Panasonic DMRES10 at Comet

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pauljs

30-12-2005

Originally Posted by bignev:
“The latest NEC DVD writers should also read DVD-RAM discs. But I have seen that some drives that are "DVD-RAM compatible" may not be able to read the exact format that the Panasonic recorders use. Do some research if you have problems or want to buy a new writer!”

LG make very cheap multi format DVD writers that play Ram disks

TMPGenc 3.0 Xpress will convert files from the panasonic recorders to dvd files for copying to DVD-R

bignev

31-12-2005

Thanks for that info. I can't remember where, but somewhere it seemed to say that certain writers can't read the files off the Panny -RAM discs.

Abdul

01-01-2006

Originally Posted by Zaphod_B:
“...Also bought a pack of 50 Philips DVD-R (4.7GB, 120 min, 1-8x speed) from Staples and it writes those fine too

Only thing I'm not too impressed with is the time it takes to 'read' the discs after closing the drawer (approaching 1 min) ”

Spooky... the exact ones I bought, and from the same store too - £17 a spindle. That'll teach me to save money, eh

I exchanged them for some Verbatim 16x DVD-R, and 4x DVD-RW instead and have had no problems since.

Zaphod_B

01-01-2006

Originally Posted by Abdul:
“Spooky... the exact ones I bought, and from the same store too - £17 a spindle. That'll teach me to save money, eh

I exchanged them for some Verbatim 16x DVD-R, and 4x DVD-RW instead and have had no problems since.”

Hi Abdul,

Do you have any problems playing finalized discs in players other than the DMR-ES10?

Zaph

annieb

01-01-2006

Originally Posted by tubluv:
“Comet have the ES20D freeview version as well at £200.”

Currys' Web Exclusive price for the DMRES20D is currently £154.95 for a Region 2 machine.

russellelly

01-01-2006

Originally Posted by annieb:
“Currys' Web Exclusive price for the DMRES20D is currently £154.95 for a Region 2 machine.”

If you go into a Currys store they'll usually match the web-price too. That's a great price, same as I paid for my R2 ES10 a few months ago.

dale.dharrison@

03-01-2006

I managed to get one of these for £104 (not Multi-Region) just before Christmas. Dixons on Fargate Sheffield closing down and offered an extra 20% off.

Abdul

04-01-2006

Originally Posted by Zaphod_B:
“Hi Abdul,

Do you have any problems playing finalized discs in players other than the DMR-ES10?

Zaph”

No, I've had no further problems!

I tried both the Verbatim 16x DVD-R and 4x DVD-RW in my Playstation 2, and they both worked fine after finalising.

(My PS2 is the last of the chunky ones, model number SCPH-50003, which has better DVD playback support than earlier PS2s)

Abdul

swanny65

04-01-2006

abdul

thanks for the info on the verbatum discs. i got a cyberhome dvdr for xmas from asda and cant get it to finalise any discs correctly. looking at my alternative (cheap) options this panasonic model appears well reviewed. have you tried your finalised disc in any dvd players other than your ps2

swanny

Zaphod_B

04-01-2006

Originally Posted by Abdul:
“No, I've had no further problems!

I tried both the Verbatim 16x DVD-R and 4x DVD-RW in my Playstation 2, and they both worked fine after finalising.

(My PS2 is the last of the chunky ones, model number SCPH-50003, which has better DVD playback support than earlier PS2s)

Abdul”

I never thought of trying the DMR-ES10 finalized discs in my daughter's PS2!!!

Thanks for the idea. Will check this out.

It'll help pin down whether it is the Sony being 'picky' or whether the Panny has done something 'wierd' when finalizing the discs!

Cheers

Zaph

Abdul

05-01-2006

Originally Posted by swanny65:
“abdul

thanks for the info on the verbatum discs. i got a cyberhome dvdr for xmas from asda and cant get it to finalise any discs correctly. looking at my alternative (cheap) options this panasonic model appears well reviewed. have you tried your finalised disc in any dvd players other than your ps2

swanny”

Yes, I finalised one each of the Verbatim 16x DVD-Rs and the 4x DVD-RWs, and they played back successfully in my Philips DVP524 player.

Now, what's interesting is that the Philips DVP524 makes no mention at all of DVD-R support (only DVD+R and DVD+RW, for licensing purposes I guess) but it didn't have any problems reading the discs once they'd been finalised.

Abdul

06-01-2006

Originally Posted by dale.dharrison@:
“I managed to get one of these for £104 (not Multi-Region) just before Christmas. Dixons on Fargate Sheffield closing down and offered an extra 20% off. ”

That explains what happened to all the decent kit!

I went in there just after Christmas, and there wasn't much left for sale except batteries and inkjet cartridges

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