Panasonic Combined DVD-R & PVR Device

Raetsel writes "Caught a commercial the other day hawking the device I've been waiting for. TIVO is a great idea, but what if you want to keep something more permanently? Enter the Panasonic DMR-series. The top-of-the-line DMR-HS2 ($1000 US) has a 40 GB hard drive, offers "Time Slip Playback" (TIVO's "pause live TV" function), and allows you to move shows off the hard drive onto DVD. Heck, you can even record straight to DVD-R or DVD-RAM discs (which is what the $700 DMR-E30(K/S) does). There's also a IEEE-1394 input, so you can record from sources that have a FireWire output. Oh, yeah... it's a progressive-scan DVD player, too."

Comments

I had to check

[RedWolves2]

To see if amazon sells this product. They do. Check out the used products you can get it for around $800.

Re:Here's a review

[NewtonsLaw]

It reads more like a sales-pitch than a review!

"the unique Time Slip feature allows viewers to replay a scene recorded 30 seconds earlier without disrupting the recording process, simply by touching a button on the remote"

Err, not only is that sales-speak, but the last time I checked the meaning of the word unique it was: Without an equal or equivalent. Now someone correct me if I'm wrong -- but doesn't the Tivo and ReplayTV have this feature too??

There's nothing worse or more valueless than an advertorial "review".