Panasonic DMR-EX77

Stuck the VHS in the loft? Need to record something while you're at a barbecue? Panasonic's latest solution is the DMR-EX77, a 160GB hard-disk Freeview PVR with a DVD burner built in. This means you can archive old programmes and keep those classic shows

Ability to record to both DVD and hard disk; picture quality

Menu system; only one Freeview tuner; no HDMI cable included

A simple but very useful DVD and Freeview PVR that offers great upscaling performance for DVDs and has plenty of space to record TV programmes from Freeview

We previously reviewed the DMR-EX87, an HDD/DVD recorder with a mighty 250GB capacity. Clearly, not everyone needs such a large hard disk, and its for these users that Panasonic has come up with this 160GB version, which costs a good £150 less

Recording and playback quality, Exhaustive list of features

No WMA, DVD-A or series recording feature

Another fantastic digital deck from Panasonic, but Sony's similarly

Simple and easy-to-use recording, great inbuilt editing tool

Some noise and chromatic aberrations when upscaling DVDs, lacks a HD tuner despite HD upscaling

The DMR-EX77 seems to be having a hard time deciding what kind of device it wants to be. Although it upscales DVDs to high definition, it can't decode high-definition TV. Apart from this little contradiction however, it's generally a functional and easy-t...

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Tolles Multifunktionsgerät

Auf der Suche nach einem HDD-DVD-Rekorder bin ich immer wieder an diesem Panasonic Model hängen geblieben. \nHabe mir Ihn Anfang Januar dann zugelegt und muss sagen, dass ich sehr zufrieden bin. \nIntuitiv zu bedienen, von daher braucht man die schlechte...