Emipre Direct Panasonic DVD Recorder - Cheap!!

boatman

http://www.totaldigital.biz/product_info.php/products_id/1005

Its £145 for the multi region Panasonic ES10 plus £10p+p here.

gizmoleeds

talkshop wrote:

Comet sell a FUNAI DRB2737 for £99.99

This uses DVD-R and RAM, just the same as the Panasonic, and is made in Germany I think.

Not much details about it on Comet website, but I have seen one in store.

I was looking for a DVD+RW recorder so was not interested in it.

What would you rather tell your friends?:

"I just got a new Panasonic DVD recorder"

"I just got a new Funai DVD recorder"

I rest my case

bytie_bit

USB input Whats this for?

So you can play your flash drive images!.
:j

whoever

I wonder if RicherSounds will price match Empire or TotalDigital. That way you won't have to pay pnp.

talkshop - why are you so keen on a DVD+RW over a DVD-RW ?
btw the Panasonic ES20 seems to do all the formats although its pricey at £250. It does have built in freeview though !!! http://ws4.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=PANA-DMRES20

gizmoleeds

DVD-RAM is the good one cos with that you can do timeslip (pause live TV)

backformore

Kazzea wrote:

Its priced at £140 (to save you having to go and look) - remember some peoples idea of cheap isn't the same as everybodys so could people please post prices when saying things are "cheap"???

Thanks

clearly you have too much time on your hands to think

talkshop

gizmoleeds wrote:

DVD-RAM is the good one cos with that you can do timeslip (pause live TV)

I can pause live TV with my Humax PVR8000T Freeview HDD recorder.

No DVD recorder is required

@whoever

I wanted DVD+RW as I already have lots of blank discs due to the 3x failure of my old Philips DVDR880.
Yes, I did by a Philips DVDR610 despite all the bad reports. It is ex-demo from Comet, and I got 12 months warranty for £90 Very happy with it, and I do not really care if it goes wrong, because it was cheap.

rizla01

This one looks like a bargain too.

160GB Digital DVD/HDD Recorder £230.00

3 Year guarantee too!




Timeshift function - play and record simultaneously, and pause live TV
DVD+R/+RW recorder
MP3-CD/JPEG compatible
Convenient DVD edit functions (divide or delete chapters)
One touch recording
Timer recording
VideoPlus and PDC for easy recording
Integrated AC3 Dolby Digital decoder
Sound digital out
PAL/NTSC compatible
NICAM stereo
On screen display
Playback (DVD, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-R, CD-RW, JPEG, DIVX, Audio-CD, MP3-CD)
DIVX 3, 4, 5 and MPEG 4 compatibility
Records up to 6 hours per DVD and 204 hours on the HDD
Sockets: (S-video in and out, audio/video in and out (RCA), component out (RCA)
Digital audio out (coaxial/optical), 2 Euro SCART sockets, DVin (IEEE-1394/FIREWIRE)
Includes remote control and 1 blank DVD+RW
Progressive scan

here

Woby_Tide

chuckles1066 wrote:

Caveat emptor though!

I bought a Panasonic DMR-E30 about a year ago..............from pressing the power on button to the time the thing decides to open the dvd drawer is thirteen seconds. Everything about is painfully slow...........if it was a pc, you'd swear it had a virus!

I'm normally a fan of Panasonic but you wouldn't get me near one of their dvd recorders again.

As someone else has quoted, one of the main improvements on the new Panasonics is startup in a matter of less than 3 seconds. Apart from startup times on the old DMR-E* models they are pretty much bullet proof. I'd prefer a slow start up and years of great recording than a super quick start up and crap recordings or it breaking within a couple of years

the_tired_one

...what doe s TIMESLIP mean?