Posted by J Brockley on 03/30/06 07:40

"Newbie" <newbie@no.spam> wrote in message
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> While attempting some Internet research, I came across this review of
> Panasonic DMR-ES10S DVD Recorder at shopzilla.com
>
> "If you must have a DVD recorder, this is it, I did a lot of research
> and it does all you need and works well...however, I still don't think
> they are there when comparing to VCR, I use my VCR to tape shows that I
> can't watch live...I like to be able to tape 8 hrs straight, so I have
> the shows to watch on the weekend when I'm back). No can do with this
> thing, and even the two hours that you can tape, when you are done, you
> actually have to re-format the DVD or erase it all, before you can use
> it again (compare that against, just hitting rewind in my VCR) and I
> see no advatanges over the VCR..."
>
> is this fair critique or is the writer confused?

Thats why you go for a hard drive model and get a real improvement over VCR.

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