Panasonic DMR-EH75VS DVD Recorder / VCR Combo with 80GB Hard Drive, HDMI, SD Card, and DV Input
Cannot do schedule recording to VHS
I've used my Panasonic EH75VS DVD Recorder for 3 weeks now. <br />I bought it for only one purpose: create my kid's Spanish project without using any of my PCs. <br />With this machine and my camcorder I can record my kid's skits into a 3\\" DVD-RAM with my DVD camcorder, reading the recorded 3\\" DVD-RAM directly into EH75VS hard disk (copy from 3\\" DVD-RAM to EH75VS's HDD), making a playlist with the scenes and the order I wanted, and then burning the playlist onto a DVD -R, a final product to submit as my kid's school project. <br />For this purpose, this machine does the job. <br /> <br />I also recorded a TV cartoon program in SP mode on HDD, cut off commercials, inserted chapter breaks, and then burned to a DVD-R in SP mode too. <br />I then play it on my PC. I will rate the result A-. <br />With full screen, to both me and my wife the picture is little bit grainy. <br /> <br />I then try to record TV onto VHS tape. <br />This machine only allows you to record to VHS tape on the fly, not with scheduled recording. <br />Menu has instructions for recording using \\"VCR Plus +\\". However this is for using \\"VCR Plus +\\" method to record TV program onto the HDD, not onto the VCR VHS tape. <br />You may say why record to the VHS tape while you can record it to HDD. <br />Well, you can't take you HDD to your bedroom and contune to watch the program you recorded. <br />VHS tape can. <br />I bought EH75VS instead of EH55S (one with 200 GB HDD but no VCR) is because I wanted to have one machine to do it all and get rid off all the cluter under my TV. <br />On this account, this machine surprised me that it can't really replace my VCR completely. <br />For this, I take away 1 Star from my rating. <br />It seems to me the VCR feature is an after thought to Panasonic. <br />It does not integrate well with the rest of the machine. <br />