Panasonic DMR-EZ27 DVD Recorder

Pros: Excellent recording quality, easy to use, fast, versatile playback, digital tuner and HDMI included
Cons: Could be cheaper

Electronic devices are constantly getting cheaper and have more features. DVD recorders are no exception from this trend. The Panasonic DMR-EZ27 costs less than $215, which, adjusted for inflation, is less than what I paid for my first Panasonic ...

Pros: Reliable recording
Cons: Not totally intuitive

First of all, the reason I bought this product was to off-load "tivoed" recordings from my DVR's hard drive. If my cable company had offered something with both a DVR and DVD recorder to rent, then that's what I would have gone with. Since I have to use ...

Pros: Cheap at auction. Free Digital TV programming with 5.1 surround. Records like a VCR.
Cons: Confusing navigation. Tuner glitches when channel surfing. No 5.1 recording.

I picked up this DVD burner in an auction for $75. At that price it's a fantastic deal. =) What drew me in was the ATSC tuner. I have no cable or satellite so I've been picking up my TV over the air for a while now. I've gotten used to a certain ...

Pros: Good picture quality, even when playing back recorded HD (but it's not "true" HD quality)
Cons: Noisy drive

I replaced my older Panasonic DVD recorder with this model, because I wanted to be able to record HD and digital channels that are available on my basic digital cable, and watch them on my HDTV. It does what I wanted - it can tune in and record analog ...

Pros: Recording programs with an ATSC tuner. Supports - and R/RW DL capablity
Cons: Price, Poor Quality on DVD Recordings from over the air. Menus confusing, funky disk drawer

I receive all my HDTV broadcasts from over the air and needed a decent recorder to record my favorite HD programming in 480 horizontal resolutions. VHS was not cutting it for me. What drew me towards the Panasonic DMR-EZ27K was the capability of the ...

Pros: Worked great for first 12 months in all respects.
Cons: After 12 months, its dead; NO sound quality or picture quality at ALL.

QUIT WORKING ENTIRELY after 1 year 2 months. It worked GREAT for the first 1 year and 1 month. It only got mild use, maybe once a week; it sat in the same place, never moved, no exposure to sunlight or heat sources or magnetic sources, and ...

Pros: Good recording quality
Cons: Flaky firmware, not intuitive

When it works, it works well. However it frequently freezes up on manual recording and DVD finalizing. Makes lots of coasters

Pros: What good is 1080p up convert when the HDMI cable won't interface with the TV?
Cons: I wish I could say something good about this unit.

Bought this to go with my new 1080p flat-panel. HDMI connection only successful on about 5% of my DVDs - must use S-video on all others. Cannot access any of my DVDs menus with this unit. I'm quite upset and I haven't even tried to record anything yet. Since this is the second unit in two weeks, I am only hoping the retailer will take this piece of trash back and get me something that really does work.

Pros: Panasonic customer support is friendly and sent me a software upgrade CD at no charge.
Cons: Recorder is to tempermental to be useful.

I bought this unit just to record DVD's from my old VHS tape library.  It has a digital tuner which is of no use to me as I have satellite service.  The memory card slots and other functions are of no use to me.  I have found it is not intuitive to operate and the manual is not clearly written.  The unit has problems with DVD-R discs and is very frustrating to record with.  The unit looks nice - when you can get Panisonic support on the phone they seem to be helpful - they have sent me software upgrades at no charge
The technician also told me I have to use individually packaged DVD-R discs.  The bulk spindled discs don't work usually he said.  I have found the unit doesn't recognize the majority of any DVD-R discs.  I can only get reliable recordings using more expensive DVD-RW discs.