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The Panasonic DMR-HS2 DVD / HDD Recorder The Panasonic DMRHS2 DVD / HDD Recorder

The Panasonic DMR-HS2 DVD-R / DVD-RAM / HDD Recorder
 

Dolby Digital 5.1   DTS 5.1
Digital Out   Digital Out

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The DMR-HS2 is one of the first DVD recorders to feature a built in hard disc drive, a home recording playback dream in one box
Plays pre-recorded DVD's & CD's
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
Firewire (i-link) DV input
Videoplus+
Playback programs recorded to DVD-RAM or HDD while watching another program on DVD-RAM or HDD
Internal 40GB HD for time shifting
High speed transfer (22 Mbps) to and from HDD to DVD-RAM
When transferring at 1x speed 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 6 hours per DVD-RAM disc
Quick recording function automatically finds the blank part of the disc
Variable Data rate and variable resolution settings
Disc navigation thumbnail chapter view
PCMCIA PC Card upgrade slot (SD Card reader for JPEG still transfers is one of the possibilities)
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
 

Supporting Products
DVD-R 4.7GB


DVD-RAM 4.7GB (No caddy)


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


Panasonic LM-AD240
DVD-RAM 9.4GB (With caddy)

The Panasonic DMR-HS2 DVD-R / DVD-RAM / HDD Recorder

Panasonic DMR HS2 Connection Table
  AUDIO VIDEO
  Analogue Digital          
 
Line		 Optical
Optical
Coaxial
Component		 S-Video
S-Video
Composite		 SCART
EURO-SCART		 DV
DV
Inputs 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 (With RGB iN/OUT) 1(IN)
Outputs 1 1 0 0 1 1  


The Panasonic DMR-HS2 DVD-R / DVD-RAM / HDD Recorder
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Specifications for the Panasonic DMRHS2
Playable discs DVD-RAM:12cm (4.7GB/9.4GB), 8cm (2.8GB)
DVD-R: 12cm 4.7GB for General Ver. 2.0
DVD Video. CD-Audio. Video CD CD-R/RW
Recording lengths
Video recording mode Bitrate
(Aprrox)		 HDD DVD-RAM/R (one side) DVD-RAM (both sides)
XP 10Mbps 8.5 hour 1 hour 2 hour
SP 5Mbps 17 hour 2 hour 4 hour
LP 2.5Mbps 34 hour 4 hour 8 hour
EP 1.7Mbps 52 hour 6 hour 12 hour
FR 1.7-10Mbps N/A 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
Power source AC230V 50 / 60Hz
Power consumption 39w (2w in standby)
External size Width 430mm
Height 79mm
Depth 308 mm 
Weight 4.5kg

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