Panasonic DMR-E80H Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with Hard Drive , Silver
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I too would like to response to Mr Dane C Cobb's review: April 10, 2004       I am in agreement with the person who suggested Mr. Cobb has received a defective unit. The DMR-E80H does everything exactly as advertised, and it performs these functions flawlessly.       I have burned more than 100 different DVD-R discs from five of the leading manufacturers of DVD disc: Panasonic - 27 disc, Memorex - 16 disc, Maxell - 18 disc, Sony - 22 disc and TDK - 28 disc. In my opinion, the Panasonic disc are the best, but they are more expensive, too.       Of those disc, I have received only one failure. That was on one of the TDK disc. Furthermore, every single manufacturers disc I have burned and/or dubbed has worked in all four DVD players that I personally own: Sony DVP-NC655P, Samsung DVD-S221, Panasonic DVD-31K and JVC XV-N44SL.       I have also purchased a Sony VCR SLV-N700 to transfer about 35-45 VHS home videos to DVD-R using my Panasonic DMR-E80 DVD recorder. So far the recorder has not failed to transfer the information. It performs this function with ease and efficiency, not to mention excellent picture quality.       All anyone has to do is refer to the latest ratings from the Consumers Report Magazine on DVD Recorders. The Panasonic DMR-E80H received an excellent rating, and was rated second best in the catagory of DVR/DVD Recorders, behind the other Panasonic Model DMR-E100 by an overall score of one point. It rated excellent in DVD playback picture quality, recording picture quality, DVD playback picture ease of use and very good in recorder ease of use.       These guys are the experts and they have performed numerous test and have spent countless hours comparing various models and putting each one to the test.       I too believe the DMR-80H is one of the best and highest quality DVD recorders on the market.       It is an excellent product.          gac