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This recorder has a lot of capability, more features than I need or was looking for. It seems no one is building recorders like this anymore, so the market consists of used equipment. If you want to burn DVDs without a computer, this unit can do it and a lot more. Since these are getting scarce, if I find another unit like this I would seriously consider snapping it up for a spare.
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The product itself is a great product, but unfortunately after trying it out for the first time, the Video and audio out stopped working after a brief picture and sound came on, and then the picture faded to black and no more sound as well. The unit came to me in excellent cosmetic condition, but as it goes with electronics, even new out of the box fail almost immediately upon trying it out. That's why they have warranties. Unfortunately, the unit failed right away, and had it not been for it failing,I would have given it an excellent rating. I have one of the top of the line panasonic recorders of the same year, and that is why I bought the ES20. Panasonic's picture and sound is excellent, and I would say the ES20 would have been just as good as my top rated model that I have. It's slim lightweight design makes it easy to carry it from one room to another as I have several VCRs, one in each room, and I like to use the VCR that a program was originally recorded on for tranferring to a DVD. I've seen the DMR-ES20's in action, and that is why I bought one on ebay. Unfortunately it was defective, and that does happen, but it doesn't take away from the units ability to provide a great picture and sound. Rich SerraRead full review
I bought this unit to transfer all of my VHS video to DVD. I've recorded about 30-40 DVDs so far and everything is perfect. This is a great unit for the price. It has a very easy recording method, just put in a blank DVD, allow the unit a couple of seconds to recognize the disc and press record. Very easy. If I need to record something over 2 hours, just press the record mode button and it can be set up for 4 or 6 hours and then press record, start the source and it's done. The only other thing I need to do is be there when the original material comes to an end. I'm pleased with the unit's performance so far.
I bought this because I have had one just like it for about 3 years and it works well. The only Problem I have had with it is trying to record for more than four hours on a standard DVD. Maybe you just can't do that. I don't know. I like to take the cartoon movies and kid's shows off the satellite and put them on DVD for my granddaughters . They can then play the DVD's in thier own little players and they seem to really like that. I have made over a hundred so far and have had about a 5 percent failure rate. Not too bad i think,the greatest cost is not the blank media but the time involved. I haven't figured out how to write the DVD without having it actually playing off the DVR at the time. so if it is an hour show it takes an hour to do it. I BOUGHT THIS ONE SO i COULD START IT UP IN THE BEDROOM AND GO OFF AND LEAVE IT, AND NOT HAVE TO WATCH. jUST COME BACK AND FINALIZE IT. oop s caps,i'm not typng that over. that's about it.Read full review
This is the third one of these I have owned and the previous two died for the exact same reason. It took me until now to understand how to keep one of these working. If you've ever owned a DMR-ES20, you probably eventually were confronted with its front panel display going through a row of zeros and never powering up properly again. This is a known problem with this model and it cannot be repaired. However, I had several DVD-R discs that needed finalizing so I had to get one more and hope it would stay alive long enough to finish those. What I discovered after I hooked it up was something I wish I had learned sooner. I still have an old analog television and a TiVo with analog outputs so I use one of those little converter boxes that were sold for $40 when broadcast television went digital several years ago, and that converter had been sitting on top of the DVD recorder. Well, I checked the installation a few hours later and the heat from the converter had already made that side of the recorder very warm. I think that's what killed the first two recorders ... I moved the box off to the side with lots of airspace around it and the top of the recorder cooled off and has stayed cool. This is a very good DVD recorder -- the controls are pretty much intuitive (although you absolutely need the remote!) and the picture output is nice and clear, even if you used a non-digital source originally, like I do -- but my advice if you get one is to make it the top of your equipment stack so that it stays cool.Read full review
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