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Panasonic DMR-EX769EB-K Freeview+ 160GB Hard Disc Drive DVD Recorder 1080p Up Conversion |  | Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
Buy New: £245.00
as of 14/3/2010 20:04 CDT details
New (3) from £245.00
Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 976
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10.9
Dimensions (in): 20.2 x 15.7 x 6.7
MPN: DMR-EX769EB-K
Model: DMR-EX769EB-K
EAN: 5025232492145
ASIN: B001UE84I0
Release Date: March 13, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Excellent for transfering old VHS to DVD September 24, 2009
Mr. J. Mortimer (Yorkshire, England)
55 out of 55 found this review helpful
I bought this mainly to transfer some old VHS-C camcorder tapes to the digital realm, and this it does extremely well. The unit features noise reduction which is adjustable to three settings, it is not intrusive and does a fine job to cut out some of the noise inherent on old VHS tapes. I used a decent old Sony VHS deck to play back the tapes and piped the output from that via a SCART block and A/V leads (yellow, red, white) to the AV3 input on the front of the Panasonic. The resulting recordings are first saved to the internal hard drive where they can be edited, cut, chaptered, etc before being recorded onto DVD. Editing can be done very precisely on this unit, something which I found to be quite impressive.
The Panasonic is however quite picky about which DVDs it will record to, I had to go and buy some Panasonic DVD-RW discs online but they're not too expensive. Haven't tried any DVD-R discs yet but I would go and buy some Panasonic branded ones just to be on the safe side.
There doesn't appear to be much choice for DVD menus on DVDs you record yourself - just the same layout of squares with a few different coloured backgrounds. OK for basic stuff, but once on DVD it's not too difficult to rip the DVD contents to a computer and drop the footage into your favourite DVD creation software. Note that the Panasonic will not record from a VHS tape or DVD that has protection on it (which many commercial pre-recorded ones do).
My main criticism of this unit is that it's a pretty poor DVD player, this almost seems like an after thought as it's not a patch on my old Pioneer DVD player, the thing I miss most is the memory - the Pioneer DVD player would remember the precise moment that I last stopped a disc and would resume playback from that point even if the disc was removed and the unit shut down (it had memory for quite a few discs too); the Panasonic doesn't remember anything, if a disc is in the unit it will start playing at chapter one, scene one when the unit is switched on in DVD mode, which is annoying if I am on chapter 4, or episode 4 of a series, as I have to stop it, go through the initial main menu animation (which cannot be skipped), scroll to episode 4 and then finally click on play episode. It makes the unit a poor replacement for my old player, I am considering re-instating my old player and using the Panasonic only for recording.
I've given it four stars because of the excellent recording ability this unit has, one star is knocked off for the poor DVD playback features (or lack thereof). If you just watch films all the way through it won't be a problem, likewise if you just want to record Freeview programmes the unit does an admirable job of this too (the HDD previews and menu system for recorded programmes works very well). Also it integrates well with my Panasonic TV and allows me to use another of my HDMI ports instead of SCART, giving me a slightly crisper image from old VHS recordings and such.
Overall a very good unit, let down only by the DVD playback portion.
 Idiot-proof recorder! June 28, 2009
Sandie O (Manchester, England)
41 out of 41 found this review helpful
I owned a Sony SVR S-500, which recorded two programmes at the same time, and was almost £300 when I bought it 2 and a half years ago. It was nothing but trouble and in the first year had both circuit boards replaced.It often started recordings early, so I got 4 minutes of ads and missed the end of a programme. That's when it bothered to record anything at all. Sony didn't even reply to my letters, so I have voted with my feet and gone to Panasonic and- it's brilliant so far.It DOES have a series link, and the only negative so far is that irritating ad box which takes up so much of the guide page.Easy to operate and pretty idiot proof! One of my better buys and a nice piece of kit that I would recommend.
Fantastic Machine May 21, 2009
D. Grant (Aberdeen, Scotland)
81 out of 82 found this review helpful
Bought this last week and although it takes a little while to work out how to operate it and read the 100+ page manual, I just connected it up as per the diagram in the manual, switched it on and it set itself up, tuned in lots of Freeview channels and was ready to go in about 5 minutes. The picture quality is superb when played back through my Panasonic Viera tv and I can operate both TV and PVR with either remote using Viera link. I think the previous reviewer who complained about the lack of a Series link must have an older model as mine has a Series link option which works a treat.
Another fantastic product from Panasonic May 23, 2009
Mr. R. De Gasperi (london, uk)
31 out of 31 found this review helpful
This product is fantastic, exceeded all expectations, smooth, high quality, allows you to watch a recording whilst still recording at the same time. So easy to setup, just plug-in and it sets itself up in no time at all.
All I could ask for in a recorder August 19, 2009
Joseph Wilcock (Cumbria U.K.)
65 out of 66 found this review helpful
The DMR arrived 4 days after ordering it; it was well packed and very straightforward to set up. I am an octegenarian and was still using video tapes until I got this DMR but it presented me with no problems and where the process was not intuitive, I found the manual very helpful and not at all difficult. On the day I receive it I tested all the processes it would do and all worked well. The recordings on the hard drive give an excellent picture on my Panasonic 42" plasma screen and transfer to DVD was simple with several quality options including one to automatically fit the chosen programmes to the disc. Because, at my age, my sight is not as discriminating as it used to be, I can make no definitive comment on the relationship between HD and SD but there does not appear to me to be a great difference between them so perhaps the upscaling does work well: the quality of the picture is excellent and a joy to watch. I would not hesitate to recommend this product.
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