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"U99" Error Problem.Piece of junk, one can not do anything with this machine in presence of that error code.The Machine has not been even used for any rcording-brand new and I was using Panasonic Brand DVD-Ram.
I am technology-saavy, and even had a friend help me with the unit. No luck. Although I have called Panasonic and gotten assistance, after 4 weeks I am still unable to get the on-screen TV Guide to work. Programming recording without the TV Guide is fine, but that defeats the purpose of buying this machine.
Not only did I have to call them to help me with a problem, I frequently had to wait a long time (over 45 minutes) to get someone on the phone. Once I was talking to someone I either had a really bad experience or a so-so experince. In the year that I have had this model I have had to talk to Customer Support eight times. For the amount of technical trouble I have had with this machine, I would never buy another Panasonic product again.
The only thing that may be a problem is the sd slot. I used this to see a slide show of my pics from my digital camera. For the price and the not so technology enabled person, this is a great peice of equipment. The picture quality was not the best, but then this was only to review and edit my pics. Putting them on a disc, the picture quality is great. It was easy to set up and use. I am very happy with this product.
I have a Panasonic digital camera with a SD card so it is just plug and play. Sadly, TV Guide feature only work for antenna broadcasting and basic cable. It has an on-screen menu of the channels including title, time, info and the option to record. The have not:As an entry level recorder would mean this device have less of the advance input features. I have a Panasonic's HDTV for almost a year, a digital camera and they all are working fine with great results. The basic DVD-playback feature is just basic and limited. I use XP or SP mode (1-2hrs) for VCR transfer, and LP or EP mode (4-8hrs) for TV program.
There are no component inputs which mean you can't recorder from higher quality image. Recording TV programs through the antenna is simple, but the quality depends on your reception. The recorder is a 4-stars but the DVD playback is a 3.75-stars. No DV(firewire) input for newer digital camcorder. I use Verbatim's Digital Movie DVD-r at 4x and Panasonic's DVD-RAM, anything faster like 8x does not seem to work. The recording quality is great, which is almost the same or lesser then the original, but never better. I like Panasonic's pricing which is producing great quality for the price, but they leave out some of the more fancy features and style that Sony has that will jack up the prices.
There are so many option and setting to configure base on your needs. TV Guide is a simpler and free version to TiVo. DVD-r is more common then DVD+r. No hardrive for mix and match recording. Slow boot time, but that is true to most recorders.Panasonic quality is great. The progressive scan has a lot of settings to customize from, but my Toshisba's DVD is a little smoother.
The manual is simple to follow and understand to figure this complex device. The old Toshiba has many features as zoom, slow forward, display length of the DVD, which I have yet figure/found.
Very happy that I got to archive my old home VHS to DVD with great results.Great features:This is an excellent entry-level DVD-recorder. The SD card reader is a nice extra for this device.
The TV Guide feature is the reason to past over Panasonic cheaper brother the E55s which just have the VCR-plus feature. This is one of the most intelligence video devices I have own yet.
Digital cable and satellite users might have to invest more money into a TiVo recording device (lack of component input here). I transfer old VHS home video to this device and it was easy with excellent quality.
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