Panasonic DMR-EZ475VK DVD Recorder
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- Number of Discs: 1
- Progressive Scan: With Progressive Scan
- Playable Disk Types: DVD Video DVD-RAM DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R DVD+RW CD (Audio) CD-R CD-RW DVD-R DL DVD+R DL DVD-VR
- Playable File Formats: DivX JPEG
- DVD Type: DVD Recorder
- Video Upconversion: 1080p (HDTV)
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Undependable; making promises it cannot keep
Pros
Picture quality is superb.<br>VCR unit above average.<br>Many DVD recording options.
Cons
Tuner.<br>DVD recording not depedable.<br>CD movie read problems.<br>Internal clock.<br>No DVD zoom.<br>Long power-up time.
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
Although rife with features, the EZ475V has far too many short comings to be recommended by this user. Bottom line: Not recommended.
Panasonic's DMR-EZ475V is a fair-priced DVD / VCR recorder. The unit is loaded with features, and presents with a one-stop-shop resume for tape and disk use, including an array CD and DVD formatting and reading options. Unfortunately, the EZ475 dupes the director of "human resources." While appearing to qualify for the corner office position, it barely holds ground as an intern in the mail room.
Strongest assets are on tape and disk playback, as the picture quality is superb. The VCR unit records in very good detail, and offers digital playback, which provides the user with near digital quality on an analog recording. Excellent features for DVD recording, including varying recording time to fill an entire disk.
Several user options are available to mate the unit with a variety of equipment in the setup menu. Includes HDMI.
The rewind on the VCR is fast.
The tuner is awful, and presents about a 1-second delay when switching channels. Also, there is no "previous channel" button, or setting for favorite channels. Quite irritating for the channel-surfer.
DVD recording is not depedable. Several times, while having a DVD RW disk ready to go, the unit will not record when initiated. The solution is to power down the unit, then power back on, wait for it to read the disk again, then press record. Intolerable.
The unit does not read many of the movie disk formats advertised in the manual. In fact, I could not get the unit to read a single digital movie from a CD.
The internal clock does not keep accurate time on the manual setting, and loses about 5 seconds per day. This necessitates constant clock resetting for timed recordings. The automatic clock setting fails to find the appropriate signal to keep time.
The DVD playback does not have a zoom option to crop widescreen formats on an analog display.
The unit has a long power-up time (about half a minute).
UPDATE: A power spike during a severe thunderstorm took out this unit. Other pieces of electronic equipment on the surge protector were not affected. Following the event, the unit did come on, but remained in an initializing mode. It has been returned to Panasonic where they have promised to replace the unit with a remanufactured upgrade for $150, despite being out of warranty (two years old).
Strongest assets are on tape and disk playback, as the picture quality is superb. The VCR unit records in very good detail, and offers digital playback, which provides the user with near digital quality on an analog recording. Excellent features for DVD recording, including varying recording time to fill an entire disk.
Several user options are available to mate the unit with a variety of equipment in the setup menu. Includes HDMI.
The rewind on the VCR is fast.
The tuner is awful, and presents about a 1-second delay when switching channels. Also, there is no "previous channel" button, or setting for favorite channels. Quite irritating for the channel-surfer.
DVD recording is not depedable. Several times, while having a DVD RW disk ready to go, the unit will not record when initiated. The solution is to power down the unit, then power back on, wait for it to read the disk again, then press record. Intolerable.
The unit does not read many of the movie disk formats advertised in the manual. In fact, I could not get the unit to read a single digital movie from a CD.
The internal clock does not keep accurate time on the manual setting, and loses about 5 seconds per day. This necessitates constant clock resetting for timed recordings. The automatic clock setting fails to find the appropriate signal to keep time.
The DVD playback does not have a zoom option to crop widescreen formats on an analog display.
The unit has a long power-up time (about half a minute).
UPDATE: A power spike during a severe thunderstorm took out this unit. Other pieces of electronic equipment on the surge protector were not affected. Following the event, the unit did come on, but remained in an initializing mode. It has been returned to Panasonic where they have promised to replace the unit with a remanufactured upgrade for $150, despite being out of warranty (two years old).
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