Panasonic DMR-EX97

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Many features and it supports usb and dvd disk. Twin Tuner recording is good.

Archiving to USB-HDD is merely an extension of the internal HDD. You cannot play the archive on any other devices. If the Panasonic recorder fails you've lost your archive as it cannot be played on any other device.

Very easy to set up and use

Emmerdale records dark probably me need to use a different mode ??

very easy to use

Good picture and sound,

Setup a bit too complicated,as I bought this to replace a sudden failed freeview box,I was disappointed there was no scart socket as the temporary television I was using did not have HDMI sockets,so will have to wait for new television as well,two...

purchased to be able to record on to dvd and works perfectly .

bit pricey.

nice size - fits on my shelf perfectly. Good picture quality. Recording is easy.

Slight problem initially working out how to record to DVD, but now have this sorted out.

good recordings

not easy on clock display.even after technical help from yourselves

I can't get much HD on our Freeview so I use SD - so 100's of hours of recording time. It's 135 hours of HD but we get about 400 hours of SD Records two programs at once Easy to use menus. Pick a program, press OK and it records up to a week ahead or...

I have to switch my TV to HD to get the recorder via a menu. When I do so it goes to the channel of the program I'm recording at the time, even if it was on another channel before. This is irritating

DVD copy speed is quick

Can't record from an external source