As all of you know, I work for Sony who have been working non-stop to get recordable DVD players on the market. Well, Panasonic announced on Monday that they have a player that will be in stores in 2 months or less. I've spent the last 3 days testing the player, so here we go.
Panasonic DMR-E10: The First Recordable DVD Player
Cost: The player will retail at $3,999 while recordable discs will retail at $34.95. Stores may offer player discounts of up to 25% off to get the consumer-ball-rolling, so to speak.
Disc Info: Each disc can hold 1 - 4 hours. The shorter the recording time, the better the quality. Each disc can be reused over 1000 times, so you can re-record over and over again on the same disc. The disc can only record in Dolby Digital 2.0 (aka 2 speakers of sound). Therefore, no surround sound can be recorded. Chapter search is the only feature available.
Can I play...: The DMR-E10 can play DVDROM films, any DVD in Dolby Digital 5.1, 6.1, and DTS, VCDs, and Music CDs. The DMR-E10 is unable to play DVD Audio Discs.
Internet films: A film burned onto a DVD in a DVDROM will play on the DMR-E10 and vice versa.
VHS Tapes: The DMR-E10 can record a VHS tape onto a DVD. The player will automatically time-correct the film to fit the space on the DVD. Also, any picture distortion will be corrected with the digital transfer, in other words, the digital transfer will 'clean-up' the movie.
TV Shows: You can record anything off the TV onto the disc with the picture turning out better after the recording. The DMR-E10 cannot record off of satelite dishes of any kind.
Protection: The DMR-E10 recognizes Macrovision copy protection. Therefore, once a movie is recorded onto a disc, it can not be copied onto other multiple discs.
Only foreseeable drawback currently: The discs are not record-proof...meaning that anything on the disc can be recorded over by something else.
Overall the player looked pretty sweet. It'll be interesting to see how stores and consumers react to the new technology.
Panasonic DMR-E10: The First Recordable DVD Player
Cost: The player will retail at $3,999 while recordable discs will retail at $34.95. Stores may offer player discounts of up to 25% off to get the consumer-ball-rolling, so to speak.
Disc Info: Each disc can hold 1 - 4 hours. The shorter the recording time, the better the quality. Each disc can be reused over 1000 times, so you can re-record over and over again on the same disc. The disc can only record in Dolby Digital 2.0 (aka 2 speakers of sound). Therefore, no surround sound can be recorded. Chapter search is the only feature available.
Can I play...: The DMR-E10 can play DVDROM films, any DVD in Dolby Digital 5.1, 6.1, and DTS, VCDs, and Music CDs. The DMR-E10 is unable to play DVD Audio Discs.
Internet films: A film burned onto a DVD in a DVDROM will play on the DMR-E10 and vice versa.
VHS Tapes: The DMR-E10 can record a VHS tape onto a DVD. The player will automatically time-correct the film to fit the space on the DVD. Also, any picture distortion will be corrected with the digital transfer, in other words, the digital transfer will 'clean-up' the movie.
TV Shows: You can record anything off the TV onto the disc with the picture turning out better after the recording. The DMR-E10 cannot record off of satelite dishes of any kind.
Protection: The DMR-E10 recognizes Macrovision copy protection. Therefore, once a movie is recorded onto a disc, it can not be copied onto other multiple discs.
Only foreseeable drawback currently: The discs are not record-proof...meaning that anything on the disc can be recorded over by something else.
Overall the player looked pretty sweet. It'll be interesting to see how stores and consumers react to the new technology.
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