Review on Panasonic DMR E50K Player Recorder Black by Lance Levatte

I've recorded over 200 movies with this recorder and the results are usually great, but sometimes it's catastrophic. This recorder is not for everyone as it sometimes fails even with Panasonic drives. If the recording exceeds the first 111 seconds, it will normally continue, but don't count on it. When it reaches that magic moment, it sometimes explodes, which means the laser lens is dirty, the recorder doesn't like the quality of the disc, the power is too high, or it's the wrong day of the week. Perhaps this tricky behavior is unique to my recorder, but I missed a few beloved movies off cable. Who knows when they'll be back on the air. TV broadcasts aren't nearly as good as digital cable, but sometimes network presentations are of good quality, almost DVD-worthy. Sometimes the recorder makes a mistake and interrupts the timing. It's annoying. However, if the recording is copied to a PC, re-writing can fix this problem and some others, such as: B. stuttering and pixelation delusion, compensate. It's insulting. Sometimes DVD players have problems playing finalized discs. Frequent cleaning of the recorder's laser lens is required to avoid the above problems. I believe these glitches are related to the power of the laser. A lower power increases the service life of the burner, but the burned discs must have a perfect surface and the opacity of the disc must be very high so that the low laser power does not penetrate the disc but is bundled. I'm not sure if this is the best explanation for a radio failing with discs from other manufacturers and sometimes Panasonic. 50 cent discs from other manufacturers work most of the time, but some errors can occur. When they record events over time, the end product is usually excellent. However, it would be nice to have a keyboard to enter titles. Using the phone keypad is inconvenient. What was Panasonic thinking? An infrared keyboard would be of great help. While DVD-RAM discs can be edited, using the keyboard makes editing cumbersome. In order to be able to watch RAM recordings on DVD players, I had to buy an inexpensive and versatile Panasonic player that could read RAM discs. Playing RAM on the player enables DVD mastering with a DVD burner. I wish Panasonic had software that could edit recordings before finalizing. It would make things more convenient. When I buy my next recorder I will look for easier operation and features that will solve my problems. I don't want to mislead anyone because this device has many good qualities. Should people buy this device? Yes, oh yes! Low price, high quality. For the most part, that's very good, but you should know what I and other reviewers have to say so you know what to expect and so you're not as disappointed and upset as I was at first. Keep the laser clean and it will work fine most of the time. While SP (Standard Playback) produces excellent recordings, the LP (Long Play) setting is ideal for most recordings. The quality of the LP recording is very good. This lowers the cost of recording, making Panasonic's more expensive DVD-R discs cheaper. Can't say the same for EPs (Extended Playback), but even the EP recordings are surprisingly good.