Panasonic DMR E 50

A few years back I decided to join the digital age and ditch my VHS recorder and DVD player for a DVD recorder. After reading opinions on on-line forums I came to the conclusion that the best recorder for me would be a Panasonic DMRE50, which used DVD-R as is write once format and DVD-RAM as the re-writeable. ~~~In the Box~~~ The DVD recorder came securely packed along with a power cable, set of AV cables, remote control (with batteries), single sided DVD-RAM disc (without caddy) and a very poorly written instruction manual. ~~~The styling~~~ The E50 is silver in colour and looks quite stylish when lined up with other pieces of ...  Read the complete review

Evolution is a wonderful process, in the old days we had cassette players in our cars. They changed into cd-players and now they?ve changed into full entertainment systems. The same goes for home video, we?ve had VHS and for many years it served us well. We taped our favourite programmes when we couldn?t watch them. We got the latest movies out to watch at home. But with all this we had to put up with the eventual degrade in quality as the tapes were recorded on too much and played back too often. I remember first watching Silence of the Lambs on an old VHS tape, needless to say it was the final nail in the coffin having had a DVD player for quite a few years I can say ...  Read the complete review