Electronics Panasonic DMRE85HS Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with 120 GB Hard Drive RecordingPanasonic DMRE85HS Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder with 120 GB Hard Drive Recording
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- DVD-RAM/DVD-R recorder with built-in 120 GB hard drive and TV Guide On Screen electronic program guide
- Time Slip lets you watch from the beginning of a program whose recording is still in progress
- Plays DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, DVD-R, DVD-RAM, VCD, music CDs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, and MP3 CDs
- 32x high-speed recording from hard drive to DVD-R; 24x high-speed recording from hard disk to RAM
- Progressive-scan video output for filmlike images on high-definition and HD-ready TVs
But it doesn't just slice and dice. The DMR-E85HS is also a progressive-scan DVD player for use with standard and high-definition or HD-ready TVs. It handles your DVDs, CDs, and homemade MP3 discs, as well as high-resolution DVD-Audio discs, which specialize in multichannel music mixes with quality surpassing that found on commercial CDs.
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| The DMR-E85HS offers the flexibility of recording on both DVD-RAM--perfect for instant chapter access and for multiple rerecordings--as well as DVD-R, generally regarded as the most widely compatible of the many DVD formats. DVD-RAM offers high storage capacity, high-speed data transmission, exceptional picture and sound quality, fast random-access memory, and rewritability up to 100,000 times. DVD-RAM recording time extends to 16 hours per disc in EP mode on 9.4 GB double-sided media. You can program the recorder for daily or one-time broadcasts much as you would a VCR. To simplify programming, the DMR-E85HS includes the TV Guide On Screen Electronic Programming Guide. With DVD-RAM, you can even perform simple nonlinear video editing, such as rearranging the order of scenes, skipping over unwanted scenes, and creating custom play lists of favorite scenes on a disc. |
One touch of a button is all it takes to record data from the DMR-E85HS's hard disk drive to a DVD-RAM or DVD-R disc at high speeds. You can blaze along at a quick 12x normal speed when writing to DVD-RAM, or 24x normal speed when going from the hard disk to DVD-R (in EP mode, both cases). For example, you can burn a one-hour program to DVD-RAM in just 5 minutes, or to DVD-R in just 2.5 minutes.
Panasonic's Time Slip feature lets you use your DVD recorder like a personal video recorder, or PVR. Because of DVD-RAM's extremely fast transfer rate, you can view the recorded portion of an ongoing program from the beginning, while still recording the program in progress.
| With Chasing Playback, you can view the recorded portion of a live program, from the beginning, while continuing to record that program until its completion. Simultaneous record & play lets you view a previously recorded program on either a DVD-RAM disc or the hard disk drive while simultaneously recording a different program. Relief Recording automatically checks the remaining disc space when recording to DVD-RAM or DVD-R. If there's not enough space, the video recorder shifts the balance of the recording to the hard drive. |
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In addition to recording new video content, the DMR-E85HS lets you transfer your favorite VHS recordings to durable, space-saving discs. You can archive, preserve, and easily catalog and accessed your personal movie libraries and family videos.
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| The recorder comes with a new Direct Navigator that simplifies the process of previewing recorded programs, letting you access recorded material from an onscreen menu that lists recording dates, times, channels, and titles. Finding and viewing recorded material is simple because there's no need to search, fast-forward, or rewind. |
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- Publisher: Panasonic
- Label: Panasonic
- Studio: Panasonic
- Batteries: 2 AA batteries required
- Average Customer Review: based on 86 reviews
- Sales Rank in Electronics: #58547
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So when I turned it on last week the display flashed it's usual "PLEASE WAIT". Which I, as I had in the past, did. And I waited. And waited. Nothing happened.
Now I've already purchased a Blu-ray player, but as many people who own the DMR-E85H know, this machine still does stuff that newer Blu-ray and DVD players can't. Not to mention that I had a lot of saved programming that I wanted to keep. I did some searching and found out that this is a common problem. The DMR-E85H's problem is it's power supply and, more specifically, two 680uF 16V electrolytic capacitors on the board. Apparently, Panasonic will remedy this problem, but it will set you back $130. Based on said searches, it was also apparent that many people had successfully fixed this issue with some ingenuity and some parts from Radio Shack. Mind you, I'm not tool savvy at all. In fact, I'd never used a soldering iron prior to this. But much to my surprise, after following a couple involved steps, I plugged in my player and it booted up as if it was just removed from the factory box. All of my recording were still there as well.
All I'm saying is, before you toss your machine, create more e-waste, and if it's worth it to you, you might consider taking a couple hours, and spending a couple dollars, to fix it. I wouldn't buy a new DRM-E85H by any means, but just so you know, it might be possible for you to fix the one you have... I guess a review of the DMR-E85H could best be summed up by the actual display of the DMR-E85H: "PLEASE WAIT"
If you are unhappy with your Panasonic DMR-E85H, email me. I might buy it from you. dennis2000@centurytel.net
I have had reasonable success with this item. I have had it for over a year and no problems so far. I really like it. But because of the reviews like those I see here, I'm in fear that it will fail me.
I would like to have a "backup" DMR-E85H so that when mine fails, it won't be as painful, just switch units. But due to finances, it is difficult to part with the money these are selling for.
As I see people posting that they have "tossed it out today", I want to contact them and say I will pay you something and take a chance I can fix it. Since there is no way to contact the persons purchasing on Amazon about their recorders, I decided to write my own review. Hopefully they won't throw this out.
To repeat, I like the one I own. Mine has worked well so far. I have become familiar with it and don't want to learn the idiosyncrasies of a new machine. That happens as you get older like me. (ha ha)
So, email me before you throw one out. Thanks! dennis2000@centurytel.net
At one point we had to reformat the hard drive (losing all our recordings), as it was stuck. Sometimes you'd hit play or open on the dvd tray and it would not comply. It took long to boot up also. I liked it when it worked overall however - I stress when.
The final straws came when two capacitors failed and the machine was stuck on "Please Wait". I researched and found that others had this problem too. We bought a solder gun and replacement capacitors and managed to fix this problem thanks to internet info on a fix others posted on this issue. Then a month later, the machine fails to turn on at all - no power. We replaced another capacitor that was corroding and hoped that would fix it, but it did not. The more I read it seemed others also had this issue, that it was a power supply board gone bad. We gave up at that point on the machine and tossed it out today having paid over $300 for it just a few years ago.
I finally called Panasonic because I had about 50 hrs of programs recorded on the hard drive that I wanted to retain. This included Superbowls, bowl games, concerts, boxing, Survivor TV show finales, '06 Olympics, etc. which I had no way of replacing. They wanted $130 to repair the machine. I told them on the phone that under no circumstances were they to erase the material on the hard drive because the only reason I wanted it fixed was to be able to retrieve the stuff I had previously recorded.
I got the unit back on 8/6/08 after about 3 weeks at their repair center. The hard drive had been erased and all my programs were gone. I was infuriated by this and called the repair center the next day and demanded an answer as to how this happened. They blew it off as did the Panasonic customer service people. I then disputed the charge on my cc and have refused to pay them.
I WOULD NEVER BUY THIS ITEM NOR ANY OTHER PANASONIC PRODUCT. THEIR SUPPORT PEOPLE ARE USELESS AND SO IS THIS PRODUCT. I beat this DVR to pieces with a hammer yesterday and would do the same to the idiot who erased the hard drive if I knew who he was.
It has over the air TV Guide, but this service was discontinued in my area so the channel listings no longer contain program title and information. It plays DVDs, CDs, and switches between HDD and disc mode with the touch of a button.