The 480p signal of the tuner is then upconverted to 720p, 1080i or 1080p for output to an HDTV-enabled display device. It is a standard definition ATSC digital tuner, which means it can tune in channels digitally and even supports widescreen 16:9 broadcasts, just not in HD resolutions. The EZ-27's remote lacks backlighting, but its button layout is intuitive and easy to get used to.Īlthough the recorder does support HDMI output resolutions up to 1080p, the internal digital tuner is actually limited to 480p so it's not technically an HDTV tuner. I set the HDMI output to 1080i to match the input resolution of our Panasonic plasma, set the screen shape to 16:9 and that was about it for the set-up. And the auto-channel search found about 15 analog and 18 digital channels coming in via our roof UHF/VHF antenna, also in less than 5 minutes. The unit found the clock signal embedded on the local PBS channel less than 5 minutes after being plugged in (and before I had even powered it on). This process on the Panasonic was remarkably quick. When the search is finished, you can manually delete any channels you don't watch or which aren't coming in well. The tuner will search both analog (VHF/UHF) and digital bands to find channels.
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Features and ErgonomicsĪs with just about any product that includes a tuner, the first step is to plug in your antenna (or cable TV cable) and allow the recorder to find local channels. As to how it manages to do that, read on. After recording (and finalizing), discs recorded on this player can then be played back on the unit itself or on virtually any other DVD player. And it will allow you to record programs onto any kind of blank DVD (DVD-RAM, +/-R, +/-RW) including higher capacity dual layer blank DVDs. Its built-in ATSC tuner will access any of your locally broadcast digital channels (standard def or high def), over the air or on cable, now and into the foreseeable future.
Panasonic's DMR-EZ27 DVD Recorder is their first to feature a digital (ATSC) tuner. And yes, there are going to be a WHOLE LOT of "flashing 12:00s" on that dark day when the time codes built into over-the-air analog broadcasts suddenly disappear - POOF! Oh, you'll still be able to record from a cable box or external set-top box, but you will no longer be able to tune in your shows and record them directly onto a hard drive, DVD or tape without the help of an external tuner.
In 2009, when the FCC has mandated that analog TV broadcasts go offline, all of the standard NTSC tuners built into today's DVD recorders, TVs and VCRs will be obsolete.
If you're wondering why they'd include a digital (ATSC) tuner on a standard definition recorder, well it can be summed up in two words: future proof. It features HDMI upconversion of DVDs and internal broadcasts up to 720p, 1080i or even 1080p resolution. The DMR-EZ27 DVD player/recorder is in the middle of Panasonic's new line-up, ringing in at $249.99 MSRP. But then I heard Panasonic was releasing a DVD recorder with a built-in digital (ATSC) tuner, as well as 1080p upconversion via HDMI and I decided it was time to give non-hard-drive based DVD recorders another chance. Once you've experienced the simplicity of hard drive video recording and editing, it's hard to go back to recording on capacity-challenged removable media. One Small Step For Pan(asonic) Normally I wouldn't give a DVD recorder without a built-in hard-drive a second look.
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