RAM let's you do it all..... | Panasonic DMR-HS2 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/PVR with 40 GB Hard Drive...

A little pricey but in the end worth it. | Panasonic DMR-HS2 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/PVR with 40 GB Hard Drive (Silver)

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	• Panasonic DMR-HS2 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/PVR with 40 GB Hard Drive (Silver) Panasonic Panasonic average customer review:based on 20 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

HDD enhances the DVD recorders

I am pleased that I bought this DVD recorder with the HDD (40GB hard drive). The second recording device allows for editing the video prior to finalizing. I suspect that recorders without the hard drive would make it difficult or impossible to edit. The higher price for this unit is worth this feature.

I wish that Panasonic would have allowed dubbing from DVD-R or DVD video to the HDD for non-copy-protected programming/video. I am must retain some of my VHS library as back-up in order to make additional copies in the future. Also, the unit does not support high speed dubbing from HDD to DVD-R. This would be a desirable feature.

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RAM let's you do it all.....

Coolest thing about this product is what RAM lets me do, and I did some research into RAM when purchasing this product and found out that both Hollywood filmmakers and now the military even rely on this stuff. But for personal use, let's say you need to just edit home video that you just shot, you can actually edit the video right on the RAM disc. Whether you actually shot on the disc or dump it from your camcorder, you can edit right there at your TV. It's cool stuff - what happens is that the RAM just 'connects the dots' to the actual segments you want - whether a still photo, video, titles, etc. You just drag and drop them around and put the scenes in the order you like. So this means that you can shoot a movie in your camcorder and then take the RAM disc - if you have a DVD camcorder - or use firewire connection to the HS2 and edit the video. When your done editing, you've never copied or deleted anything - all you have done is tell the machine where to find each one of the scenes on the disk - so all of your raw footage and the 'edited version' are still there! Then if you want you can dump the finished video onto the HS2 hard drive to make millions of copies to cheap DVD-R disc to give to your friends.
And like TIVO (which I love, but see that with machines like this - TIVO won't be around much longer) you can record TV shows to the hard drive using VCR Plus codes or by setting the schedule yourself, even a month in advance. So check one of these out; there great fun and you'll be happy you broke-up with your VCR...

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A little pricey but in the end worth it.

Let me address a couple of the gripes on this webpage about the problems with the recorder. One, does not record tapes as well as the original. I would recommend selecting a better recording resolution on the recorder, it has four and the top two recording levels will definetly allow you to produce a better backup of your VHS tapes then the originals, due to the 3D digital comb filter. Two, why would anyone want to put music on a DVD, and even if you would how many tricks is this dog supposed to do? Three, only records to DVD-R and DVD-RAM, well only with the advent of the new dual format recorders for computers has any one player been able to record to both + and -formats, but I have a brand new dual format recorder and I still only use the - format, in fact, looking at many of the DVD players today they prefer the - format. Four, can't figure out how to hook it up to the television, if you can't hook it up with the s-video, component out, or just plain old coaxial perhaps you should take a course. Videophiles that just aren't happy with these connections should seek professional counseling.
I wanted a keyboard along with it to enter titles to programs, remote works as good as it can, with directional arrows. Also, would have liked to have seen a faster transfer rate using the DVD-R, like a 4x, instead of the 1x, but what I usually do is set it up to record and just forget about it, come back it is done. But I am starting to get greedy like some of my other fellow reviewers:) Great machine though, even for the price, replaces a high-end DVD player, recorder, TIVO, and can archive your pictures!

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Panasonic DMR HS2 is a state-of-the-art DVD video recorder with built-in hard disk. It combines a nifty design and a high functionality with the comfort you need. DMRHS2 features auto renewal recording, relief recording, Time Slip - simultaneous record and playback, chasing playback, and more.

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