Panasonic DMR-HS2 Review

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Panasonic DMR-HS2
3.7 stars
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Anthrakas's Review of Panasonic DMR-HS2 DVD Recorder

30th Oct 2005

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Image Quality
    4.5 stars
  • Features
    4 stars
  • Time DVD Recorder Owned
    Over 1 Year
  • Sound Quality
    4 stars
  • Ease of Use
    3.5 stars
Good Points

Wide array of features, DvD-ram compatible, External link that works with SKY and Decoders


Bad Points

Remote control a bit slow, menu a bit slow, does not support DVD+- RW, authoring a DVD.


General Comments

I bought the Panasonic DMR-HS2 last year to tape the Olympics and never looked back since, it replaces the VCR completely plus gives more than ever imagined.

Setup:
Easy, it plugs to TV via a scart then you stick the Sky box. With 4 av ports, I use it with Sky and VCR, It might be a bit spaghetti incident behind the tv stand but that's what you get with many boxes.

Best use:
With Ext Link on AV2 it will auto record all auto view programs on Sky, so no Sky Plus is needed. It will also record on manual mode what you see on screen, very useful if you record from interactive services, like I was during the Olympics.
Even with the small HD space I never run out of space on the HDD, I dub the contents or watch them about once a month. Using LP mode you get better than VCR quality, so you will not miss that second part of what you watched last week but if you prefer to keep a movie then SP is better.

One bug found:
Only bug I found is that it looses the picture on the second program it records if it is exactly after the one recorded first. I think it takes time to recycle the auto view.

Authoring what you recorded, you need time to edit the titles with the use of the remote control, something that can take some time, then leave the HDD to DVD dub run real time (I do it overnight) and then finalise the dvd in the morning.

Not the best but I will not buy a more expensive machine than this for improved authoring.

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