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5 Reviews for Panasonic DMR-EX87 - 250gb Hard Drive DVD Recorder - With 1080P Up-Conversion & Freeview - Black
Fab - 31 Jan 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful.
From a girly point of view.......it's fab! Very easy to use - can record whatever I want when I want. Easy to use remote - point and press for immediate recording. Really is the dogs b.........ks of DVD recorders! We bought one off Amazon and it was missing the Panasonic logo which really wouldn't do but they took it back and there was no problem with the second one. Can't recommend the DVD enough or Amazon. Buy with confidence (no - I don't work for Amazon ... honest).
Very Impressed - 31 Dec 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful.
Thought long and hard about replacing our DVD player, VCR and Freeview box as they all worked perfectly - if it ain't broken don't fix it, but after getting a HDD TV we are so pleased with the Panasonic. Picture quality is superb with upscalling through HDMI, it was easy to install and simple to use and without all the old kit we have installed 2 extra storage shelves into our TV cupboard. Love the facility where you can start recording a program and start watching it before it has finished recording, also watching another recording whilst recording another. The unit is quiet when in use. Would highly recommend this to anyone. Why didn't we change earlier?
Perfect recorder - 22 Nov 2007
18 out of 18 found this review helpful.
The picture quality of this recorder is what distinguishes it from the competition. The on-screen menus maybe aren't perfect or even as good as on a Sony player, but anyone who appreciates great image and sound quality shouldn't look any further than this Pana.
Must have perfect signal - 30 Oct 2007
31 out of 34 found this review helpful.
I've had this recorder for three months and like it except for a design fault. If a station's signal is not perfect, even though this doesn't effect picture quality, the machine puts a large banner across the bottom of the screen saying 'Bad Signal'. It is impossible to get rid of this banner even though it obscures subtitles, sports statistics, and the sign language person.
I'm on Freeview and the problem occurs with one transmitter, which carries channel 5 and several others.
I've been in contact with Panasonic about this fault and they don't see it as important. It isn't a problem if you have a perfect signal (don't assume just because your picture is perfect the recorder will see it that way) or you don't mind a large banner covering a significant portion of the screen.
Fantastic Machine, Buy One! - 20 Oct 2007
137 out of 138 found this review helpful.
I've owned the 160Gb version of this machine (EX77), and sold it to upgrade to the 250GB EX87. It's fantastic. It has great functionality, is very easy to use, plenty of hard disc space and great picture quality in all but the lowest quality mode.
I don't see how a previous reviewer can criticise it for not being multi-region. NO, i repeat, NO DVD players or recorders are multi-region from the factory, so it's unfair to point it out as a negative for this one. Those bought ready-modified have been made so by the retailer, and in the process has voided the 1 year Manufacturer's Guarantee, so keep that in mind when buying one. If it stops working or completely dies as a result of being modified, you can't complain to the manufacturer, but it is the responsibility of the retailer to repair or replace it for you.
As long as you have a good aerial and live in a good area regarding digital broadcasting, the freeview reception is superb, with a very easy to use EPG (it has none of the glitches present in the equivalent Sony models or the absolutely shocking Samsung 853/855 recorders).
Please be aware, this machine has a Time Slip function, but this IS NOT the same as a Pause Live TV function. Time Slip is just a name Panasonic have given for the ability to skip through a recording in 10-minute increments (or however many you want), instead of sitting there fast-forwarding through it to find where you want to watch it from. It is NOT like Sky+ which automatically records whatever channel you are watching.
You can simulate Sky+ by recording the programme yourself, then you can pause or rewind it while it continues to record so you don't miss the programme (useful for sporting events so you can go back and watch something again immediately). This is called Chase Playback.
If you know these things before buying, you won't be upset when you find out it doesn't have "true" Pause Live TV, so a little research before buying can be very useful.
And before anyone complains that it doesn't have twin digital tuners (which would allow you to record one freeview channel while watching another), don't. No DVD recorders outside Japan have more than 1 digital tuner, so again, don't criticise the Panasonic, none of its competitors have them either.
And if they are advertised as having "twin tuners", only 1 of them is digital, the other is analogue, which will become redundant when the analogue signal is switched off over the next couple of years anyway, so is not necessarily worth having. If you want twin digital tuners, then buy a PVR instead, or buy this type of machine, and also buy a separate £20 Set-Top Box, so you can record one channel from the recorder's own freeview tuner, and watch something else on the STB.
Overall I can't fault it and would recommend it to anyone (as long as you don't need to play divx material (avi files), as the UK-spec machines have had this feature removed due to licensing issues. European machines can be imported because they do play divx, but the digital tuner might not work properly in the UK, so it's a risk you have to weigh up).