looking to replace a panasonic DMR -E50 any ideas?

[edmond]

i have a panny e50 which i am lookin to replace
reson
A it is slow at loading up dvds
B picky on media dvd and dvd-ram
c is not multi region unless i buy a remote.

any ideas would be welcome.

[lordsmurf]

What do you want to record on it? What features are required?

[edmond]

just need it to record the odd tv show play divx and put my home videos on dvd.
could pick up a phillips 3380 for £45.00
i do like the time slip function on the panasoinc

[edmond]

i am also starting to have problems reading dvd-ram

[lordsmurf]

I recently purchased the Philips 3575 and am liking it. It's only good at SP mode, like the Panasonic would have been, but the image is quite a bit cleaner than a Panasonic was. It does DIVX, has a 160GB hard drive, and a SDTV/QAM tuner (I can record widescreen HD content, in 720x480i, on a DVD). I've got it connected to my HDTV and I'm happy with it. It was $300 at Walmart.