Panasonic or Pioneer DVD recorder with HDD

[jackedup]

I have had two pioneer DVD recorders with hard drives and two Panaoonic DVD recorders without hard drives. I really like the Panasonics at the time except for the blocks in fast moving scenes. I haven't used a Panaonic for a couple of years now so don't know if they have fixed that problem or not.

I want to buy a new one and have been looking at the DVR650 Pioneer and the Panaonic DMR-EH55, but not sure which one to buy. I like the fact that the Panasonic as an SD slot as I have a Panasonic Dgitial Camera as well. I like the manual recording speed selections with the Pioneer and also the 250GB hard drive. The Panasonic is about $100 more than the Pioneer

Of course the primary consideration is picture quality.

Would like to hear some opinions and pros and cons, or do you think I should be looking at other brands?

Thanks

[RabidDog]

What are your viewing habits, source additional factors??
LG
philips
pioneer
panasonic
sony

yamazuki

[RabidDog]

Panasonic ex95 250gb
or LX01

[jackedup]

What are your viewing habits, source additional factors??
LG
philips
pioneer
panasonic
sony

yamazuki

Well I record a lot of movies from satellite, and do a lot of VHS transfers.

Other then that it will be used for daily recordings of shows.

[handyguy]

Is Pioneer still making them?

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdrecorders

[Seeker47]

Is Pioneer still making them?

Yes, but not for the U.S. market.

[Sean Nelson]

I like the fact that the Panasonic as an SD slot as I have a Panasonic Dgitial Camera as well.

Does it also support SDHC (SD High Capacity)? If not, it may already be obsolete as all the new SD-style digital cameras and all SD-style memory cards beyond 2GB need to use this newer standard.

[handyguy]

philips has a dvd recorder with a ATSC & ntsc tuner, plays divx, 160 gig HD (?) under $300 at walmart.