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Panasonic DMR-HS2 (40 GB) DVD Recorder

Panasonic DMR-HS2 (40 GB) DVD Recorder

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  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Progressive Scan: With Progressive Scan
  • TV Tuner: With TV Tuner
  • Playable Disk Types: VCD DVD-R CD (Audio) CD-R CD-RW
  • Playable File Formats: JPEG
  • DVD Type: DVD Recorder
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Panasonic DMR-HS2

bymp3jockey Oct 24, 2002
25 Helpfuls 26 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 15 Comments
Pros Great addition to your Home Theatre System; DV and PC Card Input on front
Cons Mirror Finish, limited editing,dosen't live well w/Satellite receivers
Recommended it? Yes

THE Home Theatre Appliance

WOW! What a concept. A DVD-R burner with a 40GB Hard drive. The "concept" is a good one, and since this is the FIRST appliance of its kind (Panasonic's E-20 and E-30 are its older brothers, without the hard drive), there are some things you should be aware of... Read full review »

3

An amazing digital entertainment unit!!

byrmanna Jan 13, 2003
14 Helpfuls 15 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Unbelievable features and amazing flexibility!!
Cons Lots of features to learn about!
Recommended it? Yes

Think about this new entertainment appliance this way: DVD player and recorder, VCR, TIVO and Photo Viewer. With that said, in many ways the HS2 brings the benefits of total digital entertainment right into the comfort of your living room. This unit is great for anyone who wants to edit their own... Read full review »

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cut out commercials, leading/trailing video...

bychuckles666 Nov 10, 2002
13 Helpfuls 14 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 3 Comments
Pros you can edit before transferring to archival medium; every flavor of input
Cons poor interface; no way to tell cable/sat box to change channels; minimal multitasking
Recommended it? Yes

...and you can also cut out those parts of your camcorder recordings where you forgot to turn it off and filmed the floor. You can't edit frame-by-frame (you may keep or lose an extra 1/2 sec maximum) but it's still a wonderful feature you can't get on DVD-only recorders or VCRs.

It's... Read full review »

2

A great piece of Hardware

byjoeventura Jan 1, 2003
11 Helpfuls 12 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 1 Comment
Pros Great Archival Device, Manage all that content easily.
Cons Recording restrictions that make no sense.
Recommended it? Yes

I have a satellite receiver (DSS) and a Tivo. Despite upgrading my Tivo to a bunch of storage there are shows that I want to keep but don't want to keep online wasting valuable hard disk space. The only option was to roll off the shows to Tape. Now why would I take the digital satellite signal and... Read full review »

5

A GREAT early introduction to dvd recording.

byemelto May 22, 2003
10 Helpfuls 11 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Picture quality at XP and SP outstanding. HARD DRIVE.
Cons No dolby 5.1 recording. No component in recording. No zoom. Silver color.
Recommended it? Yes

I bought this unit because I am an electronics junkie. I did not need this. I did not have hundreds of home movies to copy and distribute to family and friends. But, I am happy with it and it works well. And the extra cost for the hard drive is well worth the extra dollars.

After some... Read full review »

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Best Electronics Purchase Ever Made

byvideokilled Jan 11, 2003
10 Helpfuls 11 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 2 Comments
Pros Wonderful for archiving tapes. Multi-tasking. Very stable and quiet.
Cons Entering titles and editing capabilities at a primitive stage.
Recommended it? Yes

Great product. Great design and operational concept - well thought out and very stable and solid performance.

I record a lot of TV and also have a lot of tapes to archive. With this unit I can record TV while either watching another channel or watching the 1st part of what I am recording... Read full review »

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Excellent tape to DVD creation

bydlemieux Nov 11, 2002
10 Helpfuls 11 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 2 Comments
Pros Excellent video quality, fast way to archive tape to DVD
Cons User manual sucks (who wrote this thing). Basic editing
Recommended it? Yes

Easy way to archive those home videos to DVD before they deteriorate. Incredible picture quality. Flexible recording automatically adjust bit rate to best picture based on available DVD space.

I have a total of 87 (yes 87!) family videos. So far I have archived 16 tapes (DV/Hi8/SVHS/VHS)... Read full review »

1

A VCR killer extraordinaire, but with limitations nonetheless

bybrownstem Aug 12, 2006
9 Helpfuls 10 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Exceptional recording quality on dvd-r and hard drive with XP or SP modes.
Cons Menu selections limited and inflexible, editing is inexact, no Dolby 5.1 or DTS recording...
Recommended it? Yes

The DMR-HS2 provides exceptional recording quality in XP (1 hr per dvd-r) and SP (2 hr per dvd-r) modes. DVD-Rs created with this machine play well in most dvd decks (I have not tested the model with DVD-RAM discs due to the excessive cost of these media in comparison to DVD-R), and audio quality... Read full review »

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Almost a winner...

byjimintexas Dec 25, 2002
9 Helpfuls 10 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 4 Comments
Pros Features, hard drive recording, recording quality
Cons Haven't found a DVD player yet that will play DVDs recorded on the HS2.
Recommended it? No

I had high hopes for the HS2. I planned to move old VHS tapes of family, vacations, school events, etc... to DVD and be able to share them with family. While the recording quality is excellent, the resulting DVD can only be viewed on the HS-2. I have tried viewing DVDs recorded on the HS-s in other... Read full review »

7

VERSATILE, HIGH QUALITY DVD RECORDER

byBRFurman Apr 10, 2003
13 Helpfuls 14 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Excellent picture quality, easy editing of source material via Playlists.
Cons Chapters not preset. Playlists not dubbed from DVD-RAM to HDD. No thumbnail pics on DVD.
Recommended it? Yes

I am enjoying this machine, and I will get immediately into its PROs and its CONs. HDD means HARD DISK DRIVE. DVD-RAM is a re-writable disk and DVD-R is a standard DVD disk (requiring finalizing to play in other players):


PROs
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1) Picture quality at XP and SP are... Read full review »

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