Panasonic DMR-E55K Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/Player , Black
Reasonably good
I have had no problem with this recorder/player since I purchased it a few months ago.<br />I would have to disagree with a previous reviewer who said that the &quot;eight hour mode looked better than a VCR set on the best quality setting&quot;. I would never use the eight hour mode, which is the maximum time this recorder can get on DVD media. At this mode, every other horizontal AND vertical line is taken out resulting in poor picture. In addition there is noticeable jerkiness and picture noise.<BR>I also want to clarify that this recorder does NOT record to CD-Rs as the previous reviewer mentioned. The DMRE55K only records to DVD-R and DVD-RAM.<BR>It plays MP3s but it reads only the name and not the ID3 tags.