Product reviewsPanasonic DMR-EX97EB-K Freeview HD 500GB HDD DVD Recorder - Black

Good machine

It's a good machine but complicated you have look through the instruction book very carefully. An annoying feature I thought is that you can't eject a DVD from the remote you have to do it manually on the machine, mind you still have to go the machine to take the disc out anyway. I've got a smart TV
So I'm pleased that the machine will play in HD. You can connect a HD camcorder to it and it will play it back in HD. So overall this a good machine.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: new | Sold by: tekshop

Can only record direct from Freeview

I hadn't checked the specs properly when I ordered this, so sending back without powering on.
I presumed it had either a Scart or Composite input, so that for example you can record from a camcorder.
Unlike previous Panasonic models, it has neither.
I'm sure that it's great for recording to HDD and DVD from the TV input, but not what I was looking for.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: new | Sold by: av.electronic666

A nice machine with great editing features.

I had an older Panasonic HDD/DVD Recorder model that eventually gave up after 10 years of solid service, so bought this upgrade. My only gripe is the inability to record directly from DTV to DVD or UPS, otherwise a great editing piece of kit. By linking up to a VHS player, I was able to convert all the old family videos to digital DVD. Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: com-place

easy to use and setup

not used all options but found it easy to understand and love the skip feature that gets past the adverts.
muti presses to set up timer recording, would have been better just 1-2 key presses but other wise a good unit Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: akelectronics.ltd

Replacement for Older Recorder

Replacement for an older Panasonic HDD & DVD recorder which was showing its age. Smaller and lighter than the old machine. Pretty easy to set up and use. The dual tuners are useful if we want to record 2 programmes which overlap.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: new | Sold by: currys

Excellent item. Not yet used all the functions. But fairly easy to understand. Best DVD player/recorder I have owned

Not complicated at all & smart looking item. Not yet used the dual recording system.

More than pleased . Ken R

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: new | Sold by: tekshop

Great quality Picture,easy to use Menu and has an auto broadcast/picture enhancer really makes a difference to old TV movies!

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: refurbished | Sold by: bizitshopuk

Nice unit, excellent picture, and easy to use.

Excellent picture quality, extremely responsive menu system.
Such a shame it didn't have dedicated audio outs, it's HDMI or nothing, older units had Scart etc., still that's progress I guess.
Overall a very nice unit, super quite as well.
TV guide is easy to use when making recordings.
Remote is very well designed and easy to use.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: refurbished | Sold by: bizitshopuk

Excellent as long as you don't want to record from an external source

Panasonic seem to be the only company making DVD Recorders these days and this is an excellent product, especially if you have any DVD-RAM discs to use as you can play and record to them on this machine.
My only problem is the inability to record from an external source (eg my Sky box) and that's the reason I've only given it four starsRead full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: new | Sold by: hughes-electrical

Rare

I bought this to replace a DVD recorder that had died. Easy to set up. Easy to use. Good quality recording to HDD. Archiving to DVD took more time than I expected, but format conversion takes time.>Not many of them for sale. If you want one grab it when you can.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: com-place

Very good Blu-Ray dvd recorder

This Panasonic Blu-ray dvd recorder is a great machine. I did not want the latest model from Panasonic with Freeview play as I already have that on my new tv from Panasonic. This machine is excellent and does exactly what is expected. It is good quality.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: new | Sold by: bentley_walker_ltd