Panasonic DMR-EZ37VK DVD-Recorder/VCR Combo with ATSC Tuner Black

The combo would be great if it didn't come broken. I have since tried another one and it too is broken and the company that sent this one, Outlet, in L.A., sold this one to me as a brand new one and it also is broken. I cannot reach Outlet as their phone # is NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Just great! Panasonic has agreed to fix this one for me. Although I will be without it for a month while it is being fixed, I am hopeful that I will get one that works and will be able to rate it's preformance. I hear they are good. This is my only reason for trying to get one that works. I am hoping for the best.

The DVD/VCR Recorder has performed excellently. With its many features it offers many useful items to get great recordings. I still have more to learn which will only improve its value.

It has done everything it said it would do and what I needed it to do, plus more.

The price for the (rebuilt with warranty) Panasonic DVD-VCR Recorder was real bargain. I paid 1/2 of what I would have paid at a retail store for the same item.

Its integration with my Panasonic TV was easy and quite effective.

Wonderful picture quality. Easy programming to record various channel at various times. Easy labeling of recorded programs.


Very Pleased

We got this particular brand because it had a digital tuner. We don't have cable and would have had to buy a converter box anyway.

It's a very complex piece of machinery compared to a VCR and like a computer it can sometimes take a while to process different commands and occasionally has to be rebooted. The manual covers the basics but there a lot of ways you can do things wrong and they don't give you any on-screen messages to figure out why things aren't working the way you want. Plus, the terminology on the remote is not intuitive, so I always have to have the manual nearby (why is the button I use to watch my shows on DVDs called "Direct Access?").

I definitely am liking the concept of digital recording over videotaping tv shows. It's easier to find the particular show you're interested in and there's not as much worry about accidentally recording over another show. My preference would have been getting a machine with a hard drive, but TiVo is the only real option and I don't want to pay a subscription fee.

I'm old enough now to be flustered by new technology but now that I seem to be getting the hang of it, I'd say it was working out fine.

(note: my interest= a DVD Recorder with a Built In tuner)
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Somehow they don't last....the EZ37 lasted 1 month only then it froze up-i tried everything. My 2nd one lasted a little longer, about 3 months then it froze. My 1st one lasted about 9 months before freezing. Maybe its the economy but there doesn't seem to be that much interest in DVD Recorders for some reason, hence, its the make'em cheap & send them out attitude. I admit i didn't try Sony or Toshiba yet but from what i read from they're reviews its not really that earth-shattering too. Maybe i should try the cheap Phillips ones, who knows? maybe it'll last at least 1 year, ha.
Now, If only that OPPO guys made a DVD Recorder with a built in tuner since their reviews are Always Fabulous.
(i saw the OPPO dvd recorders here in Amazon but they Don't have one with a built in tuner, just a dvd recorder) Pretty soon gonna throw in the towel=so currently its back to using the Old-School VHS Recorder and IT WORKS PERRRFFFEEECCCTTT!!!.....that one, OVER SIX YEARS AND STILL RECORDING GOOD!!! Help!! I'm going BACKWARDS!!!

I got this hoping to have my final component for the digital transition next year - a digital tuner in a VCR/DVD recording combo. With an ATSC tuner, I thought you could record digital programming to VHS tapes as well as to DVD. WRONG! You are only allowed to record analog stations to VHS tapes, which means VCR recording will be useless in 2009. It'll only be useful to play back previously recorded tapes.

Other than this issue, the unit works fine. It's simple to use once you get the hang of it. Just keep the manual nearby at first.