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Panasonic DMR-ES20S
Created: 05/31/2006
Video description: Panasonic's entry-level DMR-ES20 DVD recorder offers excellent recording quality and easy camcorder dubbing, but its editing features fall short.

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Panasonic DMR-ES20S Review

Editors' rating

The good: Relatively inexpensive; excellent recording quality; chasing playback and quick-start recordings with DVD-RAM discs; easy-to-use menus; Flexible Recording mode; DV input for easy camcorder dubbing.

The bad: Inability to create chapter stops on +R/-R/-RW discs; no IR blaster for timed recordings.

The bottom line: Panasonic's entry-level DMR-ES20 DVD recorder offers excellent recording quality and easy camcorder dubbing, but its editing features fall short.

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Panasonic DMR-ES20S Specs

Manufacturer: Panasonic
Part number: DMR-ES20S

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