Panasonic DVD/RAM Recorder/digibox - Currys -£155 inc Del

Searcher2

tooconfused wrote:

Richer sounds will match the price and beat it by ten pounds it has to be in stock at the place they price match though.I bought the Multi region from richer sounds for £146

They b****y didn't with me. Not impressed at all by the staff at the Preston branch. Interesting about the John Lewis price match as I think they give a 2 year guarantee with theirs.

Jeff121

svijay, you're lucky, I tried John Lewis (Glasgow) to price match Richer Sounds deal but they refused, reason being Richer Sounds (Glasgow Branch) are out of stock. In many cases its your luck or bad luck who you deal with in customer service situations. I got one who was efficient and took the bother to phone Richer Sounds when I showed her a printout of Richer Sounds price of £139 in store price but as Panasonic was out of stock, no price match. Good on you, happy to know you got your deal.

joemardo1

Hi,

After posting in the main techy forum a few kind people have replied and also pointed this thread out to me.

I have a lot of sony camcorder 8mm tape footage of my late Mother and uncle and want to get it onto dvd. Been told this is by far the easiest way and this recorder is good, with inbuilt editing facilities. Probably what I'm aiming at is , just to hook the camcorder up to the dvd, transfer the 8mm footage, do the editing part then play in ordinary dvd player. I have seen a few at tesco from £85 but i suppose I only get basic for that.

thanks

rizla01

Still available but gone up a fiver



http://www.currys.co.uk/product.php?sku=355701



for £159.00 Delivered. In store its £10.00 dearer.


Quote:
Built in Digital TV - upto 32 channels

16 hours recording capacity (9.4GB disc)

Timeslip - pause live tv

DVDRAM, DVDR recording

Pal Progressive

Videoplus

CD/CDR/CDRW/MP3

Digital audio output

2 Region Code

Frame Advance


I ALSO FOUND THESE SPECS. DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN BUT LOOKS INTERESTING. SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SOFTWARE I SUSPECT.

PERHAPS SOMEONE COULD ILLUCIDATE?

DVB-MPEG TR 101 154 - TM 1214 Rev.20
TR 102 154 - TM 2315 Rev 1
DVB-SI EN 300 468 - TM 1217 Rev. 7
TR 101 211 - TM 1324 Rev. 8
DVB-SUB EN 300 743 - TM 1398 Rev 6
DVB-T EN 300 744 - TM 1545 Rev. 6
TR 101 190 - TM 1825 Rev. 4
DVB-TXT EN 300 472 - TM 1241 Rev. 2

gromituk

They look like the versions of the DVB standards to which it complies.

I ordered one of these for my father. Have been helping him set it up over the phone. Sounds very nifty - I'm quite jealous! Now I just have to get him a DVD-RAM disc or two, with cartridges, as recommended here. Instruction manual: http://www.panasonic.co.uk/customer-Support/download-centre.asp?did=141035&fmt=pdf (tick the "accept" box).

gromituk

A nice touch it has is a programmable remote control which operates the basic functions of most manufacturers' TV sets, so no need to juggle two boxes. It also allows you to enter your name, house number and postcode, protected by PIN, which I presume it displays after power is cut, to enable it to be reunited with its owner. The downside of that is you have to leave it on standby constantly, even if you have no timer recordings are programmed.

loobyloose

I bought this one from amazon, but its not very good if you have a toshiba tv, i've emailed panasonic for the code to enable the remote to control volume etc.. and they said if its not in the manual you cant do it.

competitionscafe

rizla01 wrote:

Still available but gone up a fiver



http://www.currys.co.uk/product.php?sku=355701



for £159.00 Delivered. In store its £10.00 dearer.

Or £154.95 with free delivery offer:

Free delivery offer from pricerunner site:
"Free Delivery Offer on orders over £149 - simply enter PRFREEDEL in the promotional code box at the checkout."
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/sound-and-vision/vision/dvd-players/508043/prices

It's also the same price [£154.95 inc delivery] at Empire Direct:
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/sound-and-vision/vision/dvd-players/508043/prices

champx70

DMRES20DMR is the multi-region version.
DMRES20D is locked region 2.

DMRES20DMR currently £169 + £5 postage at Emipre Direct
https://www.empiredirect.co.uk/Content/Products/Details/index~modelcode~PAN-DMRES20DMR.htm

Searcher2

gromituk wrote:

It also allows you to enter your name, house number and postcode, protected by PIN, which I presume it displays after power is cut, to enable it to be reunited with its owner. The downside of that is you have to leave it on standby constantly, even if you have no timer recordings are programmed.

I didn't presume this. I have had the machine switched off and I can confirm this is not the case. I thought you could enter your house number and postcode so that if a thief was caught with your goods you could prove they are yours as your postcode would be stored on the machine.

Prices of these machines seem to be going up rather than down as stocks run out prior to the launch of the new Panasonics (the new equivalent-ish model will be around £250)