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- DVD/VHS combination recorder
- 1080p Up-Conversion, Chroma Processor
- VIERA Link - can link to other Panasonic VIERA products
- Juke Box with gracenote, HD Photo Slideshow with Music
- VHS Recording and Playback
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DIGA DVD / VHS Recorder with 250GB HDD & Freeview+
To fully enjoy today’s large-screen, high-definition TVs, you need a source for high-resolution images, such as Panasonic’s DIGA DVD Recorder. All DIGA models feature an original 1080p up-conversion function which converts signals from ordinary DVD discs and other recorded content into HD-quality signals that create spectacular image on a large-screen TV.
In the HDTV age, you’ll have a variety of AV components in your Living Room - and that means a lot of remote control units. VIERA Link takes all the confusion out of the operation. With VIERA Link function you can control all your components using only your VIERA’s remote control. Operation is easy, and there’s no more hunting around for separate remote controls.
Also in the HDTV age, different kinds of AV media come together. For example, you can view pictures taken with your digital camera or video camera on a large-screen TV. DIGA has the kind of network connectivity you need to enjoy it all. You can load a large amount of AV data from cameras and other components into a DIGA recorder, and enjoy easy playback, editing or storage. You don’t even need to use your PC.
What do you want to do in the HDTV age? With DIGA, the possibilities are endless!
Camcorder and Digital Still Camera Linking
To store movie data from your digital video camera (HDD model or SD Memory Card model), simply connect it to the USB terminal of your compatible DIGA recorder and movie data can be transferred and stored directly on to the hard disc drive.
Besides the USB Terminal connection DIGA models equipped with an SD Card slot let you copy and view movies (MPEG2 data) recorded on an SD Memory Card of your SD Card Camcorder.
You do not own an HDD or SD Memory Card Camcorder? No problem, just use a DV cable and simply connect your digital video camera to the DV input terminal of your DIGA. There is no easier way to store and enjoy your home movies on a big screen! Similarly, as almost all DIGA models are now equipped with an SD Memory Card or USB terminal, any digital camera that uses an SD Memory Card or comes with a USB cable can be easily connected to your recorder to store or play a dazzling display of photos through a personalised, big screen-slide show from the comfort of your home. There is no easier way to store and enjoy your home movies on a big screen!
Jukebox with gracenote®* (CD Database)
As a jukebox, your DIGA DVD recorder can store all your CDs and MP3s onto its hard drive and through the pre-installed ‘Gracenote’ database with 350,000 albums**, will automatically store the track information as well. DIGA also supports the ID3Tag information that is embedded in MP3 music data, so whether your music collection is physical or digital, you can enjoy browsing through or quickly finding the right song for the moment.
Enjoy Multi Formats with USB Terminal
As DIGA can handle a wide number of different formats, such as JPEG, MP3 and DivX - all through the built-in USB terminal - you or friends can playback images or music straight from USB memory onto the big screen and speakers of your home entertainment system.
Quick Start
Panasonic’s DIGAs are equipped with a high-speed Quick Start functionality whereby the DVD-RAM discs and Hard Disk Drive are ready to record just one second after switching on the power. Just press the “REC” button and your DIGA will immediately begin recording the on-screen action - meaning you’ll never miss the scenes you want to catch again.
Furthermore, it is not only for recording. If you press the ‘GUIDE’ button when your DIGA is off, the Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) will also display in less than 1 second in Quick Start mode.
VIERA Link
Connect a DIGA DVD recorder to your VIERA TV via an HDMI cable, and the TV channel setting information is automatically downloaded to the DIGA recorder. If you want to record the program you’re watching, you can start immediately by pressing the VIERA Link button on the VIERA remote control and selecting “Direct TV Rec.” on the VIERA Link menu screen. Pause Live TV lets you freeze TV programmes just like pausing a DVD, by selecting "Pause Live TV" on the VIERA Link Menu.
1080p Technology
Simply connect your DIGA to your HDTV using a HDMI cable, and DVD recordings as well as TV programmes are automatically up-converted to HDTV compatible 1080p HD signals. This lets you enjoy beautiful images by taking full advantage of the capabilities of your HDTV. The conversion process boosts the amount of image information by about 5 times, so pictures are clear and beautiful.
Ordinary TV broadcasts and DVD discs provide SD images with 576 x 640 or 576 x 720 pixels. Today’s newest HDTVs on the other hand can display images with 1080 x1920 pixels. HDTVs require high-quality image sources suitable for their large screens. If the optimisation process for high-quality images is inadequate, the picture can become blurry or grainy.
DIGA’s original i/p conversion and up-conversion functions solve this problem. These functions convert SD signal from DVD discs or DIGA’s own hard disk drive into 1080p signals that provide high resolution images. The conversion process boosts the amount of image information by about 5 times, so pictures are clear and beautiful. The information obtained in this process is used to create smooth, natural-looking, high-resolution 1080p images.
Up-Conversion
Creating a HD image from a non-HD source requires as much information as possible about each pixel in the original image. In the up-conversion process, DIGA calculates eight pixels in the horizontal and eight pixels in the vertical direction at the same time using a high-speed algorithm. The information obtained in this process is used to create smooth, natural-looking, high-resolution 1080p images.
* Gracenote and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo and logotype are trademarks of Gracenote.
**CD database of approx. 350,000 albums is pre-installed onto DIGA
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Customer Reviews
It copies well from VHS-HDD-DVD which was my main purpose for buying this particular model.
I already have the Panasonic DMR-EX78EB-K - 250GB HDD - DVD Recorder and have had for approx. 20 months. It has been a very sturdy machine which records series of programmes - and it links them together so that you don't have to go all over the HDD to find each episode (something that my sister says she has to do with her machine which is a different brand). This in itself is a very valuable tool.
You can edit the programme, ie. if it is on a commercial channel - you can remove the adverts, which makes the programme shorter (example - a 2 hour programme will condense to about 1 ½ hours) and therefore if later copying onto a DVD it means you can record more onto your disc.
Once recorded, you can then play in any DVD player - something I couldn't do with the Toshiba that I reviewed earlier.
The reason I wanted this particular model - apart from I like my `toys' - was that it has a VHS recorder. I can now record my personal videos onto the HDD or onto a DVD.
I have tried doing this and it really was easy to do and the quality very good.
It has an EPG (electronic programme guide) which means that you do not have to worry about inputting your own times etc., and one of the really interesting things it does is that if your programme, as frequently happens, is cancelled or moved to a later time - the intelligent timer knows this and will `find' it and record when the programme transmits, so not like the days when you set your video and would miss either the beginning or end or indeed a totally different programme than you were expecting. The other thing - along the same lines - that it does is that if say a set of 6 programmes are interrupted by a week because of some event - the machine `holds' the information and when the next episode airs it will automatically start recording it for you, so no danger of you `forgetting' and missing an episode.
When I received the machine, the user guide advises that you read it thoroughly. However, when I plugged it in, before I consulted the guide - it started locating the channels and installed itself with no input from me.
I am very happy with all the functions that this product performs and would be confident in recommending it to other users.
Yes it is slightly more expensive than some other similar products on the market, but I feel it is money well spent.
If you are able to stretch to paying a little more, then I feel you would be happy with the cost for the additional functions it affords you.
I have learned from my own mistakes from buying cheaper in the past, and in the end it really boils down to the often uttered comment `you get what you pay for'.
If you choose to opt for this product, I believe that you will not be disappointed. Happy recording!
08.05.2010
Since I wrote my last review, I have subsequently discovered that although I bought this machine to record my own personl VHS tapes, that it will also record pre-recorded tapes either onto your hard disc or directly onto a DVD, so if you have VHS tapes of films/pogrammes that you bought, then you can record these too and keep in your collection on DVD. Please beware of the copyright laws - these are recorded for my sole use and not as a means to distribution.
I have tested all the playback and recording functions for VHS/DVD/HDD formats and the results are excellent. Do not be put off by the size and complexity of the instruction book - just simply look up the particular function which you wish to perform and take it from there.
The machine is expensive but for a product of this class it really is worth the price.
This machine - a Panasonic DMR-EX99VEBK 250GB HDD DVD/VHS Recorder with Freeview - has pretty well turned me... Read more
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