Panasonic DMR-EX79 250GB Storage, Upscaling DVD Recorder Reviews

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This DVD recorder is a good all rounder. “Programme recording is the easiest i have ever found on a machine” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 34 real customer reviews

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Design	8.4
Ease of use	7.8
Image quality	8.6
Sound quality	8.4
Value for money (at time of purchase)	8.6
Overall rating	8.6

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Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Programme recording is the easiest I have ever found on a machine

- Reviewer left no comment

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5 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Jun 2009

John, York

Score 9.0/10

+ Ease of operation
Quality of recordings
HDD Capacity

- Time to start up

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Jul 2009

Barry, Shotton Colliery , “Amateur Historian”

Score 9.0/10

+ Brilliant performance

- terrible instruction manual

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Jun 2009

John, Ringwood

Score 8.0/10

+ Good range of functionality

- Fairly complex to operate

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Aug 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Bargain hunter” More like this »

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to set recording

- slow start up from economy mode

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Aug 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “also bit techno”

Score 8.0/10

+ it works nearly the same as my previous Panasonic

- I wish it were silver, like my previous Panasonic. I wish my previous had lasted longer than 4-5 years.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Aug 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Very good all-round performance.

- Warm-up time is rather long.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Aug 2009

Harry, Grays, Essex

Score 4.0/10

+ I have not had the opportunity to use it yet. My objective was to record on a DVD the film recorded on my Sony camera the last holiday I took with my wife before she died of cancer. I must admit I am struggling with it and will have to seek assistance from my sons, as I do not want to accidently delete the film.

- The instructions should be a lot easier for a layman. I had to get guidance because it went over my head.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Oct 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ ease of use to record

- Takes time to to be able to operate after switching on

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purchased 17 Nov 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Easy to operate

- Takes time to load up

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purchased 22 Nov 2009

Nick, London , “Audio / Video-file”

Score 8.0/10

+ Does as expected after previous similar Panasonic PVR (upgraded to get bigger disk and 1080P). Good upscaling to 1080P. good edit capability to top and tail favourite programs for archive, and edit music progs for just the artisists you're interested in etc. good picture quality no obvious artifacts.

- Pong / smell from new circuit board / components seems to be lasting too long especially noticeable when turned on.

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purchased 20 Nov 2009

Michael, London

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent all rounder

- Miss the SD card feature

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purchased 10 Nov 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ So easy to use and does exactly what I expected. What more can I say.

- None

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purchased 18 Nov 2009

Norman, Liskeard

Score 6.0/10

+ Good to use

- None

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2 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Aug 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Great quality and so simple to use. Don't even need to look at the instruction book

- Slow initial start up but it's not a big problem

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purchased 24 Aug 2009

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TechRadar expert review

Panasonic's DMR-EX79 is a one-box recording studio, bristling with cool DIY dubbing tech: Freeview+ tuner, 250GB of hard drive storage, multiformat DVD recording, a GuidePlus EPG, USB multimedia playback and 1080p upscaling. More than enough to warrant a system upgrade. That said, it's similar to its EX78 predecessor ‚Äì improvements are evolutionary rather than revolutionary. In a good way. Initial installation is automatic and reliable, and the menus are as thorough and well-organised as ever. The GuidePlus EPG comes with an extremely handy 'word search' programme-finder ‚Äì which ma…

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reviewed 20 May 2009

PC Advisor expert review - by David Ramli

The Panasonic DMR-EX79 DVD recorder has a 250GB hard drive and an HDMI 1.3 port for upscaling DVDs to 1080p.

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reviewed 17 Apr 2009

Product Features

Hard Disk Capacity in GB	250
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Integrated VCR	No
Some devices come with a video cassette player built-in.
Blu Ray Playback	No
A ‘Yes’ indicates that this device is able to play Blu Ray discs, which is the standard format for high definition (HD) video.
Upscaling	Yes
Upscaling DVD players use video processing techniques to improve the quality of a standard definition image from a DVD to a near high definition (HD) image.
Multi region	No
Some devices are able to play discs from any ‘region’:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd_region, while others are only able to play discs from their home region.
Blu Ray Recording	No
A yes means that this device is able to record data to a high-capacity Blu Ray disc.
Type	HDD DVD Recorder

HDMI Interface	1
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of Scart Interfaces	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Number of Discs	1
The number of discs that the player will hold inside its body ready to play.
DVD+R Playback	Yes
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD+R format.
DVD-R Playback	Yes
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD-R format.
DVD+RW Playback	Yes
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD+RW format.
DVD-RW Playback	Yes
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD-RW format.
DVD-RAM Playback	Yes
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the DVD-RAM format.
HD-DVD Playback	No
A yes means this unit plays discs that are encoded using the HD DVD format.
DivX Playback	Yes
A yes means this device is able to play video compressed using the popular ‘DivX format.’:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divx
DVD+R Recording	Yes
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD+R format.
DVD-R Recording	Yes
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD-R format.
DVD+RW Recording	Yes
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD+RW format.
DVD-RW Recording	Yes
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD-RW format.
DVD-RAM Recording	Yes
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the DVD-RAM format.
HD-DVD Recording	No
A yes means this unit is able to encode discs using the HD DVD format.
USB Port	Yes
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
DVB-S	No
Some TVs have DVB-S.
Colour	Black
The main colour of the product.

Also known as: Panasonic DMREX79EBK, DMR-EX79, Panasonic DMREX79EB-K, PANASONIC DMR-EX79E, Panasonic DIGA DMR-EX79

Manufacturer's Description

DVD Recorder with HDD (250GB) and Digital Tuner and USB Terminal

1080p Up-Conversion By interpolating video data using proprietary algorithms, SD format data is up-converted to 1080 × 1920p HD format video data. This conversion to HD format increases the richness of the original data by approximately six fold, and produces the highest possible image quality when viewing content on a large-screen HDTV. Adaptive HD Enhancer Enjoy watching crisper and sharper video enabled by detailed reproduction of contents on DVD and HDD.

Auto Preset Down Load Connect a DIGA DVD recorder to your VIERA TV via an HDMI cable, and the TV channel setting information is automatically downloaded to the DIGA recorder. Direct TV Rec. If you want to record the program you’re watching, you can start immediately by pressing the VIERA Link button on the VIERA remote control and selecting “Direct TV Rec.” on the VIERA Link menu screen. Pause Live TV Pause Live TV lets you freeze TV programmes just like pausing a DVD, by selecting ""Pause Live TV"" on the VIERA Link Menu.

When recording a TV programme, this function determines where new scenes begin (by “listening” to the voices in the programme) and automatically inserts chapter marks at those places. This makes it easy to skip over adverts and start playback from a particular point.

Navi Link Search To record a programme from the TV listings, enter its title or a keyword, and Navi Link will search for it to facilitate recording. Free Word Search Enter the name of a TV programme or a keyword, and this function searches the TV listings for it, making it easy to set up programmed recording.