| By interpolating video data using proprietary algorithms, SD format data is up-converted to 1080 x 1920p HD format video data. This conversion increases the richness of the original data by almost six fold, producing the highest possible image quality when viewing content on a large-screen HDTV.Connect your Panasonic DVD recorder to your VIERA flat-panel HDTV via an HDMI cable, and the TV channel setting information is automatically downloaded to the recorder. Once the Auto Preset Download is complete, the DVD recorder will keep whichever TV channel you're watching as its receiving channel. This means you can record the program you're watching by just pressing the Record button on the VIERA remote. With VIERALink, you don't have to worry about setting the recorder to the right channel every time you want to record something.The Panasonic DMR-EA38VK DVD recorder is equipped with an SD Memory Card slot and USB terminal, which makes it easy to view photos from your digital camera. Just slip the SD card into the slot or use the cable to connect the camera to the USB terminal, and you're ready to enjoy a spectacular big-screen slideshow with family and friends. You can even listen to music recorded onto a USB device while viewing your photos.All of Panasonic DVD recorder models are designed in compliance with Panasonic's Universal Design principles. Frequently used buttons (Power, Open/Close) are located at the top of the main unit to make them easier to see when the unit is placed in a rack and you need to look down when operating it. Both the remote control and graphical user interface (GUI) were designed for easy use by everyone, based on the results of a Panasonic survey. |
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 Very nice unit. Works perfectly. |
| Review Date: February 24, 2010 |
| Reviewer: James Wilson, New Jersey (USA) |
As often as possible I buy Panasonic products. For whatever reason I seem to have very good luck with them. Be it a VCR, clock radio, TV, cordless phone, etc it just seems like I'm always able to find products that get good reviews, contain features I like and are not unreasonably priced. For me the bonus is they last too; I actually have a Panasonic clock radio that's at least 20 years old, and it still looks and acts as though it was new.
I purchased the DMR-EA38VK primarily for playback. While I have recorded to VHS, I have not done so with the DVD. To date, every tape or disc I've played -- commercial product or home recording (R/O & R/W) -- has worked flawlessly. There are quiet a number of features you can change, the setup and menu's are pretty straightforward and the remote is logical and functional.
My only gripes, and they're minor to be honest, are the fan and the response when using VHS. When the unit heats up the fan will occasionally turn on, and it's a little louder then I would have assumed. Not intrusively loud, but it can be heard. Thankfully, it goes off quickly. The VCR deck seems to respond a bit sluggishly to the controls, especially in regards to FF and Rewind. For example, if you're FFing a tape and hit Play the amount of time it takes before it slows down and plays seems a bit long to me. If using the "turbo" FF that's understandable, but not the standard variant. There is a setting that allows you to adjust the FF speed, but that didn't noticeably help.
Those two small quibbles aside... I really like this combo deck. It does exactly what I want. If my experience with Panasonic holds true I should own, and enjoy, this unit a very long time. |
be afraid..be very afraid..
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| Review Date: October 23, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Colin Tenpenny, Hopelawn, NJ United States |
| I purchased the first dvd recorder when they first came on the market,panasonic was the most affordable $900 (ho ho ho)I used it perhaps burned 30 discs in the two years it lasted...yes you heard that right... 2 years.I took it for repair and was told its cheaper to buy a new one,that they had come down to the 300 hundred dollar range .Well I foolishly bought another panasonic..and guess what?.... After burning perhaps 20 more discs in two years... dead again.Dont do what I have done...dont spend 5 or 6 hundred dollars on these panasonics.Absolute junk. |
Panasonic DMR-EA38VK Tunerless 1080p Upconverting VHS DVD Recorder
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| Review Date: October 9, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Donald G. Perdue, |
| Features are good, copy from VHS to DVD is easy. The Software controling the making of DVD's compatible with other players is not repeatable from one session to the next. Like the functions and the quality for the price. |
Confusing manual
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| Review Date: June 1, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Andrew Suhl, NYC |
| I am a video professional and needed this unit to convert a stack of VHS to DVD. I did not need a tuner for digital reception (and saved quite a bit by passing on that option.) The machine did this conversion accurately and and I am pleased with it. However, the instruction manual is a hot mess of options, weird graphics and hard to follow logic which made the initial set up confusing and very annoying. But ... it did the job and the price is right. I would recommend it but be prepared to scratch your head a bit at the beginning.(Note: Be sure to hold the record button down a good 3 count until you see "copy". It will NOT Finalize when finished copying, despite what the manual says. You must press Record AGAIN to finalize it. The DVD will not play on other machines unless you finalize) |
Works great, manual could be better
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| Review Date: May 22, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Jim Makichuk, Los Angeles |
I wanted a dvd/VHS deck as most reviewers suggest, to copy VHS tapes to DVD. I should begin by saying I have worked in television broadcasting for 40 years and can figure out most electronics (as well as Ikea furniture). I found the unit to be a little hard to figure out, but this might be my own expectations that it's more complicated than it really is. The manual attempts to describe what are really simple controls in a somewhat confusing way.
Since I use it only for copying VHS, I don't get into the detailed technology, suffice it to say that it won't satisfy techies completely, but then I'm buying a unit that copies tape to dvd all for $239 as compared to the real thing that costs broadcasters a hundred thousand dollars and more. So you really can't expect professional-standard equipment.
Given that, after I went to a Panasonic forum and experimented a little, it was easier than I was making it out to be. It copied my tapes almost perfectly. I say almost, because I don't really try to figure out exactly how to start and stop at specific points, nor do I do chapters. That I do on Mac's Final Cut Pro editing system.
What I didn't like is that sometimes the screen has mixed commands and I often pressed record several times before I realized it had already started.
As said in other reviews, the finalizing to ensure it plays on "most" other players works fine and I have no complaints, having played the dvds on other players. And as I've read before, the dvd copies seem to look better than the original VHS although I don't think that's really possible as the VHS original is as good as it gets.
Overall, it's a good machine, haven't had any stalls or any of the problems others complain of, and it has lots of inputs for UBS, S-Video, even memory cards and has more recording features than I'll ever use. It also has a power save mode, which when set, takes about 60 seconds to power up rather than the full power mode which uses a little more power even when it's turned off.
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