Panasonic DMR-EH50 80GB Storage, , DVD Recorder Reviews

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“Easy to use, great quality product. excellent dvd recorder.” Gareth, Ware View all 9 real customer reviews

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Value for money (at time of purchase)	8.7
Overall rating	8.9

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Gareth, Ware

Score 9.0/10

+ Easy to use, great quality product. Excellent DVD recorder.

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purchased 27 Dec 2005

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Excellent recorder - does everything you could need. Excellent manual.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 08 Nov 2005

Richard, Leeds

Score 8.0/10

+ This DVD recorder is very reliable. My favourite feature is the list of recorded items that becomes available when you have recorded on the hard drive.

- Does not take Smartmedia cards from digital cameras.

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purchased 18 Dec 2005

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Great DVD Recorder. Setting it up was a doodle - it set itself up completely by communicating with our Panasonic TV.
HDD is a must. You never use DVD discs.

- No freeview digital tuner, but it wouldn't work anyway with the terrestrial tv reception we get.

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purchased 19 Dec 2005

martin, thornbury

Score 10.0/10

+ flexible, versatile,outstanding combination of features

- instruction manual needs patience and perseverance

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purchased 01 Jan 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ so far good

- none

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purchased 12 Feb 2006

Richard, Balham

Score 9.0/10

+ easy to set up and operate

- wheel on remote a little flaky

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purchased 27 Mar 2006

Mark, Manchester

Score 8.0/10

+ Hard drive, editing, dubbing

- Hard drive broke, took 6 weeks to get back from repair, although process was easy and efficent.

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purchased 31 Dec 2005

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Panasonic adds DVD-RW support to its latest digital recorders, so you can record on discs for all occasions. Add HDD and you've got a mighty video recorder.As the industry races ahead with next generation blue-laser formats for highdefinition discs, the standard DVD recording market isn't standing still either. Panasonic commands a sizeable chunk of this arena with its slimline recorders based on fast and editfriendly DVD-RAM. The disadvantages are that RAM discs are extremely sensitive and should ideally be used in protective cartridges, which makes them more expensive. Even out of a…

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reviewed 01 May 2005

Product Features

Hard Disk Capacity in GB	80
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	No
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.
Blu Ray Recording	No
A yes means that this device is able to record data to a high-capacity Blu Ray disc.
HDMI Interface	0
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	No
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	No
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	No
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
DVB-S	No
Some TVs have DVB-S.
Release Date	1 Apr 2005
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.
Freeview	No
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. Many newer TVs have Freeview built in. For other TVs you will need a separate Freeview set-top box.
Progressive Scan	Yes