Record your home movies and your favorite TV programs easily to DVD disc with the Panasonic DMR-ES20 progressive scan recorder/player, which can record to write-once DVD+R and DVD-R media or rewritable DVD-RW and DVD-RAM discs (the latter being a great choice for temporary storage of recorded material as it can be rewritten more than DVD-RW). It’s easy to record TV programming with the built-in analog TV tuner with RF pass-through and seven-day electronic programming guide (EPG). In addition to standard DVD movie and CD audio discs and its compatible recordable formats, the DMR-ES20 can play back DVD+RW, CD-R/RW, VCD, JPEG, and MP3. Panasonic’s Time Slip function consists of two features designed to give you added flexibility and control when making DVD recordings: Chasing Playback and Simultaneous Record & Play. With Chasing Playback, you don’t have to wait for an entire program to be recorded before watching it from beginning to end. This feature allows you to watch a program that’s currently being recorded from any point that’s already been recorded–while continuing to record the live program in progress. Simultaneous Record & Play allows you to record a program onto a disc while simultaneously watching any other program that’s previously been recorded on the same disc. You can set your recorder to one of five different recording speeds, each varying in recording quality and length. EP mode yields the most recording time, LP & SP modes provide less recording time with higher quality recording, and XP mode gives you the highest quality recording. There’s also the FR (Flexible Recording) mode that lets you record with the best picture quality possible for the recording time and remaining space on the disc. The Direct Navigator feature makes it easy to find a previously recorded program on a disc. A list of recording dates, times, channels and (user-entered) titles are shown on screen. With the Playlist Playback function, you can perform simple no (more…)
1.0 out of 5 stars
Very disappointing Panasonic product
We had this product long enough for the warranty to expire, which is about the same time it stopped working, except for the clock.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Irritating, aggrivating, tempermental, dust catcher.,
It is my opinion one star is really about two too many but they made me do it. I have two of these Panasonic crazy makers. An ES-20 and an ES-10.
5.0 out of 5 stars
recordable dvd player
I have had this for over year now. I just love it. I wouldn’t know what to do with out it now. I have recorded so many tv shows & movies with it.
1.0 out of 5 stars
half dead after 1 year of use
Worked great for the first few months. Then random freezes started popping up. Now it freezes every 5 minutes while recording to DVD-RAM or DVD-RW.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Features, But Not for Heavy Use!
I bought this unit late in 2005. I really put it to heavy use, converting my VHS library, and burning a lot of other stuff to DVD.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not for MAC owners
We got this player to hook up to TIVO and DirecTV and to playback store DVD’s and home DVDs created on a mac.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Basically Sucks
I’ve had this recorder for over a year now. Within the first three months, the power supply went bad and screwed up the whole recorder.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun for the family
I bought this to record my home vcr tapes to dvd. It works great. I also thought since it had time slip I would be using it with tv shows and rewritable discs but then I got a…
4.0 out of 5 stars
Best in its class
This is an excellent unit and I would definitely recommend as one of the best recorders in the class without a hard drive.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome!
I can tell you from years of experience with all different types of VCR’s that this is a quantum leap ahead of that!