Rating: 
Summary: Panasonic DVD Recorder
Review: This unit is very high quality. However, I did have problems formatting many of the Ram Discs by Panasonic. I called the Panasonic Support Number and the Telephone Representatives had trouble understanding the format problem. One person there offered to send me a box to return the discs that were defective, but I have not received it to date and it has been many weeks. I would recommend holding off on buying these units unless you have alot of funds for them and time for testing them etc. They may not be quite ready yet due to their newer technology.
Rating: 
Summary: Long term reliability questionable
Review: When I first purchased the Panasonic DMR-E20, its performance was excellent. Picture quality was outstanding. The only negative comment at this time was the "way over complicated switch actions required" for different functions and the silly joy stick on the remote control. But soon, the switch actions became second nature and all was well. For awhile. When the unit was three months old, I discovered it would no longer play RAM discs I recorded on this unit. When I questioned Panasonic tech support on this, I never received a reply. Thinking it was a flaw with RAM discs, I switched to DVD-R discs. At five months, the unit would no longer record on those either. The unit just shuts off with no error code. Still have not receive a reply from Panasonic tech support. Last night, I ran a complaint report on this unit and discovered this is a common read failure with the DMR-E20. The unit is still under warranty and I'm sending it back for repair/replacement. I understand that DVD recorders are new and I expected some bugs with the new machines. What I didn't expect was the lack of support or answers from Panasonic. Due to this, I can not recommend the Panasonic DMR-E20 as a good buy. 2 stars, buy at your own risk.
Rating:
Summary: Long term reliability questionable
Review: When I first purchased the Panasonic DMR-E20, its performance was excellent. Picture quality was outstanding. The only negative comment at this time was the "way over complicated switch actions required" for different functions and the silly joy stick on the remote control. But soon, the switch actions became second nature and all was well. For awhile. When the unit was three months old, I discovered it would no longer play RAM discs I recorded on this unit. When I questioned Panasonic tech support on this, I never received a reply. Thinking it was a flaw with RAM discs, I switched to DVD-R discs. At five months, the unit would no longer record on those either. The unit just shuts off with no error code. Still have not receive a reply from Panasonic tech support. Last night, I ran a complaint report on this unit and discovered this is a common read failure with the DMR-E20. The unit is still under warranty and I'm sending it back for repair/replacement. I understand that DVD recorders are new and I expected some bugs with the new machines. What I didn't expect was the lack of support or answers from Panasonic. Due to this, I can not recommend the Panasonic DMR-E20 as a good buy. 2 stars, buy at your own risk.
Rating: 
Summary: Well Worth The Price.
Review: You can record up to 6 hours on one side, then afterwards delete
unwanted sections (e.g. commercials and PBS Pledge Breaks),
The deleted parts become free to record over, at the end of the disk.
(Works like a computer disk.)Also, Memorex makes an afforable 9.4GB disk that works on this
unit (#32025900 Double Sided DVD-RAM Type 1). (...) They need to be formated when first used, but that only takes about 1 minute (on the DMR-E20 machine).
They are equal to the more expensive brand names.
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