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Panasonic DMR-EA18K Tunerless 1080p Upconverting DVD Recorder

Panasonic DMR-EA18K Tunerless 1080p Upconverting DVD RecorderBrand: Panasonic
Category: CE

List Price: $179.99
Buy Refurbished: $118.00
as of 11/22/2009 05:58 CST details
You Save: $61.99 (34%)


New (22) Refurbished (1) from $118.00

Seller: wearedeals
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars reviews
Sales Rank: 2652

Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 10 x 17 x 2
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: DMR-EA18K
Model: DMR-EA18K
UPC: 037988256600
EAN: 0037988256600
ASIN: B0014F7Z8U

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Features:
  • Does not include TV Tuner
  • Multi Format playback: DVD, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW
  • Viera Link to Panasonic Televisions
  • 1080p Upconversion via HDMI
  • SD card slot
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Product Description
By interpolating video data using proprietary algorithms, SD format data is up-converted to 1080 x 1920p HD format video data. This conversion increases the richness of the original data by almost six fold, producing the highest possible image quality when viewing content on a large-screen HDTV.Connect your Panasonic DVD recorder to your Viera flat-panel HDTV via an HDMI cable, and the TV channel setting information is automatically downloaded to the recorder. Once the auto preset download is complete, the DVD recorder will keep whichever TV channel you're watching as its receiving channel. This means you can record the program you're watching by just pressing the Record button on the Viera remote. With Viera Link, you don't have to worry about setting the recorder to the right channel every time you want to record something.The Panasonic DMR-EA18K DVD recorder is equipped with an SD Memory Card slot and USB terminal, which makes it easy to view photos from your digital camera. Just slip the SD card into the slot or use the cable to connect the camera to the USB terminal, and you're ready to enjoy a spectacular big-screen slideshow with family and friends. You can even listen to music recorded onto a USB device while viewing your photos.All of Panasonic's DVD recorder models are designed in compliance with Panasonic's universal design principles. Frequently used buttons are located at the top of the main unit to make them easier to see when the unit is placed in a rack and you need to look down when operating it. Both the remote control and Graphical User Interface (GUI) were designed for easy use by everyone, based on the results of a Panasonic survey.

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3 out of 5 stars Dissapointing   November 12, 2009
D.W.H. (Michigan)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I was disappointed in the picture quality of the recordings. This unit was purchased to replace an older Samsung model but the picture quality is not as good as the older model. I purchased this model because all the reviews had good things to same about recording quality and I was very disappointed. There has to be something better out there. One other note there is no "open" button on the remote. Strange, but the unit can only be opened from the button on the unit itself.


3 out of 5 stars OK, but still a little frustrating   October 23, 2009
The Yeah (Oakland, CA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I liked our previous Panasonic DVD recorder, and am still sorry that it somehow lost its ability to record. With our Panasonic TV and Viera link, I wanted to stay within the brand. br / br /Here's what's good: br / br /* Viera HDMI connection gives much better picture than the prior model. Very nice for prerecorded discs. br / br /* Does the job, records and plays. Mostly we watch commercially prerecorded discs. br / br /Here's what's frustrating: br / br /* The system takes a LONG time to turn on. My husband counted that the display flashes "HELLO" slowly at least 12 times before it starts to do anything. There's a "Fast on" setting, but that means the player draws more power when it's off. br / br /* The display doesn't show what chapter you're on, just the time elapsed in the show. When you hit Stop once, it "memorizes" where you were, so when you hit play (even if the unit powered down), hitting Play should start up again wherever you stopped. But in the case of a power outage, accidentally hitting Stop twice, or needing to reset the machine, you lose all that and then are left guessing at the chapter where you stopped. br / br /Here's what I still need to investigate or is not really their fault: br / br /* When I activated the "Fast On" setting, the system will sometimes go into a frozen mode where it flashes "o"s on the display and won't respond to any remote control commands or buttons on the machine. The only solution seems to be be hold down the power button for at least ten seconds and reset the machine, which then loses your place on the disc (see the prior point). This may be some sort of sleep/standby mode, but I haven't been able to find anything out about it in the manual and need to go to the Panasonic Web site. br / br /* The video out from the RCA jacks is really, really grainy. I need to try swapping it out with an S-video cable, and the paperwork notes several times that this will improve the video quality. Wish Viera could feed back into the machine. br / br /* Be aware that this is a *tunerless* recorder. Our prior unit was able to connect directly to the cable coax feed, so that's part of the reason that it had a better video quality on recorded discs. Here you're subject to taking the video output through the TV, another DVD/VCR player, etc. It also means that you need to leave whatever's giving the output on the right channel fo it to record the right show, and if you activate the digital cable menus or something else during the show, then it will record that as well. br / br /* There are only two video inputs, and one will be taken up with whatever provides the main video input since it's tunerless. For most people this will probably not be a problem, but our prior unit took the main input from the coax, and then had three additional RCA inputs where I connected another DVD player, a VHS, and (gasp) a Beta archial player. Now I've got to switch the RCA jacks around when I want to change between sources. br / br /My husband says he "hates" this unit, but my emotions aren't quite that strong about it yet. Suffice it to say, be aware of the unit's limitations before you buy, and make sure they won't adversely impact you.


4 out of 5 stars OK but not easy to connect and use   October 9, 2009
Alligator Al (Richmond, VA USA)
I purchased the Panasonic DMR-EA18K instead of the SATA hard drive that TIVO uses to add drive capacity to their HD DVR because of several discouraging reviews about what can happen if you go that route. So my goal was to use the DVD recorder to copy movies that had been recorded by TIVO, to allow them to be deleted from the hard drive. Connecting the recorder to the TIVO system was not very easy to do, and the manual was not easy to figure out. Basically it took an afternoon to connect it and another afternoon to try it out, since the only way to copy from the hard drive to the DVD is by playing the movie on TIVO and recording on DVD at the same time. That worked. It's better than having the SATA hard drive fail and loosing all of what you have recorded on both hard drives since adding the SATA drive. br /Reviews of this DVD recorder said that the picture quality was very good. The picture quality when copying pre-recorded material is not that great, but OK. For the older movies we like it probably is not that big a deal. If the movie were recorded directly from cable it would probably work fine, but that's not why I purchased the product. Connecting with HDMI cables may work better, but there are not enough HDMI ports to connect TIVO to the DVD and the DVD to the TV. It did accomplish the objective though. If you record for longer than the required time of the movie there is no way to delete the excess from that segment, although if you record more than one segment you can delete a whole segment (or chapter). Instructions for recording have to be gathered from several different pages in the DVD manual and the TIVO manual, which is time-consuming and frustrating. Then there is the problem of which DVD disk to get. Panasonic does offer a 20% discount code for their DVD's. So it works but it could be better. Probably a lower quality recorder would work just as well in this application, but only trying that would tell the story.


5 out of 5 stars Great value for the price! Panasonic is always reliable.   October 2, 2009
Joe7253 (Northeast, NJ)
Bought this for my mother, who's definitely a non-techie. Took a little while to get warmed up to it, but now she says she loves it. As far as picture quality and all that, it's all good -- but the real seller is simply that it does what it says it does. I've always been a big fan of Panasonic products, and this is no exception. br /One note, mine came as Model #DMR-EA18 -- don't know why there's an extra 'K' in the product title above, but it's the same thing I think.

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