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Panasonic DMR-EZ48V: Release .97?

This is a DVD/VHS recorder/player that tunes digital.

I've had a similar box (DMR-ES35V) for a few years.

Since I know the UI pretty well - and it's still acting a little
goofey, I have to wonder if it's a very early release and really
does have some bugs in it.

Anybody got a feel for how rigorous an outfit like Panasonic is
with their pre-release testing.

Three obvious things about the new box:
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1) When going from one channel to another, sometimes the
new channel's info is rendered right away, but other times
another channel's info is rendered for maybe 3/4 of a second
before the correct info appears.

2) I've been trying for over a week to get it to put four hours
of programming on a DVD-R disc.   LP, the same as with the
analog unit... but the most I can get is maybe an hour's
programming.   Even if I schedule the first three hours
at EP, it still doesn't record all the scheduled progs.

The UI for this is identical to my analog unit - so I
don't *think* RCI is a factor.

3) When finished scheduling, the device issues a misspelled
prompt: Something like "Tum off the device to enabled
scheduled recording..."  (i.e. "Tum" instead of "Turn".
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My kneejerk is to return it and wait a few months hoping to buy
the same make/model box, but with some bug fixes in the firmware.
But to the mfrs of these things even *do* bug fix releases?

Anybody got a feeling for stuff like this?

OTOH, maybe it *is* RCI.....   Could an hour of digital recording
take up more DVD space than an hour of analog?   Doesn't seem
like it should bco the standard format.
--
PeteCresswell

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