I have the EH50. I am considering purchasing the Panasonic DMR-EH69 1080p. My concern is the PAL tuner. I have a Cablevision box. Will it record?
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The DMR-EH69 will stay on AV4 the tv is on Channel 3 and your cable box changes the channels. No problems, I have 3 all working the same way. The only thing that some people have problems with is what ever channel the cable box is on. That is what your recording, The box can't be on 13 and record 25 at the same time. Whatever the channel is on. That is what it's recording. If you don't have a problem with that, your good.
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I do not have a cable box and bought a DVD recorder with NO tuner. It does NOT work for me. It states it will work ONLY with an external source. (Cable box) So, one with no tuner should work for you.
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Dual voltage is for the "General Model" only. The NTSC/PAL conversion appears to be for all models, according to the User's Manual (Video signal will be NTSC for US, Canada, and General models, PAL for all others, but Video Conversion is listed separately as PAL/NTSC with no specific model listed next to it).Probably not going to find the General Model for Amazon's price, so far I've only found it on a few websites for $550-$600.
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I gave this to my sister in Arkansas a few years ago, so I can't look at it. But I simply went to the Panasonic Support website and the manual is available so you can see all the connections that are possible: http://shop.panasonic.com/shop/model/DMP-BD50K?t=manuals&support;#tabs Yes, it does have S Video Port.Maryann
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This is inaccurate. PAL discs are converted by the player. I have one and tested it soon after it arrived. It works flawlessly on my NTSC-only TV. This player will play literally almost ANYTHING. Format, code, region, you name it.
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If I have an older CRT panasonic TV can I use this to watch DVD and bluray from an HDMI out Bluray player? the TV still works so dont want to repalce yet but when it goes I will upgrade the TV with the new bluray player. Thanks for any insight.
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Hi Tom,I purchased a Panasonic BD80. They provide specific instructions and connected it to Onkyo for analog audio 5.1ch. There is a setup screen to select 5.1ch and I was sure to select multichannel PCM. I used the Onkyo DVD multichannel button on the remote started playback. It did display "multichannel" but not PCM. It still sounds like stereo to me and have no idea what I might might have done wrong. Any way thank for your help.Dennis
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You don't wanna do that. Even if you could get it to work, it wouldn't select channels by itself, you'd have to manually change the channel on the digital converter box to whatever you want to record next. Plus, it'd all be low-def. To record from a rooftop antenna to a DVR, you need a DVR with an ATSC tuner -- or, preferably, several ATSC tuners so you can record multiple channels at once. Since everybody using a rooftop antenna can't live without such a DVR, there are zillions to choose from -- NOT! I dunno what's wrong with this market, but finding such a DVR is ridiculously difficult. I have two. The first and best is the Channel Master CM-7000PAL, which has two tuners and therefore can record two programs at once in full HD. The other is a Magnavox MDR515H which only has one tuner and only records in low-def, although it's still widescreen and a very good fidelity low-def so it's quite watchable. It also can record on a rewritable DVD which would be nice when the HD fills up, but being low-def it has 250 hours of space on the HD so it'll never fill up. Last I heard, one or both of these models are NLA -- but that *might* be because they've introduced new and better models. Channel Master, for example, was supposed to introduce a 3-tuner model. I'm sorry the options aren't better. I'd very much like to find out why the market for ATSC DVR's is suppressed and throttle somebody.
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I previously owned a Toshiba DVR that would record,to the hard drive,all cables channels.That was in the analog days.The previously mentioned DVD/VCR recorder will not record anything to DVD or video tape that is on certain cable channels (Discovery,for example).It contains a QAM digital tuner. Are you saying that the Magnovox MDR515H will not record the copyguarded channels,even to it's hard drive ? I do not intend to attempt to make DVD copies,just time shift programming.I know,of course,the DVRs provided by the cable company will do this with all channels provided.
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Not sure Thomas, I returned the system due to some issues with exporting footage of the DVR. However, when I was testing this system, it did seem like as long as you had a long enough cable, the system captures (but not exports) fine.
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I hooked the PETHRV HDMI direct from my set top box HDMI connention to the Portta PETHRV HDMI and then hooked the component (G/B/R) plugs to the Hauppage HD PVR and recorded programs to my computer without any problem. Hope this helps. I use Arc Soft TotalMedia program to record to my computer.
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I have cable and can record, but the playback on my has been a B---h, can't seem to get the speed of the recording to sync with the speed of the playback. Don't get what the problem is.....haven't figured it out!
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Thanks for the info. I bought the camcorder because the person for whom I bought it sent me a DVD produced on their equipment, and I was able to view it on both my computer and television. Does NTSC/PAL apply also to digital? I don't quite get all this.....
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This is inaccurate.PAL discs are converted by the player. I have one and tested it soon after it arrived. It works flawlessly on my NTSC-only TV.This player will play literally almost ANYTHING. Format, code, region, you name it.
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The camera I have is NTSC only. A PAL model may be available but I am not aware of it.
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no. its the signal sent thru the cable to your panasonic dvd recorder. but it must be a very good cable. not the one like the old black cable companies used. if quality doesn't matter as you view your recorded event. you be the judge of that. or another thing its similar with rca cables that comes with your unit. a tad better.
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Thank you both. I will look hard at a machine like the DR570, as I am not on cable, only antenna. Right now I get a good picture on my old Sony (non-HD) TV, using a cheap converter box. If I can get rid of the converter box, and record off the HD antenna signal with a tuner built in then that's the way for me to go. Thanks again for helping me make up my mind. Now to figure which device is the best for a reasonalble price..............R