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 enlarge | Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
Buy New: £188.64
New (5) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from £161.48
Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 259
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12
Dimensions (in): 20.3 x 17.2 x 6.7
MPN: DMR-EX768EBK
Model: DMR-EX768EBK
EAN: 5025232460892
ASIN: B0015M0MSC
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Ok as Freeview Recorder and DVD player but that's about it. November 9, 2008
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
I bought this recorder as an additional unit to my trusty Pioneer DVR-450HX and I must say that I have mixed feelings about the Panny.
Overall, the picture quality on Freeview is good. Quite a nice natural warm look to the colours. Playback from recordings are more than adequate and using the LP mode doesn't really reduce quality so overall I am happy with basic playback and recording. About on a par with my Pioneer.
As I have a Panny Viera Tv, the remote works with the tv and the viera link works well.
DVD Playback is excellent and upscaling works well enough to see a difference in the picture quality although the Panny TV has superb upscaling so this will be influincing the quality somewhat.
That's where the good stops and it all goes wrong.
With my Sky box, I can pad out the recording time in case of late running programmes but I can't figure out how to do this with the Panny. The result is that I regulalry lose the last 5-10 minutes of a programme. How annoying!!
I hate the remote with a passion. My Pioneer had dozens of extra facilities especially in the editing side which I use regularly. Having to press the options button every single time I want to edit is frustrating.
No eject button. What is this all about?? I need to go to the machine and press the button to open the tray and oh BTW, this can only be done when the machine is in full stop mode or in picture mode. If you have any on screen menu up, it doesn't work.
I'm also not impressed with the range of the infrared remote. Unless you are pointing it right at the machine, it doesn't respond.
Someone has decided to place adverts on the EPG which makes it look messy and reduces the amount of space left to view the guide.
The other frustrating thing is that everytime I stop playing a DVD, it switches my Panny TV back to HDMI 1 (Where my Sky HD Box is), then it switches to Freeview then back to HDMI 1 input so I have to manually switch it back to HDMI 2. I never had this with my Pioneer.
Overall, I have decided that as a standalone freeview recorder, it is ok (single tuner not withstanding) but as a fully fledged editing deck, I will either stick with my Pioneer or look at one of the new Pioneer machines.
Basic but good November 8, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
After buying a Panasonic TV and not being able to receive Sky+ or Virgin+ I was looking for an alternative HDD recorder.
The Panasonic HDD/DVD is a good value buy. It has guide+ with series link and is easy to use and set up. When used with a Panasonic TV you are able to use one touch record and pause live TV which is very useful and in line with sky+/v+.
The only draw back to the unit is the Guide/programmer is extremely basic and poorly laid out. Luckily my TV has its own guide which is much better than the HDD/DVD one.
To surmise, if you have a Panasonic TV and are looking for a cheap and efficient HDD and DVD recorder this is a sound buy.
A mixed bag November 3, 2008
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
I have had my new Panasonic DMR-EX768EBK for nearly a week now. Let me start off by saying that it was delivered promptly, is in good condition, and does everything it is supposed to do.
There are however, some strange and irritating features.
1. This is the first remote control I have seen with no evidence of a Mute button. Nor does Mute appear in the index of the manual.
2. It will record without subtitles unless you figure out how to, and tell it to do so.
3. Once you have recorded with subtitles, you cannot switch them off.
4. According to the manual, it has a high speed copy, but I haven't found out how to use it yet.
5. But the most irritating of all, is that there is an advert in the Guide screen. This is really annoying because:
5.1 This is not a cheap item, like my PVR which has a 2-week guide and no advert
5.2 the advert cannot be removed
5.2 The Guide is not as good as the PVR because the Advert takes up too much of the screen
 Panasonic DMR-EX768 November 2, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I ordered the Panasonic DMR-EX768 from Amazon at 1.00 pm on 31 October 2008 using the Express Delivery option. It arrived at 9.15 am the next day. Excellent so far.
Set up seemed easy. I tested the hard drive by downloading a film from my Sky+ HD hard drive. Everything worked well. However, then the problems started. The DVD will recognise no type of disc, either pre-recorded or recordable. I will be contacting Amazon to return the Panasonic DMR-EX768, and to ask for a replacement.
I will update this review if the replacement does what it is supposed to.
 Not so happy now October 19, 2008
10 out of 20 found this review helpful
I was looking forward to getting my machine and setting it up after reading the reviews.
What a disapointment, ok the picture quality is good but I must say no better than most I have seen.
The 1080p upscaling does improve the dvd quality but when I showed my son he comented that because the picture quality of my tv ( Samsung 6 series ) is so good the upscaling is only a minor improvement.
The bigest hate I have for this machine is the "Guide Plus" EPG. It has space-wasting and distracting flashy adverts ( It makes you wonder if someone has been given a bung to include this. ) on the left which change frequently making the whole thing distracting, It is slow and does not actualy show that much information due to the size of the text and the adverts.It feels like it has been grudgingly added on as an afterthought. Also there is no facility on the remote to open the dvd draw it has to be done using the button on the machine and the draw when it opens has the old fashioned flap that drops before the draw comes out.
Overall it feels like a real backward step considering what other manufactures are able to do with technology.
Considering Panasonics reputation I feel whoever designed this should hang there head in shame.
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