Panasonic DMR-E85HS DVD Recorder

alaTest has collected and analyzed 198 user reviews of Panasonic DMR-E85HS DVD Recorder from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.2/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.5/5 for other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) on Amazon.com. Comments about the design and image quality are overall positive. The price and usability are also appreciated, but there are some less positive opinions about the size and reliability.

I purchased the Panasonic DMR-E85HS in October 2004, since then I have had no trouble with it. It has performed as advertised. If I were to make any complaint, it would be the length of time it took to populate the TV Guide function. I primarily use my...

So far so good. Easy setup out of the box. A little confusing to figure out the menu's at first, but I pretty quickly figured out how to view between different sources, record to the HDD, erase from the HDD, time-slip, and time record. It played both...

My 70 plus year old mother is able to work this unit. (After a little hands on training.). Having looked at a number of these units this unit is the easiest to use. The speed of navagating stored video clips in increadable. Used to convert old...

Great when they are working. BUT..

Out of the box I did not have problems in the beginning. This recorder will only display DVD's at the standard 480p resolution. It will not upscale video resolution. First of all you must set up the recorder to download channel information from your...

I bought the Panasonic DMR-E85H from a local retailer after reading many good reviews through the Internet. However, nothing could have prepared me for the headaches the bugs in this unit would cause me!

For anyone looking to upgrade your home video recording from VHS, this is the unit to buy.

I am so frustrated with this product I am motivated to write my first ever online product review to warn others.

This is an excellent product that will let you enjoy TV more. I use it to record multiple shows on a weekly or daily basis, and at any point I can bring up a random access list of recorded shows to watch at my convenience.

The DMR-E85H ("E85H") is a lemon. I say this as someone who dearly loves its predecessor, the DMR-E80H ("e80h").