Panasonic DMR-EH55

106 reviews

May, 2013

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We have collected and analyzed 3 expert reviews and 103 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 78/100 and users rate it 80/100. The average review date is Apr 26, 2007. We have compared these reviews to 104350 reviews from other DVD Players. The alaScore™ for this product is 79/100 = Good. Last update: May 23, 2013.

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Expert review by: Jon L. Jacobi (pcworld.com)

Panasonic DMR-EH55S

This easy-to-use, midpriced recorder offers many features such as a TV Guide electronic program guide, a G-Link port, and an HDMI connection.

Nov, 2006

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Consumer review by: Larry_Brown (cnet.com)

Great. Few glitches/reliable/many features/some limits.

Panasonic DMR-EH55S

Studded with features ; Works all day, every day ; Detailed user's manual ; Built in hard-drive and DVD drive ; TV Guide system is DA BOMB ; Probably the best there is

DVD sometimes fails to burn (caused by dirt in the drive) ; Sometimes glitches and drops a scheduled recording (very annoying) ; Seriously limited on mutli-tasking (greatly reduces usefulness of this device) ; Lacks the "pause live TV" feature

Dec, 2008

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Consumer review by: aceruser (cnet.com)

For God's sake Don't Buy This POS

I bought this after a lot of research on CNet and elsewhere. Panasonic seemed to be the brand to go for, for performance, reliability and ease of purchase. I give it 2 marks because it did what it said on the packet, and I was happy with it. I didn't...

It worked well for 18 months

It stopped working three days after I paid it off

Dec, 2007

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Consumer review by: Kenneth G. Wilson (amazon.com)

Unbelievably over-priced

When I first bought this machine I thought it was wonderful. I liked the editing features and the TV Guide for setting record times, etc. Then later the unit would not get the TV Guide channel info, then weeks later it would, then later again it...

Jun, 2009

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Consumer review by: prentz (epinions.com)

Great for transferring video to DVD

In today's digital TV world I could not recommend the unit to time shift programs. But that's not what I bought my first Panasonic DMR unit for anyway. I use the units strictly for converting video tape- both digital and analog, to DVD. This requires...

Does a great job converting tape to DVD- best on the market.

Poorly written manual. Don't expect to be able to 'time shift' in today's digital world.

Mar, 2009

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Consumer review by: M. Cizek (amazon.com)

Can't Live Without It

I've had this item for over 2 years now and I have to say it's the best video related item I've ever owned. There is some serious price gouging going on now as I paid around $500 for it in 2006 (supply is dwindling). I just recently connected it to a...

Mar, 2009

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Consumer review by: RiderX (amazon.com)

Can't Live Without It

Mar, 2009

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Consumer review by: Snake Blizzkin (amazon.com)

DVR with a bang!

Love it ! This has a great tv-guide feature but the only draw back is it only goes a week in advance. so if you go on a 2 week vacation you may miss a thing or two. You can make your recordings daily,weekly,or monthly which I thought was a nice...

Aug, 2008

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Consumer review by: toddizok (amazon.com)

It's great for volume recording

I've been a fan of DVD-RAMs for 4 yrs. I have hundreds of them and record hrs ea. day. I haven't had a failed recording nor problem of any kind. 4 yrs of disks and no failures is something I can live with. Panasonics are the main DVD-RAM recorders...

Jul, 2008

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Consumer review by: hateacer (epinions.com)

No!! Stop and desist! Don't even think about it!

My version of the EH55 came with a 160GB hard drive, and with a few caveats I was very happy with it. The picture was as good as the reviews I had seen (this was in the days before High Definition, of course). Nothing prepared me, though, for the ...

Convenient. Made good DVDs. Not heavy (for taking it back for repair...)

Unreliable. Died after 18 months. Couldn't make 16:9 DVDs. Not good.

Mar, 2008

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