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Panasonic DMR-EH50
3.6 stars
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Average Ratings for Panasonic DMR-EH50

  • Image Quality4.6 stars
  • Sound Quality4.5 stars
  • Features4.2 stars
  • Ease of Use4.3 stars
  • Value for Money3.8 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings3.8 stars
  • Overall Rating3.7 stars

14 Reviews For Panasonic DMR-EH50

  • Guest 23rd Oct 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    HAVE HAD THIS UNIT FOR OVER 2 YEARS NOW, IT HAS HAD A HARD AND BUSY LIFE WRITING DVD'S FROM RECORDED PROGRAMMES AND CONVERTING MOST OF MY VHS COLLECTION TO DVD, THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE IS THE DISPLAY HAS DIMMED CONSIDERABLY, I HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AS I AM TOTALLY DELIGHTED WITH IT'S PERFORMANCE

  • leewasp Rank: Corporal 30th Jan 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    My Panasonic DMR-EH50 was £450 5 years old and almost faultless.

    So easy to use. Excellent picture and sound quality from HDD & DVD from digital and analogue sources. Easy dubbing, easy to plug my camcorder in.

    Has confused itself and frozen twice and missed a programme once

    What a machine -it replaced an unreliable 2002 Philips DVD recorder and has proven usual excellent Panasonic quality. It gets used most days and still has recordings on it from years ago. I will probably buy a Huma ...

  • johnfused 29th Nov 2008

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    I will not by Panasonic again. Of course there are other unreliable products/manufacturers but if £250 is not enough for the manufacturers to make a reliable product, then make a proper product and charge more. One reason people are prepared to buy a dearer product is that they assume it is going to be reliable.

  • hateacer 27th Mar 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Why on earth would any sane person spend a lot of money on a product that only lasts 18 months, and which the manufacturer and retailer will not support?The Panasonic DMR-EH50 was good while it lasted, but it wasn't long enough (sounds like my relationships - er...).I have since spoken to several people whose Panasonic DVD recorders have failed within a short period. Sony or Pioneer seem much more reliable.

  • Gamma 17th Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Ease of use. Flexible recording feature. Very good picture. Dubs and finalises much quicker than the DMR-E85h which I replaced with this. Also, has useful SD slot. A reasonable buy and reliable considering the hammering it gets!

  • iagoman 20th Nov 2007

    Reviewer rating: 2.5 stars


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    Unreliable after about two years of moderate use. I only record shows and don't use many of the other features. Recently the unit has been very very slow in responding to commands.Sometimes a command will take 40 seconds to respond!
    I believe that the HDD is failing.I also find that I must have the unit and the TV tuned to the channel I want to record.
    If I set the timer to record channel 40 I must also set the TV to 40.If another scheduled recording on another channel is scheduled the unit w ...

  • breadhead Rank: Lance Corporal 12th Mar 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Other than my repair bill which Panasonic say that they might help with, the system has been running great for just over a year and I will be getting it repaired as it has been a good machine with many features that my other DVD recorder is lacking in.

  • mp63 17th Dec 2006

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    An excellent machine.

  • Wozzer 25th Nov 2006

    Reviewer rating: 2.5 stars


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    You may be wondering why, having given this machine nearly 10 for everything, my overall rating is a 5. Unfortunately the ratings do not include reliability and customer support.

    I would not go back to anything other than a DVD recorder with hard-drive. The machine has been used day in, day out for nearly a year, and performed admirably for MOST of that time. After about 5 months of use, the "fast" high speed dub facility on the Panasonic DMR-EH50 "conked out", making some horrendous noises. ...

  • andyscarcliffe 12th Nov 2006

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Having read reviews of various models, I realised that some other makes were seriously lacking. The Panasonic DMR-EH50 DCD Recorder had the best reviews, so I put up the money. I cannot fault it. I was using all the features within the first hour. Intuitive menus and excellent features. I do a lot of video editing, sometimes using clips from TV. This is a perfect tool.

  • amountjoy Rank: Lance Corporal 10th Jun 2006

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Panasonic DMR-EH50 is a very capable DVD recorder with easy to use features. I actually bought this recorder from Argos for £249.99, which was excellent value for money, and it was the cheapest I have seen for the model, which originally retailed at £400. I highly recommend this product.

    This recorder really is a great piece of kit! Its 80Gb hard drive is good for 36 hours of high quality recording (in normal mode, although it states 34 hours in the guide! It will record up t ...

  • Wysefield Rank: Lance Corporal 30th Nov 2005

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    The Panasonic DMR-EH50 is a quality DVD recorder, but is let down badly by the fact that it only records 16:9 aspect on the hard disc or RAM DVD's. This is not mentioned in any sales literature, but warrants nearly a full page at the beginning of the user instructions supplied with the machine.

    If you don't want to pass your recorded DVD's on to anyone else this won't be a problem.

  • laphill 20th Aug 2005

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    After spending weeks and weeks reviewing DVD recorders I finally decided to go with the Panasonic DMREH50 and I am so glad I did.

    I have definitely made the right choice. This machine is so easy to use.

    I particularly love the partial erase which allows you to remove unwanted bits of recordings, such as adverts. I also love the flexible recording mode. If I want to record, for example, a 2hour 10minute programme onto a 2hour disc, I can use flexible recording mode to fit the disc in the b ...

  • vocrobot Rank: Lieutenant 31st May 2005

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Panasonic DMREH50: I have been looking at DVD recorders for the last two years and have put off buying on so many occasions. Panasonic definitely won me over with the specifications from this machine, plus I also have two other electrical items from them that sound fantastic.

    I love this recorder. You can record on virtually all blank media (with the exception of DVD+RW) which is a real breakthrough because up until now you could only record onto DVD-R or DVD-RAM on virtually all Panasonic mo ...