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What is it: DVD recorder with built-in Freeview tuner and 400GB PVR
What we think: A feature-rich machine that performs well and will reduce the number of boxes under your TV
Average user rating
4.0
mediocre
Average user rating from 1 user
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Panasonic DMR-EX88 user reviews
August 8, 2008
Posted by: Tropi
"Fundamentally flawed"
What I like:
What it does, it does very well
What I don't like:
It doesn't do half enough! Any recorder with only a single tuner is a waste of money - at this price, it is a ridiculous waste of money
Review:
I wouldn't touch a single tuner recorder with a barge pole, at any price and certainly not at £350! In addition to which, I do not believe it is possible to archive the recordings to a PC hard drive, without first having to record to a DVD, then read that with the PC, and only then then store the contents where you wish. It's annoyingly time consuming and it degrades the quality. Of course some people might not care, but a lot do.
In those two respects, this type of recorder is so fundamentally limited that they are always poor value, just how poor value depends on the price. At a £100, it might be worth the limitations, but not for me. It's shocking that manufacturers cripple these machines by omitting a second tuner that would cost them buttons to build in.
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