to be in VCR format so I put in a copy of Revenge of the Sith to double check everything was ok, after all, I may as well see how my favourite star wars films play on there eh? Well after viewing the 20th century fox logo I knew something was amiss. The edge of the text on the logo was all pixelated and showed signs of anti alliasing. Nevertheless I started the film and when the ships move about they actually looked CGI and had visible anti alliasing going on. ok, so people say the effects aint believe in star wars but I plugged my Pioneer DV370 back in and the problems disappeared! The 20th Century Fox logo was as I remember it without any pixelatted edges and the ships looked like ships. Avoid this DVD player at all costs. You get what you pay for and in this instance, my ?70 Pioneer plays dvd’s better than this player which cost ?100. Ok, its a recorder as well but it even does that rubbish. Complete rubbish.
Customer Review: good piece of kit
After much deliberation about which dvd recorder to buy I decided to go for the liteon DD A500GX..Have to say this is a brilliant piece of equipment. Didnt want to spend a fortune as this was my first DVD recorder,got it for ][..].. the instruction manual isnt very clear but am not going to let that detract from how impressed I am with the machine. It is a brilliant piece of equipment which records and even upscales the picture using HDMI. I recommend this to everybody who wants to buy their first dvd recorder.
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