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The Panasonic DMR-E500 DVD / HDD Recorder The Panasonic DMR-E500 DVD / HDD Recorder

The Panasonic DMR-E500 DVD-R / DVD-RAM / HDD Recorder
 

Dolby Digital 5.1   DTS 5.1
Digital Out   Digital Out

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 DMR-E700
Panasonic DMRE500
Plays pre-recorded DVD's & CD's
Built in analogue TV tuner
Ethernet connection for networking
View stills and watch programs that you have recorded via PC networking (MPEG4 & JPEG ONLY)
Link two or more DMR-E500's via network and watch recorded programs across the network.
 DVD-A (5.1) playback
 Built-in Dolby Digital and DTS Decoders 
MP3 Playback
Records on DVD-RAM & DVD-R Video Blank Media
Will make discs that will play in most existing DVD players (DVD-R only)
Uses VBR (Variable Bit Rate) Technology to maintain high picture quality
Videoplus+
Playback programs recorded to DVD-RAM or HDD while watching another program on DVD-RAM or HDD
Internal 400GB HD for time shifting
High speed transfer from HDD to DVD-RAM (x5) & DVD-R (x8)
When transferring from HDD to DVD-RAM or DVD-R, formats can be re-encoded eg XP mode > EP mode)
Allows non-linear editing to transfer to DVD-RAM and from DVD-RAM to HDD
Playback while recording even at high bit rates (HDD and DVD-RAM)
Uses the single layer 4.7GB DVD-R (once only) system and DVD-RAM 4.7Gb systems
Records in real-time using MPEGII compression-Up to 8 hours per disc
Quick recording function automatically finds the blank part of the disc
Variable Data rate and variable resolution settings
Disc navigation thumbnail chapter view
Built-in time base corrector that delivers highly stable, natural images
Front A/V input
Full RGB in and out
Flexible recording mode allows you to manually a time for recording and the player will set the best possible bit rate for that time, say 1 hour 15 minutes to fill a disc
Can record and playback NTSC and PAL
Progressive Scan (PAL & NTSC)
Firewire (i-Link) DV input
SD Card Reader for JPEG, TIFF and MPEG4 playback
Converts MPEG2 recordings to MPEG4
Simultaneous MPEG4 recording
PCMCIA PC Card upgrade slot for using other types of memory cards

Supporting Products
DVD-R 4.7GB


Panasonic LM-AF120
DVD-RAM 4.7GB (Without caddy)


Panasonic LM-AB120
DVD-RAM 4.7GB (With caddy)


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The Panasonic DMR-E500 DVD / HDD Recorder

Panasonic DMR E500 Connection Table
  AUDIO VIDEO
  Analogue Digital            
 
Line
Optical
Coaxial
Component
S-Video
Composite		 The Pioneer DV-340 DVD Player Scart
SCART
Ethernet
DV
Inputs 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 (With RGB IN/OUT) 1 1
Outputs 1 1 0 1 1 1    


 

Specifications for the Panasonic DMRE500
Recording Types DVD-R 8x speed, DVD-RAM 2.8 + 4.7 + 9.4GB, HDD
Playback Formats DVD-R/+R, DVD-RAM 2.8 + 4.7 + 9.4GB, DVD-V, DVD-A 5.1, VCD, CDR, MP3
Recording lengths
Video recording mode Bitrate
(Aprrox)		 HDD
Approx 		DVD-RAM/R (one side) DVD-RAM (both sides)
XP 10Mbps 89
hours 		1 hour 2 hour
SP 5Mbps 177 hours 2 hour 4 hour
LP 2.5Mbps 355 hours 4 hour 8 hour
EP 1Mbps 709 hours 8 hour 16 hour
FR 1.7-10Mbps ? hour FR Flexible recording mode
60 to 360 min. (4.7GB)
SCART Connections (Switchable) AV1 Composite IN/ RGB or S-Video or composite OUT
AV2 RGB or S-Video or composite IN/ Composite OUT
Video Recording system MPEG2 (Hybrid-VBR)
Audio Recording system Dolby Digital 2ch (LPCM for XP mode)
Video System PAL colour signal. 625 lines. 50 fields
NTSC colour. signal. 525 lines. 60 fields
Video D/A Converter 54MHz/10bit
Audio D/A Converter 192kHz/24bit
Power source AC230V 50 / 60Hz
Power consumption 38W (3w in standby)
DMRE500H Dimensions Width 430mm
Height 79mm
Depth 302mm 
Weight 5kg