Panasonic DMR-EZ25

Lots of extra features and very flexible

Four hour mode starts introducing icture quality issues

Lots of extra features and very flexible

Four hour mode starts introducing picture quality issues

Ultimately an ideal buy for anyone needing a DVD recorder without a built-in hard drive

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50% of reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

I bought this for its considerable versatility and connectivity. It's user friendly too. BUT it broke down and stopped reading DVDs after less than two years of light use, in the manner of all those cheap models lining rubbish tips across the country....

Have owned one of these for 18 months, is still working well with regular use -- mainly for recording a few Sky programs per week via SCART and watching DVDs. Average DVB tuner (the one on my Philips LCD suffers less break-up), good picture, reasonable...

Excellent picture and sound. Freeview tuner and guide. easy to program recordings

It takes an age to start up, does it still use valves ; Having used a philips dvdr880 (which came with faults but still works now). With the philips a recording would have chapter marks every 5 mins, easy to jump forward, the panasonic doesn't . I...

I had great expectations of this machine but feel a bit let down

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had this recorder for about a month now and i have had no problems with the manual nor any problems recording from sky+. picture quality is very good, it records on all discs, for the money i dont think you will buy a better machine

I think this may well be a very good machine. However, I've had this kit for 6 months now and have not got around to doing anything other than play pre recorded disks (which it does very well). The reason for this lack of functionality is the rubbish...

Although another reviewer suggested this was ideal for technophobes, I haven't found life with this unit very gratifying. Apart from niggles like the fact that if you set it to record it will tell you that you have an unformatted disc, but taking 4 or...