Panasonic DMR-E80H Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with Hard Drive , Silver
The most BEAUTIFUL electronic item I have ever owned!!!!
I have had the Panasonic DMR-E80H for 9 months now and have successfully organized my media collection creating a total of 44 DVD's doing about 3 a day and three DVD RAM's!  I am sorry to hear of all the trouble other people are having and hope they get things settled soon!    <br />    I did read somewhere that the instructional manual was difficult to understand and in places it is a bit on the complicated side but for the most part I got it out of the box, set up and burning my first DVD in a matter of an hour!  I knew I couldn't record one channel while watching another for I have DISH network and could never do that before so no biggie!  Same with copying a DVD that is write protected.  I figure I will either buy the DVD or record what I can. <br />    I have finalized my DVD's and have given a few to friends and they can play then on their units with no trouble.  As for the media I was sold a 10 pk of Memorex DVD-R so that is what I look for or of course Panasonic DVD-R and both gave a fantastic picture in playback though I will mention the 6 hr mode gets a touch choppy looking so I stick with 1, 2 or 4 hour modes!   <br />   I will be using the hard drive very soon for I have made a few DVD RAMS and am eager to test them out to see how fast they will copy to a DVD-R blank! <br />   An interesting tidbit!  I have a friend over in England and he also owns a Panasonic DVD player and I sent him a DVD and didn't finalize it and he was able to play it but not finalize it of course!  Alas, when he returned the favor my machine didn't recognize the DVD!   <br />   I have noticed that a new Panasonic DVD recorder is out with a larger hard drive and 200$ less that the DMR-E80H. It would be interesting to hear a bit of feedback for when this unit gives out I will go for a Panasonic again <br />