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Panasonic DMR-EH50S DVD Recorder with 100 GB Hard Drive Recording |  | Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
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Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 46798
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11
Dimensions (in): 13.8 x 2.5 x 16.9
MPN: DMR-EH50S
Model: DMR-EH50S
UPC: 037988252626
EAN: 0037988252626
ASIN: B0007YFQCG
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| Features:
| • | Dual recording - View a DVD while recording on hard drive | | • | Sized for home-theater connectivity | | • | Progressive-scan play compatible | | • | Linear PCM audio and Dolby Digital audio record and play | | • | Can record DVD-RAM, DVD-R, +R and DVD-RW discs; and can play back DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-Audio |
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Product Description
The DMR-EH50 series DIGA DVD Recorder with 100GB Hard Disk Drive offers users up to 177 hours of recording time. TV Guide On Screen Program Guide. Lightning-fast response in start-up, recording and Electronic Program Guide display- as quick as 1 second. Records DVD-RAM, DVD-R, +R and DVD-RW discs; and can play back DVD-RAM, DVD-R, +R, DVD-RW, +RW, DVD-Audio, DVD-video, video CD, audio CD (CD-DA), and CD-R/RW MP3/JPEG formatted discs..
From the Manufacturer
Find and Record Your Favorite Programs Easily with TV Guide On Screen
 Your hectic schedule isn't always compatible with TV program schedules, so being able to quickly locate your favorite shows and record them for later viewing is important. The TV Guide On Screen™ Electronic Program Guide lets you easily find your favorite programs and set up your DVD recorder to record them unattended. Explore program listings up to 8 days in advance, searching by genre or keyword to help narrow down your choices. Once you've found what you want in the listings, simply select the program and your DVD recorder will automatically begin recording at the preset time. Watch and Record At the Same Time
You sit down to watch this week's episode of your favorite show and realize that you never got around to watching your recording of last week's episode. Not a problem with Time Slip™, featuring simultaneous record and play. Select this week's episode in the program guide, start recording, and as it records you can watch your recording of last week's episode. What if you set up your DVD recorder to record a movie from 8:00 to 10:00 while you're out, but dinner was faster than you expected and you get home early? With our Chasing Playback feature, you don't have to wait for the program to finish recording in order to watch it. You can begin watching the portion of the program that has already been saved while the DVD recorder continues recording the remainder of the program. Avoid Accidentally Recording Over A Program
If you own a VCR, it's almost certain that at some point someone has accidentally recorded over a movie or show that you wanted to keep. One-Touch Record will save your favorite programs from the same fate by automatically scanning the disc for blank space before starting the recording process. No more worries that your favorite sitcom's season finale will be overwritten by a family member's Sunday fishing show. Browse Through Your Recordings Using Thumbnails
You and your family are sure to enjoy the convenience of your DVD recorder so much that you'll have a large library of recordings in no time. Keeping track of all those programs would be difficult if it weren't for our enhanced Direct Navigator, which displays thumbnails of every program on the disc as you browse, making it easy to identify the contents of each recording. Built-In 100GB2 Hard Disk Recorder
The massive capacity of the built-in hard disk means you'll have plenty of space to record shows for everyone in the house. Record lots of programming, figure out what you want to keep, then move it to DVD in minutes for long-term storage. Film-Like Image Quality
The goal of any playback device should be accurate reproduction of the original content. In the case of DVDs, most of that content is film-based. Utilizing advanced progressive scan3 playback techniques and very accurate MPEG video decoders, this DVD recorder provides an image that faithfully represents the image you see at your favorite movie theater. About Progressive Scanning
Progressive scanning, otherwise known as 480P (p=progressive), creates a picture signal with double the scan lines of a conventional interlaced picture, 480I (I=interlaced), to create a noticeably sharper image. The 480P image offers higher picture resolution and eliminates virtually all motion artifacts. Even on large screens, the progressive scan lines are barely noticeable and picture flickering is greatly reduced, so you can enjoy extended viewing without eye fatigue. Our progressive scan DVD players can handle both progressive and conventional interlaced video. In order to take advantage of a progressive scan DVD player, your TV must be capable of accepting and displaying a progressive scan signal (480p). The Benefits of Progressive Vs. Interlaced Scanning
Standard DVD-Video players use interlaced scanning to produce a picture. Interlaced scanning combines two fields to generate a picture of 525 scan lines (480 of which are displayed). Your television projects an interlaced image by first scanning the 240 odd-numbered lines of one field (in 1/60th of a second), followed by the 240 even-numbered lines of the other field (in 1/60th of a second). So, it takes two fields to build one frame of video.
Our progressive scan DVD players have a progressive video processor, which enables all 525 lines (480 of which are displayed) to be scanned at the exact same time; two interlaced fields are combined into one progressive frame. A television with 480P component inputs can completely scan the entire image in 1/60th of a second. The result is a smoother and sharper picture with high resolution and minimal motion artifacts. Advantages of Progressive Conversion
Line doublers are used in other high-end home entertainment systems to provide progressive scanning. These may be stand-alone devices or incorporated into a digital TV. Impressive as they may be, our progressive scan DVD players' in-player progressive conversion has three big advantages over line doublers: - 1) High precision and stability
A DVD-Video disc mastered from a film holds all the data necessary to produce an accurate progressive image, whereas an external line doubler must take hints from the video source to determine the source material and frame allocation. - 2) All-digital conversion minimizes signal degradation
Since the signal from the DVD-Video disc is digital, progressive conversion can be performed digitally inside the player. Signal quality is protected until it leaves the player's analog output. In contrast, a stand-alone or in-TV doubler first receives information from the analog output of the source device then converts this analog signal back to digital for processing. Finally, it must translate the signal back to analog before outputting it. All this back-and-forth translation is much more likely to degrade the signal. - 3) Processing is optimized to DVD-Video's high image quality
Line doublers built into digital TV sets are designed to work with a variety of video sources, so their settings are not necessarily ideal for DVD-Video. The progressive conversion of our progressive scan DVD players is optimized for the high resolution and low noise of the DVD-Video format. This enables the unit to preserve DVD-Video picture quality for display on all screen sizes, from direct-view CRT to projectors.
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 A Great Machine! May 29, 2005
Audiophile (Bay Area, California)
244 out of 247 found this review helpful
After researching for a DVD recorder with hard drive for several weeks it became apparent that this new model coming out would be worth waiting for. I had almost settled on the E85HS model but after reading the reviews it seemed it had a lot of problems and was pretty limited to the types of disks it would record to. This new model has solved all that with several more types (read specs) to record to. The TV GUIDE downloaded just fine and works like a charm. I haven't recorded too much just yet (only have had it for a week) and have had no problems with it freezing up. The TV GUIDE editing works well and you need it as the stations on my system came in random order. I just rearranged them and turned off the channels that I didn't want. This device can certainly replace TIVO that is for sure. Be sure to follow the intructions about giving it time to download the TV GUIDE stations. It needs to be left off (standby) for at least 24 hours. I had to play with it for the first day or two so it took me a little longer to get up and running. Also, the manual is a bit daunting but I found by playing around you could figure out most of the remote functions. As you can tell, I didn't get this machine to convert VCR tapes. I wanted something that could replace my converter box from my cable TV company (RCN) and have TIVO capabilities. This unit does that magnificently. I am now using my converter box upstairs with another tv so I can tune in music channels and use the "on demand" channel. However, this unit will work with the converter box with the included IR Blaster so it is a very versatile recorder and tuner box. I'll come back later and add addtional information about my recording and editing experience.
7/7/05 update: I finally got around to editing and dubbing a TV recording to DVD. It was a very easy process overall. The only thing that slows you down is trying to read the instruction manual. Once you are on the editing screen ("Shorten Title" as it is called) it is pretty intuitive and with a little trial and error it was a pretty fast operation. Now my son-in-law has a commercial free copy of the Eagles concert. One thing to remember is if you want to utilize high-speed dubbing you need to turn it on before you start. This means even before you start recording a program. Once it is recorded without high-speed dubbing you are stuck with a dubbing time equal to the length of your recording. Panasonic recommends that you set that option to off unless you know you want to dub a program at high speed. They don't say why. Even though this wasn't the primary reason to buy this recorder for me it really seems to do the job and would be great for converting VHS tapes to DVD. Finally, don't forget to finalize your DVD so it will play on other devices. There is a prompt for it so it really isn't a problem.
As a follow up to my primary review, I am loving the recording of TV programs on the hard drive. I record and watch movies that I would never have bothered with because of the commercials. The TV GUIDE makes it very simple (push one button)to record. With the on screen menus you don't even need the book to use this function. The normal (SP) speed gives you 44 hours of recording time and I can't tell the difference between it and the orginal TV program in picture or sound quality.
Overall, this device has exceeded all of my expectations.
Best value for the money in a DVD recorder July 18, 2005
Robert R. Grasso (Southington, Ct USA)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
This product works exactly as the manual says it will.
It is a superior dvd recorder. The editing capabilities are fantastic. I have Cox cable and my Panasonic dmr-eh50s works without need for a cable box. I did take the time to delete all of the channels I never use, tho. This way my "TV Guide" only shows me the channels I usually watch.
Here are some of the things you can do with this dvd recorder:
* Record your favorite shows by selecting them or by just telling the recorder to do it every time the show comes on that channel. Play them back when you feel like it. Erase them when you feel like it.
* Record your video tapes (or dvd's) to the hard drive, edit them if you want, then write them out to dvd. You can erase any portion of any recording. This is great if you have recorded scenes you dont feel you want to save for posterity. If you want you can re-arrange the sequence of the scenes. Just use the editing to denote the beginning and end of each scene (make it a "chapter"), then create a "play list" where you decide the sequence of the chapters to be output. You can combine scenes from various video tapes into one "play list" and in doing so create a unique dvd. For example, if you have several tapes from over the years and you would like to create a dvd that just shows significant events for one of your children, you can create a dvd that is devoted to summing up that child's experiences.
* you can store still pictures from your digital camera or from your digital disk onto the hard drive, then create a dvd kind of like a slide show, even adding YOUR OWN MUSIC. One of my friends did this, choosing favorite pictures from their marriage and playing their favorite songs in the background. It was an anniversary gift that they will truly treasure.
When you buy this product, be sure to get an extended service contract, either from Panasonic or from a reputable source. If this product ever needs servicing, the price could be high (almost as much as the purchase price) and you will be so glad you bought the service contract. Bernie's will sell a 5 year extended service contract on this product for a one time fee of about $100.
I would buy this product again in a heartbeat.
Great Alternate To Cable DVR Or Tivo January 2, 2006
Pyrate83 (Columbus, OH USA)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
My father purchased one of these units for Christmas and I helped him set it up. I want to clear up something another reviewer said about not being able to use the TV Guide if you don't have a cable box. Don't listen to this person as they obviously have no clue what they are talking about. This unit WILL download the TV Guide whether or not a cable box is present. There are setup instructions if you do or don't have a cable box. The unit will also work with analog or digital cable but won't receive the TV Guide if you have Satellite. You do have to leave the unit off for 24 hours for it to do so but unless your cable company doesn't send out the information, it should download. As for the rest of the unit, the only couple complaints I have is that words can be difficult to read on the white background when you hit the "info" button. It also would have been nice if the unit had 2 TV tuners so you could watch TV on one channel while recording on another. The picture quality on standard cable was greatly improved by this unit's S-Video output as well which was an unexpected surprise for my Dad.
Pros:
Easy to set up
Useful TV Guide
Easy to record to HDD
Can Improve Picture Quality If S-Video Is Used
HDD record quality is very good.
DVD playback is perfect.
Cons:
Manual isn't always clear.
Some on screen lettering is difficult to read.
You may have to manually rearrange the channels in the TV guide as they downloaded in the wrong order.
Takes 24hrs of standby to intially get the TV Guide.
A few channels never showed up correctly in the TV Guide.
Very nice machine... August 30, 2005
Clifford A. Clark (San Jose, CA)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
THis is an excellant machine. I only have one thing to add over the detailed reviews provided earlier... The TV Guide feature does work without a cable box.
Serves My Purposes Just Fine! November 2, 2005
Grumple Dumple
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
Here is what happened the second morning after getting this dvd recorder:
I was sleeping soundly when all of a sudden there came a thunderous crash! My face contorted in a wince. Without lifting my head off the pillow I knew what had happened. I had precariously balanced this unit on the narrow top of my television because I did not have any sort of a stable place that I could put it right away. I figured that it would fall off the tv before I could find a place for it and of course it did. Let me say that although it took a very nasty tumble (4 1/2 feet or more to the wood floor) there is absolutely no damage to it with regard to its performance nor to its outside looks that I can see. That is amazing to me!
My local service is Charter Cable and I don't use a cable box setup.
I use the TV Guide feature not so much to record from directly, but more as to find out what the future programming for any given channel might be. And then if I want to record something at a certain day and time, I manually set the unit to record it at that time. Setting it manually is not difficult.
I absolutely love the hard drive in this thing! I can record directly to the hard drive and then edit the heck out of it! For instance, if I want to get rid of all the commercials from an episode of Columbo I just recorded from the Hallmark Channel it's not very hard to do so! And after all the editing is done I can burn the episode to a blank dvd media disk and then easily delete the whole thing from the hard drive, thereby freeing up more space for future recordings! Deleting/Erasing from the hard drive is such a tidy, fast, one-step process. I love that! Sometimes within an episode of something there might be only a portion of it that I want to keep (a funny 20 second moment in a Seinfeld episode for example); I can make a compilation disk ultimately of those funny moments I find on television if I want to do that.
Also, before I forget, you can record directly to blank DVD-RAM disk media. I have not done this yet. As I understand it DVD-RAM is VERY flexible for editing on the disk.
A couple of days ago I connected a VHS tape recorder/player to the Panasonic recorder and now I can take all those old VHS tapes and transfer them to the hard drive for editing and then to dvd. GREAT!
Well, I don't really know what else to say about it, but I bet I'm leaving a lot out.
This unit is worth buying if you want a lot of hard drive space and the ability to edit recorded material and then transfer it to dvd media easily.
I give it a 5 star recommedation!
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