Panasonic DMR-E50K DVD Player/Recorder , Black

by Panasonic

Product Details

Product Manual [3.05mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 16.9 x 3.1 inches ; 11.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00008IP5K
• Item model number: DMR-E50K
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,131 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #65 in Electronics > Televisions & Video > DVD Players & Recorders > DVD Recorders
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Color: Black

Amazon.com Product Description

Panasonic's fourth-generation DMR-E50K DVD recorder sports many of the features and technology benefits people expect from digital recording and merges them with a user-friendly interface and an unexpectedly low price. The DMR-E50K's joint support of DVD-RAM and DVD-R media provides the best of both worlds: DVD-R for the highest compatibility (letting you share video recordings with virtually anyone with a DVD player) and DVD-RAM (for rewritability and benefits like Time Slip, chasing playback, and simultaneous play and record). DVD-RAM offers the perfect solution for recording and re-recording favorite programs--over 100,000 times on the same disc.

In addition to an attractive price tag, the feature-rich DMR-E50K offers the benefits of progressive scan (for use with high-definition and HD-ready TVs), MP3 playback, enhanced time-shifting, instant access, and on-disc video editing. When connected to home theater components, you'll enjoy playback of multiple digital entertainment formats, including DVD Video, CDs, and audio CD-R/CD-RW discs.

With instant recording onto a DVD disc, there's no need to have to find blank space, as with a VHS tape. Just press record and the unit automatically finds space on the disc, much like a computer's disk drive. Panasonic's Time Slip feature lets you replay a scene recorded earlier while a program is still in progress, without disrupting the recording process. And chasing playback makes it possible to watch from the beginning a show whose recording is still in progress. It's also simple to transfer favorite VHS tape recordings to space-saving discs, and personal movie libraries and family videos can be archived, preserved, cataloged, and accessed.

Product Description

PANASONIC Panasonic DMR-E50 DVD Recorder Progressive-Scan 5.1 Model: dmre50 (1) DVD-R media is recognized as being widely compatible with most existing DVD video players and DVD-ROM drives. (2) This unit can play CD-DA format audio CD-R, and CD-RW discs. It may not be able to play some CD-R or CD- RW discs due to the condition of the recording. SPECIFICATIONS Playable Discs DVD-RAM: 12cm (4.7GB / 9.4GB), 8cm (2.8GB), DVD-R*1: 12cm 4.7GB (for General Ver. 2.0), DVD-Video, CD-Audio (CD-DA), Video CD, CD-R/RW*2 (CD-DA, Video CD, MP3 formatted discs) Recordable Discs DVD-RAM: 12cm (4.7GB / 9.4GB), 8cm (2.8GB), DVD-R*3: 12cm 4.7GB (for General Ver. 2.0) Recording Standards DVD Video Recording Standards (DVD-RAM), DVD Video Standards (DVD-R) Recording System VIDEO MPEG2 (Hybrid VBR) AUDIO Dolby Digital 2ch Recording Time

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy!, September 5, 2003

By 

"askjack" (Avella, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panasonic DMR-E50K DVD Player/Recorder , Black (Electronics)

I bought this unit with the intent of copying my VHS collection and using this recorder in place of my VCR. After reading reviews from various sources, I bought this model over the next closest - Philips. (By the way, what's up with few brands providing black cabinetry?)

This unit is very easy to use. To get the most out of the unit READ THE MANUAL! One of the best features is the flexible record, allowing optimum recording for those more-than-2 hour-programs. This feature provides the highest quality recording available for the time that you desire to record. Unlike the VCR, where you'd have to record on the LP (or SLP) mode if a program is more than 2 hours, this option will give you the best picture it can in the disc-space provided. To my eye, programs of 2:20 look no worse than if it was recorded on SP.

Of course, some of my prerecorded VHS tapes are copyrighted (but not all) and can't be recorded - this was expected.

There is some concern regarding DVD-R playback on other machines. (Don't forget to FINALIZE. This is all covered in the manual.) IF you have problems, try various brands of media. My JVC player had no problem with Verbatim, Memorex or TDK. However, only the TDK would playback on my Toshiba player. I loaned all three brands to a friend and all 3 played on his Philips and Panasonic players.

My only complaints are:
- Can't record on DVD-RW.
- No (audio) digital input (no brands I could find had it)

I had considred buying a PC-based DVD recorder, but based on the complaints of various friends who have PC-based DVD recorders, I made the better choice by buying this product - MUCH easier. Now my friends are considering buying a DMR-E50.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great investment!, December 29, 2003

By 

Christopher Stone "stonestead.com" (Evergreen, co United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panasonic DMR-E50K DVD Player/Recorder , Black (Electronics)

The wife & I decided to hold off on buying a DVD player until they could record, and those units were more affordable. To the DMR-E50K I can only ask: "Where have you been all my life?!?"
This is a great concept and a wonderful machine.
I currently have 2 VCR's slaved to one another then channeled through this unit, the satellite receiver and either the DVD player from my home theater, my camcorder or my digital camera connected to this machine. It is not an overstatement to say that this device is the workhorse of our Media Center. And it's up to the job.
Until I brought this out of the box, my wife was recording her craft shows to video tapes. Twenty-some of them, to be exact. This means that on a 6 hour tape, there might be 30-40 minutes of stuff she wants to save for future reference. Now, she can use the timer to record the whole show, but edit out the stuff she doesn't want to keep. Also, all those tapes will, someday, have the parts she wants to keep transfered to DVD.

As other reviews have noted, I am also transfering my old video tapes to DVD and simply based on the space I'm clearing up, this machine is worth the price.
The only media problem I've ever encountered was when I bought the wrong format. Other than that, all the media I've used have worked well.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect, March 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Panasonic DMR-E50K DVD Player/Recorder , Black (Electronics)

Picture and sound are first rate. I am using the unit for backups of my video tape collection and for dumping programs off my Tivo unit. I am completely satisfied with the results except that I have also had the problems experienced by several of the negative reviewers. The unit worked fine for me on Verbatim, Sony and Panasonic disks but rejected 1 out of 3 of Fujifilm DVD-R. When it locked up on the Fuji disks it went into a "death spiral" where it would attempt to recover, fail but would not allow you to eject the disk. I had good luck unplugging the unit for 10 minutes and then holding the open button during the recover phase. This allowed me to remove the offending disk. Seems to work fine afterwards. Lesson is good disks mean good results. Anything else is at your own risk.

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