DVD recorders are quickly maturing into a product category that promises to topple the venerable VCR from its perch as the predominant video-recording format for consumers...The DMR-E50 is Panasonic's fourth-generation DVD-RAM recorder, and it can also record onto DVD-R blanks if you wish to make discs that are compatible with most DVD players...The DMR-E50 is...

Overall, the Panasonic in its one- and two-hour modes won by a very slight margin...Unfortunately, the manual is dense and doesn't do a very good job of explaining the options...Tell us what you like about this product...

link sky digibox RGB socket through DMR-E50 and onto TV...No hard drive - Limited use for editing without one...Ideal for connecting to a source (such as a sky digibox) where there is only 1 RGB output, as the DMR-E50 will pass-through this signal when in standby...Read reviews and compare prices for DVD Recorders at Ciao.co.uk...

are not nearly as good as those on digital cable, but sometimes the network presentations have good quality broadcasts almost worthy of DVD recording...I don't want to mislead anyone, because this unit has many good features...It is very good most of the time, but you should know the things I and the other reviewers have to say, so you know what to expect, and so you won't be as disappointed and frustrated...

Reliable, easy to use, excellent features none After having the Panasonic DMR-E50 EBS for some time now I can say how pleased I am that I bought a Panasonic instead of some of the others on the market Good picture quality & good editing facility with the ram disks...Not good getting the same problem from 2 recorders within 12 months...A good recorder whilst it worked...