Panasonic DMR-EZ28 Reviews Analysis

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298 reviews

March, 2010

80 / 100

1 Expert

Product Age

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80 / 100

297 Users

What people think about the Panasonic DMR-EZ28: (BETA!)

alaTest has collected and analyzed 295 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the storage. The camera also impresses, but many are less positive about the software.

Experts rate this product 80/100 and users 80/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the category digital video recorders (dvr) the Panasonic DMR-EZ28 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 81/100 = Very good quality.

Image quality

records and plays back top quality
Good picture quality on standard 2hr recording and acceptable quality on 4hrs extended play
Fab quality recordings
Picture quality on the 4 hour setting is excellent (8 hour setting has not been tried yet
Easy to set up and good picture

Good picture quality on freeview - viewed thro SCART-RGB - wondering if I need Virgin cable any more
its quality
Great up convert picture as you can get with this type of recorder
good picture quality
good picture
Clear quality
Very good recorded picture
Picture quality is fine
Excellent Picture

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Appearance

4.5

nice to look at
Sleek Look
records to multiple format discs
Disks look very good

instructions look really complicated but you can bypass a lot of that with a bit of commomsense

Product

0.5

if you don't put in your own times for when you want programs to start and finish

Performance

0.5

very quick and easy

Very slow to start up
A bit slow to wake up
a bit slow to start up
Bit slow to get going
Rather slow to start after switching on

Slow to finalise Rs &
slow
Slow to start
Slow to Open Tray
slow start typical with most DVD Recorders
Slow open
slow to switch between channels

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0.5

can't view ondemand menu with setup that unit calls for

Usability

ease of use,picture quility is very good
the manual is very easy to read
easy to install and use
easy to use
Very easy to set up and easy to use

The usual hieroglyphics of an instruction manual that doesn't make anything particularly easy
manual open/close of disc drawer

Simple and straight forward to use
Simple to use if you just want to record television programmes
The panasonic sets up easy and has a good TV guide
Easy to use even my husband can program it
This DVD Recorder is very easy to use with good clear instructions
Easy setup
straight forward and simple to operate
easy to set up
Does a great job at playing DVD's and is easy to use for recording
very easy to use
very easy to install
easy to use and set up good record and playback picture
Easy to use with full on screen instructions
Very easy to set up (I am a 75yr lady
also very easy to programme
easy use
simple program to schedule a program to record
Very easy to set up and use

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Design

looks good
good design
It looks nice in the garbage

Price

0.5

reliable and good value for money
Excellent value for someone who only reccords the occasional programme and who does'nt need a hard drive

can be expensive
A little complicated to use
Does feel a little inexpensive as far as the silver plastic is concerned
but I suppose expecting an aluminium facia may be asking a little too much at the relative cost of the unit
expensive

somewhat expensive
Takes a little bit to turn on

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Interface

0.5

User-UNFRIENDLY interface

Video

Can watch a programme that is being recorded from the begining before it has finished recording
Excellent system for timer recording using the built in guide
Good quality playback and recording
recording
Can set recording from inside freeview guide (great

No automatic warning if not enough space on disc for the recording being set up
If you do a lot of recording
for the recording to get underway
Can't save names of TV shows recording and takes a bit of time to start up
no true 16 x 9 recording

good recording
can recording
Very easy to set up for Scheduled recording
REcording quality
You can watch tv will recording

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Memory

picture superb (I use RAM discs
very easy to use after quick glance at instructions.excellent picture quality,i am using ram discs which are by far the best for this recorder as you can watch the begining of program while you are still recording the rest of the program,very clever
Uses RAM discs
records on RAM discs
records DVD-RAM

Connectivity

Watch slideshows or listen to music from SD memory card or USB drive
Excellent DVD playback (with upscaling and HDMI)
The other great point is that you only need one HDMI lead to connect it to the TV