Panasonic DMR-EH55S DVD Recorder

Find and Record Your Favorite Programs Easily with TV Guide On Screen™
Your hectic schedule isn't always compatible with TV program schedules, so being able to quickly locate your favorite shows and record them for later viewing is important. The TV Guide On Screen™ Electronic Program Guide lets you easily find your favorite programs and set up your DVD recorder to record them unattended. Explore program listings up to 8 days in advance, searching by genre or keyword to help narrow down your choices. Once you've found what you want in the listings, simply select the program and your DVD recorder will automatically begin recording at the preset time.

Super Multi-Format Recording and Playback—Record and Play Almost Anything
Incredibly versatile and format friendly, this DVD recorder can record to and play back just about any DVD you can throw at it. Specifically, it can record to and play back DVD-R/-RW/-RAM/+R/+RW discs. It can also play back many more disc formats, including: DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, DVD-R(dual layer), DVD+R(dual layer), CD, CD-DA, and CD-R/RW(including MP3, JPEG, and DivX files). With a Panasonic DVD recorder, never think twice about what disc you need.

Record with Twice the Resolution
This DVD recorder can record an amazing 500 lines of horizontal resolution in LP Mode, which is twice the 250 lines of resolution offered by conventional LP Mode recording. What does this mean? It means that you can fit up to 4-hours of recordings on one DVD (4.7GB capacity) and still enjoy the crisp, vibrant images with exceptional detail that 500 lines of horizontal resolution deliver.

High Definition (1080i/720p) Up-Conversion with HDMI—Upgrade Your DVDs
When connected to an HDMI-compatible TV via an HDMI cable, this DVD recorder can up-convert the DVD content that youre watching to 720p or 1080i resolution (depending on your TVs display capability) so you can enjoy beautiful, high-quality imagery in near high definition.

Watch and Record At the Same Time
You sit down to watch this week's episode of your favorite show and realize that you never got around to watching your recording of last week's episode. Not a problem with Time Slip™, featuring simultaneous record and play. Select this week's episode in the program guide, start recording, and as it records you can watch your recording of last week's episode.

What if you set up your DVD recorder to record a movie from 8:00 to 10:00 while you're out, but dinner was faster than you expected and you get home early? With our Chasing Playback feature, you don't have to wait for the program to finish recording in order to watch it. You can begin watching the portion of the program that has already been saved while the DVD recorder continues recording the remainder of the program.

Avoid Accidentally Recording Over A Program
If you own a VCR, it's almost certain that at some point someone has accidentally recorded over a movie or show that you wanted to keep. One-Touch Record will save your favorite programs from the same fate by automatically scanning the disc for blank space before starting the recording process. No more worries that your favorite sitcom's season finale will be overwritten by a family member's Sunday fishing show.

Browse Through Your Recordings Using Thumbnails
You and your family are sure to enjoy the convenience of your DVD recorder so much that you'll have a large library of recordings in no time. Keeping track of all those programs would be difficult if it weren't for our enhanced Direct Navigator, which displays thumbnails of every program on the disc as you browse, making it easy to identify the contents of each recording.

Built-In 200GB2 Hard Disk Recorder
The massive capacity of the built-in hard disk means you'll have plenty of space to record shows for everyone in the house. Record lots of programming, figure out what you want to keep, then move it to DVD in minutes for long-term storage.

Film-Like Image Quality
The goal of any playback device should be accurate reproduction of the original content. In the case of DVDs, most of that content is film-based. Utilizing advanced progressive scan3 playback techniques and very accurate MPEG video decoders, this DVD recorder provides an image that faithfully represents the image you see at your favorite movie theater.

COMPATIBILITY:  Yes
Recordable Disc Type  DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Multi-Format Playback (Playable Disc Type)  DVD: DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-R (DL), DVD-R (DivX files), DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R (DL), DVD+RW
CD: CD (CDDA), Video CD, CD-R/RW (including MP3, JPEG, and DivX files)
DVD-RAM Video Playback Capability  Yes
SD Card Playable File Formats  Still Picture: JPEG & TIFF
Video: MPEG2
DVD-R Playback 1 Capability  Yes
CD-R/RW Playback 2  Yes
MP3 Playback 3 Capability  Yes
CONVENIENCE:  Yes
EZ Sync™ HDAVI Control  Yes, via HDMI interface
Time Slip Function  Chasing Playback
Simultaneous Record and Play
Time SlipTM Button
TV Guide On ScreenTM Program Guide 4  Yes
Built-in VCR  No
Built-in Hard Disk Drive  200GB—stores up to 355 hours of programming in EP (8H) mode
One-Touch Record and Play  Yes
1 Second Quick Start  Yes, using DVD-RAM discs or the built-in hard drive
Rapid Random Access, Recording and Playback  Yes, with Hard Drive and DVD-RAM discs
Playlist Playback  Yes
Direct Navigator  Yes
Selectable Recording Modes  XP/SP/LP/EP/FR
Quick View  Yes
Flexible Recording (FR Mode)  Yes
Bilingual Recording  Yes, Hard Disk and DVD-RAM disc only
VIDEO:  Yes
2x LP Horizontal Resolution Recording  Yes, records 500 lines of horizontal resolution in LP mode
VHS Refresh Dubbing to DVD  Yes
4x Natural Gradation  Yes
Progressive Scanning  Yes
Horizontal Resolution  More than 500 lines
INPUT/OUTPUT:  Yes
HDMI Interface  Yes
DV Input Terminal  Yes
Built-in SD Card Slot  Yes
A/V Inputs  S-Video Inputs: 3 (1 front)
Composite Video Inputs: 3 (1 front)
Audio L/R Inputs: 3 (1 front)
RF Inputs: 1 (VHF/UHF)
2ch Audio Out  x2
Component Video Out (Y, PB, PR)  Yes
S-Video Outputs  2
Composite Video Outputs  Yes
Optical Digital Output for DTS® & Dolby Digital® Surround Sound  Yes
Digital Audio Out  Optical (Dolby Digital, DTS, and PCM)
OTHER:  Yes
Power Source  AC 120V, 60Hz
Power Consumption  33W (13.5 in standby mode)
Remote Control  Universal (TV/DVD)
Color  Silver
Dimensions (H x W x D)  25/16'' x 1615/16'' x 13''
Weight  9.24 lbs