Panasonic DMR-EH50S DVD Recorder with 100 GB Hard Drive Recording
Okay for recording, bad for playing
I bought this recorder as a replacement, and have had mixed success. It seems to record fine, and I haven't had any problems with playing disks recorded on this machine on other players. The TV guide thing is nice, but it's really just bells and whistles. <br />I've had several minor problems with it. There is no high-speed mode for copying from a DVDR to the HD, which is a pain. There is no way to merge titles on the HD. The editing functions are broken up into several screens, another nuisance. The customer service line is nothing but a busy signal. <br />However, my main problem is that it will not reliably play DVDRs recorded on machines other than itself. After about an hour, it starts freezing up or skipping. Sometimes stopping and restarting will fix the problem, sometimes not. These disks are not scratched, and would play fine in other players, so the problem probably wasn't with them. This was a major disappointment.