written by on 16/12/2010
Changing over to "digital" broadcast (via American Comcast) has essentially made my machine obsolete. It no longer records off-air broadcasts (except for some lame analogue programs). Not entirely the machines fault. More a statement of the times. Analogue is gone, and using a DVD recorder like this Panasonic is no longer truly feasible. It was a decent machine, although it did have as many mention, issues with self-diagnostic stuff (in other words, it would simply "crash" from time-to-time). BUT, the matter now is that it is not a functional recorder for the new digital world, especially, if you're having to use a digital cable box such as that via Comcast :-(