Panasonic DMR-BWT735
peteques
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Hi all,
Has anyone got a Panasonic DMR-BWT735 or know much about it. I'm thinking of getting one so wanting a non biased opinion lol. I need to connect to old CRT TV - is this possible with this unit - scart to scart?
Thx Pete
Has anyone got a Panasonic DMR-BWT735 or know much about it. I'm thinking of getting one so wanting a non biased opinion lol. I need to connect to old CRT TV - is this possible with this unit - scart to scart?
Thx Pete
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It even says in the manual that it cannot be connected to a TV without HDMI.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/hdmi-to-scart
Dave
To try to botch things up with a converter is going to look dreadful on a crt tv and it my not allow it to display bluray dur to hdcp issues .
Agreed. What's the point of spending £400 on a new decent bit of kit to play and record HD/BluRay and to then pair it with an old CRT non HD TV?.
You may as well stick with your existing DVD recorder, or buy the DVD model rather than the BluRay model.
To iangrad - what did you mean if I can still get one? Theyre fairly new arent they and still in stock?
To captain and ian again - I agree entirely - a new TV would be better - but due to family (children bumping into TV etc) I need for a while to stay with hefty stable CRT even though I know I could probably stabilise a flat screen somehow.
Ive priced panasonice dvd recorder up (old one broken captain thats why I need something new) and best price is 270 for a 320gb hard drive. Best price on the panasonic blu ray recorder is 350 for 1TB hard drive. This seems to me to be better value. What you think?
Has anyone done what dave suggests and use hdmi to scart converters? If it works for time being I can get better TV later.
Thx again for all your help - Pete
Unfortunately this is no longer listed by pana you will have to rely on the stock some dealers bought in a while ago . If there is to be a replacement there is no info at the moment . Get one while you can LOL
Wow they were listed by pana last week but you are right - no listing now! I wonder why they have stopped doing them - any probs with them I wonder? Thx Pete
There may be no direct like for like replacement ? but who knows . If you fancy a new recorder I doubt if any new model would have a real game changing feature - with the one proviso that the new Pana TV range has the new type of guide that allows you to go back in time and link to iplayer , Itv player & 4od etc . Don't know that a recorder would benefit from this ?
Wall mount your new TV to prevent the kids from messing with it ! --- you know that TV that you will need to go with your recorder LOL
It may just be they are about to launch new models.
But equally, with everyone else pretty much pulling out of that market, it could be Panasonic are dropping the machines entirely to concentrate solely on Freeview+HD recorders with no DVD or BluRay recorder drives built in.
Or they could even be dropping those types of machines entirely and have no PVRs at all going forward. Nearly everyone else has pulled out of the market too. Toshiba, Sony, Digitalstream, Philips, Sagemcom, TVOnics etc. have all either pulled out of the Freeview +HD PVR market or are continuing to produce models that are getting long in the tooth, with no updated models on the horizon.
The only decent company left continuing to produce new, updated models is Humax. Vestel are still in the market too, but their machines are sold under various names for the likes of Argos, and each new model seems to produce more problems and issues than the last model.
It wouldn't surprise me if the Panasonic models talked about here are the last ones they produce.
From the looks if it the only difference to the 735 seems to be that 4K upscaling.
If I had the money I'd just stick to the 735.
If we are still talking about the 735 then Amazon, Richer Sounds And JL are still doing them.
It will delete a whole folder of files with one button press and about 30 times faster than any Humax..
The Multiple Delete in Editing is silky smooth and we now have 5 minutes of the Crufts Dog Show out of hours recorded..
The are NINE Conversion Formats within the device and a bonus for me is that..
it reads Unfinalised DVDs and RWs made on other Pan recorders..
Reads and writes Dvd RAM too..and for a real treat,,
Only at the weekend.. I switched on an old laptop and was astonished to see the Full Folders for all the recorded progs on the machine. and they play a treat.. alos all Channels are available..
Icing on cake if i could copy my home made videos across the Network ...Is this likely please?
Ta.
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they are classified as 'Drama'..however..
I was surprised to find that without doing anything ..other than plug in a cable ..she will be able to watch her Soaps in HD on the TV and I will be able to at the same time watch my Science HD ones etc on my cheap Lappy on the couch ..in the Lounge with her... in the evenings..earphones obviously..
The Lappy picture seems very good..poss not HD..How can I tell how good it is?
I cannot find any information in the Manual.
Hi stanandjan
I've recently purchased a 735 and haven't even discovered all the features you mentioned.
I'm still trying to get to grips with trying to record my old videos/LG DVD recorder recordings to the new hard drive.
I've managed to connect the old DVD recorder to the 735 via the scart lead (and my old video recorder is connected to the LG so I can view my old video tapes via the LG) and it WILL record to the 735 hard drive. The only spanner in the works is that it is in black and white!
The problem lies with the 735, as I scarted (new word!) it to my sky box and that still comes through black and white. I've read the manual and it says to use a 21 pin scart lead, whereas mine are 20. I'm going to try this and see if it works.
So it possible to transfer your old videos/recordings etc onto the 735, if you don't mind no colour!
Any other suggestions from other members would be appreciated!
Thanks
NL
I've just been playing around with the 735 settings.
No 21 scart pin lead needed, as I went into the AV settings and changed the S-video option to just Video. Now it's coming through in colour!
I can now record all my old videos onto the 1TB capacity on the 735, edit them and stick them on a USB or DVD.
NL
If I'd seen your first post early enough that is exactly what I would have suggested doing. S-Video over SCART is a bodge. S-Video uses two signals, black & white and colour. The black and white component is fed via the Composite Video pin on SCART. The colour component is fed via one of the RGB pins.
If the device at one end is set to Composite Video and the other end to S-Video then you will get a black and white image.
What I would investigate is if the two devices at either end of the SCART can use RGB. That will give you better quality than the Composite Video you are currently using.