Panasonic DMR-EZ17S DVD Recorder with ATSC Tuner Silver

List Price: $199.95 Discount Price: $220.03

Features:

• Multi Drive Ram + others
• DV Input for transfer
• 1 Sec Quick Start
• Recording Time Slip
• Easy Search

Customer Reviews:

Broke within three weeks [Posted on 2007-12-01]
I received this unit from Panasonic after another Panasonic DVD recorder broke down after six months. I have had it for three weeks and now the eject button does not work. Panasonic wants me to send it in for repairs. My advice, after many years as a loyal Panasonic customer, is to at least avoid their DVD recorders. Their customer service department is as unreliable as their products. Perhaps Panasonic is slipping in quality overall.

Stopped working very early on... [Posted on 2007-12-31]
Got off to a good start with this unit, mainly got it to replace my old Panasonic DVD player that had stopped working after 5+ years, figured I might as well get a recorder. I hooked it up, and it easily tuned in all my cable TV channels, was able to get the remote to also control my TV. But then I was watching a regular, commercial DVD this morning, and midway through the show, it inexplicably froze.

I ejected the disc, power-cycled, and even unplugged it, and I even tried the "freeze" reset suggested in the manual. After all these resets, it would still not play ANY disc I put in it. I get a "No Read" error. I never even got a chance to try out all the recording features. And this happened on the first day. Seems to me like it has a lot of nice features, but is way too delicate and easy to break. I guess you get what you pay for, cheaply-made electronics that are neither durable nor reliable. I'm returning this and replacing with something else.

Happy Customer [Posted on 2008-02-15]
I bought this unit as a replacement for my previous Panasonic recorder that had stopped recording. I was very happy to see that the learning curve was almost non-existant as many of the controls were similiar or exactly the same. I was also happy to have something that worked so easily without problems. I like the slimness of this model too. It has to fit on top of my old VCR and TV and it does perfectly.

Actually, I Need Help! [Posted on 2008-03-10]
Was hoping someone could help me out... I live in the Philippines and would like to purchase this to record some educational shows from the Discovery Channel and National Geo that my children miss while they are at school. I'm not knowledgeable with regards this matter. Would this electronic work just the same in the Philippines?

Aaaarggghhh! Frozen, again!!!! [Posted on 2008-07-16]
This item is great, if you don't mind losing many of your recordings because the darn thing froze up. I've had this unit for a while now and it keeps freezing up...IT FREEZES UP ALL THE TIME - 5 or more times per week...I lose recordings already made on a disc, scheduled recordings don't record and I have to reset all my programs. I can't believe this unit sucks so badly...I can't believe I haven't thrown it in the junk pile yet...step away...step away from this unit...!!!!

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