Panasonic DMR-ES20D DVD Recorder

Pros: Price, build quality, responsive, picture and sound quality, easy to use, DV/FireWire

Cons: No DVD+RW recording

The Bottom Line: The DMR-ES20 is a very impressive DVD recorder. Its low price, excellent performance, features, format versatility and connectivity make it...

Review: DVD recorders are getting almost insanely cheap. After I sold my P anasonic DMR-ES10, which I originally purchased for $189, I got the new model: Panasonic DMR-ES20 for only $169. Not only it is less than ...

Pros: Great Picture, True Multi-Format Recording and Playback.

Cons: Doesn't come with S-Video cable.

The Bottom Line: Unit does it all at an affordable price and since it's Panasonic it will probably out-live the DVD technology..

Review: Bought the unit to transition my old VHS to DVD. Decided on this one after quite a bit of research. I was looking for a multi-format model as I don't want to end up with a 'Beta' from the 80's. Machine will not only play virtually all formats -/+, ...

Pros: Cheap, Chase play quality in HD is near 100%

Cons: No zoom

Review: Bought this a few months back after my Toshiba DVD recorder stopped working. To get the Toshiba fixed it was going to be $30 shipping and $80 fix-it fee. For another $20 I bought this unit. The Toshiba had a 100 page manual while the Panasonic is long ...

Pros: The setup is fantastic, user friendly. This machine does not discriminate against too many disc's.

Cons: I am too busy grinning from ear-to-ear. No CONS yet.

Review: I am so glad that I got this recorder. It is user friendly and the recordings are soooooooooo clear. The reason I brought this product, is because Panasonic stands behind it's products. What I truly love about this Panasonic brand, is the Customer ...

Pros: Easy to set up and operate, excellent quality and price. It delivers the basics.

Cons: Some editing limitations but you can get those on the higher priced Panasonic burners.

Review: All I wanted to do was to copy my home VHS tapes to DVDs. I tried a number of computer based software and hardware solutions with poor results. After hours of research on the internet, I determined that this unit had the best reviews. This DVD recorder, ...

Pros: DVD-RAM disk lets you to erase 1 program at a time, not all at once.

Cons: Will not record in widescreen...and has no hard disk storage.

The Bottom Line: If you want to replace your old VCR and DVD Player, this is the route to go.

Review: I'm in Canada and the Panasonic Model is DMR-ES20S so I assume it's the same. Bought as a replacement for the VCR AND the old DVD Player, and it was nice to have one less component box than before. Setup was a little tricky when you have a cable box ...

Pros: Wide range of compatible DVD formats, convenient miniDV connection, auto chaptering.

Cons: No manual way around auto channel setup, picky about discs. No confirmation of auto chaptering.

The Bottom Line: Would definitely recommend if this is your first recorder or if DVRs are too expensive.

Review: When searching for a DVD recorder, I had 3 goals I was trying to achieve. 1)I already have a DVR on my bedroom tv, so I wanted either a DVR or DVD recorder with similar features such as pause live tv, timeslip, etc. 2)Simple to connect my MiniDV ...

Pros: Easy to use, great playback and recording quality, good design.

Cons: Terrible manual, many features only usable with DVD-RAM.

The Bottom Line: It does have a few downsides and I'm not sure if I'd recomend it for someone's first recorder BUT excellent for experienced users.

Review: First I must admit I am a Panasonic fanboy. I waited for theese to drop a bit in price before I got one though, as the original $400.00 price tag was excessive. I've been using this for 4 months now without a single problem and have gone through over ...

Pros: Price, ease of use, dvd-ram ability, component output

Cons: Nothing at this price

Review: You will not find a better dvd recorder for the money anywhere. Similar units in the $150.00 range are no name with less features. I have two panasonics, an es10 and an es20. Both work very well. In this price range forget small things like the remote, ...

Pros: Good picture quality. Didn't reject any blank disc. DV input.

Cons: Very buggy before upgrading firmware. No component video inputs

The Bottom Line: The problems I had were major and easily detectable and should have been fixed before they shipped the unit.

Review: I bought this recorder about a year ago, mainly to be able to backup the content of my Explorer 8300HD Digital Video Recorder. I immediately noticed that the auto clock setting which use a signal broadcasted by PBS didn't work. It was a minor ...