Panasonic DMR-E30K Progressive Scan DVD Recorder
[aweful]
I was so excited to get this DVD recorder ... It took me several days to figure out how to hook it up right through an RF modulator, but I got the hang of it. It plays DVDs fine, but that's not what I wanted it so badly for. I wanted it for its ability to record to DVD-R and DVD-RAM disks. All seemed fine for the first couple weeks, then it quit recording to Memorex DVD-RAM disks I had bought. When I put this DVD-RAM disk in, I also got that \\"recover\\" message on the DVD recorder display, like someone else mentioned. Then the unit would shut itself off... The timer recording was working maybe 75% of the time, and that was even when I was using the Panasonic DVD-RAM disk that came with the unit. I put up with that problem for a while for some reason, before I had to send it to a Panasonic factory service center for repairs. It worked good for all of 3 weeks after I got it back, before the timer recording started malfunctioning again, and I started to get that \\"recover\\" message on the unit, then it shut itself off. I am so frustrated with this product, I don't think I would ever buy another Panasonic product. I don't recommend this product at all.