Panasonic DMRE85HS Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with 120 GB Hard Drive Recording
A downgrade from the E80H
The good things about this recorder is that it can burn a DVD in up to 8x faster than real speed and that the database can hold 54 and a half hours in the SP mode as compared to 36 and a half the E80H model did. The bad things about this recorder which makes this a terrible purchase is that the TV Guide listings have never worked even after shutting off my recorder for 36 hours, since the TV listings they had were incompatible with my cable service. Also the machine frequently freezes making this machine idle. You can not record two programs back to back since the second program will never record since the machine records the first program for a minute extra which overlaps the second program and cancels the recording. A best bet is to hunt down the E80H and buy that and buy the E85 if you want an expensive time piece.