Panasonic DMR-ES10S DIGA Series DVD Recorder , Silver
Own a Toshiba, bought Panasonic as a 2nd recorder
I bought this Panasonic recorder as a 2nd recorder with the idea of using DVD-RAM discs to move recorded content to the Toshiba RD-XS32 which has a hard drive where it could be edited and recorded onto DVD-R.  This does indeed work, but there are some quirks. <br /> <br />1)  The Panasonic unit doesn't remember that I selected English as my language of choice.  Every time I power up I have to answer this question again. <br /> <br />2)  The Panasonic always wants to scan for channels every time I power it up.  I am connected to a DishNetwork receiver, and there is no RF connected.  I wish it would remember this. <br /> <br />3)  When I record onto DVD-RAM, I find that when I move it to the Toshiba RD-XS32 DVD recorder, I can play it, I can edit it, etc., but the Title is incompatable and cannot be edited.  I get around this by dubbing the DVD-RAM to the Toshiba and then the title can be set to anything. <br /> <br />4)  I find the editing on the Toshiba to be much easier and intuitive than on the Panasonic.  It is much easier to mark and remove commercials on the Toshiba. <br /> <br />I use DVD-RAM because they are so re-usable and can be erased over and over and over again without dealing with any finalizing.   <br /> <br />I picked the Panasonic as my 2nd recorder because of its ability to do DVD+R as well as DVD-R.  The equivalent Toshiba model only deals with DVD-R.   <br /> <br />I would have prefered it to also have a DV input, but the Toshiba already had that, so it wasn't as big a deal.  If it was my only recorder, that would have been enough to stop me from purchasing it. <br />