Panasonic DMR-E60S DVD Player (Panasonic-DMRE60S)

• Reviewed by: jenjensg

  Strengths: Good quality playback.

  Weaknesses: Can not burn to DVD+RW, only RAM.Could not get it to record from a digital cable box. Some VHS tapes are copyrighted and I was unable to make copies onto DVD.

  Overall: I returned back to eTronics.com . $400 and I was charged a restocking fee 15%. I am now getting a computer with Giga Pocket and I will be able to record and burn DVD with one click of a button. I still think DVD Recorders have a long way to go, to spend that kind of money. It is not disc compatible (ie. DVD-R, DVD-RW). My new computer can record it all in any format.

• Reviewed by: MOONDOGGIE

  Strengths: multiple pc card slots,Quality of video,IEE 1394 Firewire Port

  Weaknesses: cannot Import sound from another source such as tape or CD while burning a disc using DV port you have to use SVHS PORT IN THIS CASE

  Overall: I have a DVD burner on my computer and could never get the Quality to my satisfaction so I researched every stand alone burner on the market and decided to go with the panasonic DMR-E60 ,the quality is excellent,I use it in a bussiness transfering old photo's,old reel to reel 8mm and personal vhs tapes I also do weddings using a JVCGR-DVL520 DV camera and transfering to DVD everyone loves the quality of my work and I owe alot of it to the DMR-E60,I would like to say to anyone having a problem getting their camera to work using the firewire port be sure you go to that imput on the DMR-E60 using your remote control for the DMR-E60 this should work with any DV camera using the IEEE1394 firewire port.

• Reviewed by: hirscs01

  Strengths: Multiple s-video & composite video inputs. High capacity DVD RAM media. PC Card slot for still camera memory.

  Weaknesses: Compatibility with DVD-RW or DVD+RW

  Overall: Update: In previous post, I said the unit did not work with the Firewire port. This turned out to be a bad cable. With a new Monster cable in place, this feature works as expected. Panasonic technical support gave me erroneous reasons why it did not work the first time: Only works with Panasonic camcorders, possible output compression incompatibility. I knew this was unlikely. Tested unit with new cable with Sony TRV-315 and Cannon GL1, DV-In works fine. EDITED FROM PREVIOUS POSTED REVIEW: The Panasonic DMR-E60S operates as advertised. I connected a Hughes HDVR2 combo SAT/TIVO receiver, a Pioneer DVD player, and a Sony TRV320 Digital camcorder to this unit. Switching between several input sources via remote control was easy. The quality of the recorded video onto DVD-R was excellent at the SP (2-hour) speed. I used the s-video inputs exclusively to make recordings and saw little if no artifacts on the DVD-Rs compared to the source material. Reading the SmartMedia memory chip from my Olympus D-40 was slow but acceptable using the PNY PC Card (purchased separately). One feature (that I was very interested in) is recording digital video from my Sony digital camcorder via the IEEE1394 Firewire port. After some initial problem with a bad cable, I found this feature works as expected with no generation loss with quality as good as the source. If it were not for the wild goose chase Panasonic Tech support sent me on, I would have rated it 5 stars.