Panasonic DMR-ES10S

Panasonic DMR-ES10S Recorder Review

Why wait? The Panasonic DMR-ES10S high-tech DIGA series DVD recorder has everything you need to archive your old VHS and camcorder tapes while taking over any lingering TV-related duties from your VCR and serving as a home-theater-caliber DVD player to boot.

The Panasonic DMR-ES10S records to your choice of DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD+R, or rewritable DVD-RW. For playback, it'll handle those formats in addition to DVD+RW, DVD-Audio (high-resolution 2-channel only), video CD, MP3 CD, and recordable CDs brimming with your cherished JPEG digital photos. DVD-Audio media offer super high-fidelity (192 kHz/24-bit) sound and provides unique bonus materials not available on regular audio CDs.

The Panasonic DMR-ES10S virtual Multi-Encode System enables LP mode recording with the same 500 lines of horizontal resolution as the deck uses to encode in the higher-quality SP and XP modes. This is twice the 250 lines of resolution used in conventional Long Play recording. Now you can store 4 hours of full-resolution program material on a standard 4.7 GB recordable DVD rather than merely 2 hours.

Panasonic's Time Slip feature lets you use your DVD recorder like a digital video recorder, viewing the recorded portion of an ongoing program from the beginning, while still recording the program in progress. With Chasing Playback, you can view the recorded portion of a live program, from the beginning, while continuing to record that program until its completion. Simultaneous record and play lets you view a previously recorded program on either a DVD-RAM disc or the hard disk drive while recording a different program.

The Panasonic DMR-ES10S uses a 12-bit video analog-to-digital converter to provide 4 times the number of possible color gradation (shades) offered by 10-bit converters. This preserves your source images with more detail, more definition, and more beauty. Other enhancements include Panasonic's Real-Time Variable Bit Rate Control, integrated noise reduction (NR), and Visibility Modulation technology.

The Panasonic DMR-ES10S is also a progressive-scan DVD player for use with both standard- and high-definition or HD-ready TVs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

The Panasonic DMR-ES10S Direct Navigator simplifies the process of previewing recorded programs, letting you access recorded material from an onscreen menu that lists recording dates, times, channels, and titles. The DMR-ES10S also offers a feature called high-speed quick start. The Panasonic DMR-ES10S is ready to record just 1 second after you switch it on, easing your mind on those occasions when you forget (or almost forget) that an important program is airing.

What Features Does the Panasonic DMR-ES10S Have?

� Color: Silver

� Disc capacity: 1

� Region playback: Compatible only with non-region-coded (code-free) discs and with discs coded for Region 1

� Progressive scan: Yes

� 3:2 pulldown detection: No

� Memory card slot: No

� Playback formats: DVD: DVD-Audio (2-channel only), DVD-Video, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW; CD: CD (CDDA), video CD, CD-R/RW (including MP3 and JPEG files)

� Recording formats: DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R

� VHS Refresh Dubbing to DVD: Yes

� Selectable recording modes: XP/SP/LP/EP/FR (features 2x LP Horizontal Resolution Recording--records 500 lines of horizontal resolution in LP mode)

� Relief Recording to Hard Disk: No

� Time Slip function: Chasing Playback Simultaneous Record and Play, proprietary Time Slip button

� Direct Navigator: Yes

� Playlist playback: Yes

� One-second Quick Start: Yes (DVD-RAM disc only)

� One-touch record and play: Yes

� MP3/JPEG combination playback: No

� Firmware upgradable: No

� Display: Yes

� Aspect ratio control: Yes

� Dialog enhancer: No

� Integrated receiver: No

� Front-panel operation: No (remote required for full operation)

� Quick play: No

� Quick View: Yes

� Multi-angle viewing: Yes (with applicable discs)

� Image enhancements: Real-Time Variable Bit Rate Control, Integrated Noise Reduction (NR), Visibility Modulation Technology, 4x Natural Gradation

� Black-level adjustment: Yes

� Horizontal resolution: More than 500 lines

� Video DAC: 54 MHz/12-bit

� Audio DAC: 192 kHz, 24-bit

� HDCD decoding: No

� Video encoding: MPEG-2

� Audio encoding: Dolby Digital 2.0 only (MP3-like compression)

� Custom bookmarks: No

� Frame advance: Yes

� Still/freeze frame: Yes

� Forward/reverse play: Yes

� Karaoke: No

� Recording capability: No

� Advance recording: Yes

� Bilingual recording: Yes (DVD-RAM disc only)

� Electronic program guide: No

� Reverse-frame step: Yes

� Slow motion: Yes

� VCR capability: No

� Audio outputs: 1 stereo analog (left/right), 1 digital (optical)

� Audio inputs: 3 stereo analog (left/right)

� Headphone jack: No

� Video outputs: 1 each composite-, component-, and S-video, plus 1 RF tuner passthrough

� Video inputs: 3 each composite- and S-video, 1 RF antenna

� Surround-sound output: Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel passthrough

� THX-certified: No

� Front-panel inputs: Yes (including component-video)

� Power input: AC 120V, 60Hz

� Power consumption: 23W (9W in standby mode)

� Item width: 16.94 inches

� Item height: 2.5 inches

� Item depth: 13.94 inches

� Item weight: 7.94 pounds

Conclusion

The Panasonic DMR-ES10S is a progressive-Scan DVD Recorder Silver - Records to DVD-RAM/-R/-RW/+R Discs.You sit down to watch this weeks episode of your favorite show and realize that you never got around to watching your recording of last weeks episode.

Not a problem with Time Slip featuring simultaneous record and play. Select this weeks episode in the program guide start recording and as it records you can watch your recording of last weeks episode.What if you set up your DVD recorder to record a movie from 8:00 to 10:00 while you are out but dinner was faster than you expected and you get home early?

With our Chasing Playback feature you do not have to wait for the program to finish recording in order to watch it. You can begin watching the portion of the program that has already been saved while the DVD recorder continues recording the remainder of the program.* Avoid Accidentally Recording Over A Program If you own a VCR it is almost certain that at some point someone has accidentally recorded over a movie or show that you wanted to keep. One- Touch Record will save your favorite programs from the same fate by automatically scanning the disc for blank space before starting the recording process.

No more worries that your favorite sitcoms season finale will be overwritten by a family members Sunday fishing show.* Browse Through Your Recordings Using Thumbnails You and your family are sure to enjoy the convenience of your DVD recorder so much that you will have a large library of recordings in no time.

Keeping track of all those programs would be difficult if it were not for our enhanced Direct Navigator which displays thumbnails of every program on the disc as you browse making it easy to identify the contents of each recording.* Film-Like Image Quality The goal of any playback device should be accurate reproduction of the original content.

In the case of DVDs most of that content is film- based. Utilizing advanced progressive scan playback techniques and very accurate MPEG vi...

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