Product Description

Able to record more than 280 hours of video on its 160 GB hard drive, the DVD DMR-EX77 player from Panasonic provides you with exceptional quality for all your films and television programmes. It uses the latest technological innovations to display clear and true-to-life images, and comes with an SDHC and SD card-compatible reader so you can play your JPEG files or video sequences on your television. The DVD DMR-EX77 is also HD ready and has an HDMI connection!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3651 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Panasonic
• Model: DMR-EX77EB-K
• Released on: 2007-05-07
• Dimensions: 2.36" h x 16.93" w x 12.99" l, 11.02 pounds

Features

• DVD recorder
• Freeview Only
• 1080i Up Scaling Via Hdmi
• Audio Dolby Digital / Dts Surround
• 160GB Gb hard disk capacity

Manufacturers Description
DVD Recorder with HDD (160 GB) and DVB-T tuner, SD slot.
Affirming its industry-leading position in recordable DVD products, Panasonic is introducing four new DIGA series DVD recorders, the DMR-EX87, DMR-EX77, DMR-EZ47V, and DMR-EZ27 - that offer 1080p image quality in both recording and playback, easy operation, and improved networking capabilities.

All four models come equipped with the HDMI terminal, which allows easy, single-cable connection to compatible equipment.
They also offer Panasonic's proprietary VIERA Link functions for linked operation of other AV devices, and these functions are now even more convenient.
Beginning with the 2007 model year, it is now possible to control a DIGA recorder, when connected to a Panasonic VIERA TV, using VIERA's remote control unit. This provides convenient control over frequently used functions by using only VIERA's remote.By pressing the VIERA Link button on the remote, a DIGA menu screen can be accessed directly from the VIERA Link menu screen, to make recording settings or play a DVD.

All four new models also offer improved image quality with 1080p technology.
By combining intelligent i/p Conversion and 1080p Up-Conversion technologies, DIGA's 1080p technology renders high-resolution 1080p images from DVD movies and TV broadcasts.Also they are equipped with a new digital tuner that achieves stable signal reception even under poor signal conditions, such as when signals are reflected by surrounding buildings. The new tuner also prevents the generation of block noise. This optimises the high image and sound quality of digital broadcasts.A host of other attractive features also enhance the new DIGA models.

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Customer Reviews

PLAYING COLOURISED DVD's AS BLACK AND WHITE
I am very pleased with the Panasonic DMREX77. My problem is playing a colourised DVD as monochrome. My Panasonic CRT Television PL28 will not allow me to change colour when playing material from HDD or DVD. I can change contrast and brightness but the colour seems to be set. If I watch television through the recorder then the colour control works, but not when playing the HDD or DVD. Any suggestions on how to solve this problem?

Worth every penny
I looked at this model for some time before buying, I read all the reviews I could find on here and the net and decided, after I learnt it had won a few awards, to take the chance. Well what can I say apart from I'll give it a strong 5 outa 5 (had the player for a few weeks now). Once set-up it automates searching for channels, this was a painless process and took no time at all. It's very easy to use, mind you, I did take 1 look at the manual and thought sod that, it's like a book, so I just dived in and had a play around. Navigation via the remote is easy, all the functions, TV guide and recording, even the editor is all simple. Example; I love the editing functions on chapters; you are able to move the picture frame by frame in still motion which enables simplistic editing from 1 scene to another.

Setting timer from guide is easy also, just press Guide button, choose which program you're going to record then its takes you to next page options where you can alter the start/stop time and which record option you want to use SP etc. I was a little concered about the size of the HDD, but now that i have it, it's more than enough for what we need.

The picture is 2nd to none. Our signal in the area is so so, but what I immediately notice was the picture improvement from the Freeview tuner over our Sky box, so much so I have cancelled my Sky subscription, yeha. Playing from a DVD, picture is perfect, the only way I think I could improve on it would be to buy a new LCD display.

I can't comment on the SD reader as I have a PC with good editing prog so prob will never use it.
Reading through some of these comments I see people are unhappy with the fact you can't watch 1 channel and tape another, well that simply because it doesn't have a twin digital tuner, I don't think there is a model on the market that has a twin and also 1080P Up-Conversion and with Freeview. What we have done so far is, watch a DVD while timer is set/recording. Play a pre-recorded program from the HDD while timer is set/recording.

Booting up, this device has a power saving mode which is factory enabled, well it was on the one I received. This however means it does take a while to boot up or close down, but me being a miser and all, I don't really mind this one bit. So overall I'm very happy with my purchase.

Nice bit of kit
It's a nice bit of kit, but why, oh! why do they have to make the instruction manual so complicated.
All most of us want is:

1. How do you play a pre-recorded DVD
2. How do you use the Hard Drive.
3. How do you record a blank DVD
4. How do you finalize a DVD

Instead of writing a novel, why doesn't Panasonic just do a simple A4
sheet with these instructions for us simple souls who are not technical geeks.

It took me hours to figure out how to finalize a DVD ( and believe me, I am not stupid). So how do old ladies and the such get on?

Badly I suspect.

Panasonic are not the only culprit. They are all the same when it comes to instruction manuals and I know because a few years ago it was my job to translate Japanese-English instructions into something that a normal person could understand.

Apart from all that, it's a lovely machine and I can recommend it. The HD function is great.