Panasonic DMR-EX768 160GB Storage, Upscaling DVD Recorder Reviews

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Score: 8.8/10

168 Real Customer Reviews - Summary

+ This DVD recorder scores high on design. - It has no outstanding negative points. “Easy to use - good picture quality” mark, Northallerton View all 168 real customer reviews

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168 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.

Reevoo's summary of reviews:

Pros: recording facility, user friendly menu, plenty of storage on hard drive, excellent playback quality
Cons: EPG slow to update, no connection for camcorder, lacks twin digital tuner

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All purchasers (168)
Design8.9
Ease of use8.2
Features8.7
Image quality8.7
Performance8.8
Reliability9.1
Sound quality8.4
Speed7.9
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.1
Overall rating8.8
retired (2)
Other (166)
 

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mark, Northallerton

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to use - good picture quality

- wish it had a twin digital tuner

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27 of 27 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 May 2008

Peter, Wimborne

Score 7.0/10

+ Has improved my Freeview viewing reception.

- Cannot watch one digital channel whilst recording another digital channel.

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23 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Dec 2008

Debbie, Worcester

Score 8.0/10

+ The quality of the playback on DVDs is very goo.

- It takes a while to start up and switch off but that is due to having the internal hard drive.But there aren't really any bad points that I know of.

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13 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 May 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to set up and use

- Reviewer left no comment

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14 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 May 2008

Harold, Chesterfield

Score 9.0/10

+ Superb picture quality when connected to tv with hdmi. Very easy to set up and works well with Panasonic tv.

- Don't know of any bad points on the machine at the moment, although the Instruction manual from Panasonic leaves much to be desired. Still trying to fathom large parts of it.

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Jul 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ easy to use, loads of memory, good features like freeview

- cannot watch another channel when recording a program

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Aug 2008

Mick, Colchester

Score 8.0/10

+ I've only used the best quality recording mode so far and the picture playback is excellent. The electronic programme guide is easy to use for both viewing and recording. I'm usually a bit useless when it comes to fancy technology but so far I've found the instruction booklet quite easy to understand and the remote is for the most part quite intuitive. I've only had the product for about a month so the rating on reliability is largely meaningless. Overall this machine is a huge step up on my old DVD player and Video recorder. I particularly like the pause live TV function for those times when you've just settled down to watch something and the phone rings. Very happy so far.

- If you put the machine into low energy standby mode it does take quite a time (say 30seconds) to load up once switched on again, but you'd need to be pretty impatient to see this as a big problem.

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Nov 2008

cyril, Hull. East Yorks , “OAP. No probs.”

Score 8.0/10

+ very good recording to hard drive. play back very good.Have not recorded to disc yet. Remote good able to operate tv as well as recorder.Easy to set up and start recording after a short time. I think the instruction book could have been made easier to understand.

- I found instruction book a bit hard to understand, but after a few attemps I got things working ok.

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Nov 2008

Richard, Tadley , “normally cope with Hifi”

Score 1.0/10

+ It looks nice

- The instructions are very confusing. I have it connected via SCARRT lead to a Panasonic wide/flat screen HD TV and it is very difficult to view a recording. You can often not record 1 programme and watch another. The HUMAX digibox is infinitely superior. I wish I had not bought it.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Oct 2008

Matt, Norwich , “Bit of a luddite.”

Score 10.0/10

+ Really simple to programme the timer.
Instruction booklet is very clear and easy to follow. Initial set up is very easy.
Records Sky channels.
Had looked at an equivalent Sony machine, but this seems much simpler to use.
Haven't needed to burn any DVDs yet, there plenty of space on the hard drive.

- Takes a minute or so to switch on after being on standby.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Oct 2008

John, Peterborough , “Average inelligence, Not techno,”

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to use,
good repoduction both HD and DVD

- Big downer for a machine of this quality and cost is that the DVD tray cannot be opened using the remote have to reach down to machine

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Nov 2008

Phil, Newcastle-Under-Lyme

Score 9.0/10

+ Easy to operate.

- None

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Very easy to set up. Guide Plus set up straight away whereas my experience with Sony it took 24 hours

- Only has one tuner.

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Dec 2008

Mary, Hayes , “Female 59”

Score 10.0/10

+ Easy to record programmes using the 'Guide' feature.

- Reviewer left no comment

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Good picture, easy recording. Does it's job.

- A little slow on power saver setting, which is the price we pay for saving energy. If you want a quicker service you have to use more energy.
EPG a little unreliable in that it doesn't always update readily on all channels, which makes it difficult to plan ahead with setting up recordings.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Jul 2008

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Expert reviews for Panasonic DMR-EX768

TechRadar expert review

It may be Panasonic's entry-level DVD/HDD recorder, but the smart-looking DMR-EX768 delivers all of the essentials. Unless you're living in an area without usable Freeview coverage, that is; this budget marvel, like the rest of Panasonic's digital-ready range, lacks an analogue tuner.Missing featuresProvision has been made for external RGB Scart sources like digital cable and Sky, but while the EX768 takes advantage of the increasingly-familiar GuidePlus EPG, external IR control of set-top boxes is unsupported. Also missing are the USB ports, i.Link port, SD card slots, CD-ripping musi…

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reviewed 21 Jul 2008

Product Features

Hard Disk Capacity in GB collapseexpand 160
Integrated VCR collapseexpand No
Blu Ray Playback collapseexpand No
Upscaling collapseexpand Yes
Multi region collapseexpand Yes
Blu Ray Recording collapseexpand No
Type collapseexpand HDD DVD Recorder
HDMI Interface collapseexpand 1
Number of Scart Interfaces collapseexpand 2
Number of Discs collapseexpand 1
DVD+R Playback collapseexpand Yes
DVD-R Playback collapseexpand Yes
DVD+RW Playback collapseexpand Yes
DVD-RW Playback collapseexpand Yes
DVD-RAM Playback collapseexpand Yes
HD-DVD Playback collapseexpand No
DivX Playback collapseexpand No
DVD+R Recording collapseexpand Yes
DVD-R Recording collapseexpand Yes
DVD+RW Recording collapseexpand Yes
DVD-RW Recording collapseexpand Yes
DVD-RAM Recording collapseexpand Yes
HD-DVD Recording collapseexpand No
USB Port collapseexpand No
DVB-S collapseexpand No
Colour collapseexpand Black

Also known as: Panasonic DMREX768EBK, Panasonic DMREX768EBS, Panasonic 160GB, Panasonic DMR-EX768EBK, Panasonic DMR-EX768EBS, PANASONIC DMREX768S

 

Manufacturer's Description

DVD Recorder with HDD (160GB) and Digital Tuner

Panasonic has developed the DMR-EX768 with even higher image quality. Picture quality is better. And the enhanced quality of 1080p Up-Conversion and rich color gradation of Deep Colour compatibility are seen in deeper, higher-resolution images. The Diagonal Processing automatically detects diagonal lines in motion images, and converts them to sharp lines.

The new VIERA Link function of the DMR-EX768 is more advanced. Auto Preset Download does away with the need to make channel and other initial the DMR-EX768 settings. Direct TV Rec. lets the user start recording the TV program that is currently being watched by simply pressing the VIERA Link button on the VIERA remote and selecting Direct TV Rec. Pause Live TV pauses a TV program with the same ease as pausing a DVD disc. The rest of the program can then be watched at a later time, right from the point where it was paused.

The DMR-EX768 with a DVB tuner for receiving digital content. With a DVB tuner, users can enjoy a huge range of programmes, information and media services at home in brilliant digital quality.

In the SP mode recording, 384Kbps high sound quality recording provides audio quality approaching that of commercially available the DMR-EX768 movie software. Even with music containing a wide range of tones, such as orchestral performances, the sound of individual instruments are beautifully reproduced.


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