Panasonic DMR-E60 with 40 GB Hard Drive

[lacywest]

Okay guys ... since when did the DMR-E60 start including a 40 gig hard drive.

Ebay item removed [He emailed me ... asking me to remove the post ... so I'm editing it instead]

Description
This brand new Panasonic DVD-Video Recorder, DMR-E60, can record to both high-capacity DVD-RAM discs and DVD-R dics. DVD-RAM discs can be rewritten up to an incredible 100,000 times and come in the double-sided (9.4GB capacity) and single-sided (4.7GB) varieties in both cartridge (provides additional protection) and non-cartridge types, all of which can be used with the recorders. DVD-RAM discs can be played back on our DVD-RAM-compatible DVD home player and portable players. DVD-R discs are write-once and can be played on most consumer DVD players. You can automatically records an episode of a specified TV show either every day or every week directly onto the hard disk, with the most recent episode being recorded right over the previous one Simultaneous Recording and Playback is the second part of our Time Slip feature, Simultaneous Recording and Playback lets you record a program onto a disc while you're watching any other program that's previously been recorded on the same disc. Built-in Hard Disk Record and store up to 52 hours of programming (EP mode) on the built-in 40 GB hard disk. These recordings can also be transferred from the hard disk toDVD-RAM or DVD-R discs. The DVD Recorder checks the remaining disc space before recording onto a DVD-RAM or DVD-R disc. And if there's not enough space, your entire program gets recorded onto the hard disk. Photo Storage/Viewer (for SD/PC Card Slots) By putting an SD memory card from a digital still camera into the built-in SD card slot and/or PC card slot6 on select DVD recorders, you can transfer JPEG or TIFF7 images to the DVD recorder and view them on your TV. Once in the recorder, you can organize the images into folders and create photo albums that you can store on a DVD-RAM disc or hard drive 8.

Who can we contact ... false advertisement ... big time.

He isn't trying to bid it out ... only "Buy it Now"

Price: US $380.00

[Roll Tide]

A dead giveaway is that the remote is missing the HDD/DVD drive selection buttons (like the E80H has). What a fraud this guy is.

[bobinga]

seller has revised listing description. I suspect he is not trying to scam anyone.

[Cyrax9]

He probably bought it at www.walmart.com -- seriously!

I had a friend who was looking into DVD Recorders and asked me about the E60 and all of it's features, hwe mentioned 8.5GB Double-0SIded Disc capacity the Hard Drive and everything else this guy had in his auction, likewise the price he gave me from Wal*Mart opnline was VERY SIMILAR if not IDENTICAL to what this guy is selling!

My guess is he ripped his information off of the Wal*Mart website which is loaded with misinformation on this unit (according to Wal*Mart's site the E60 DOES DO evrything this guy mentioned in the initial report!) and then decided to sell it on eBay only to realize.. he didn't get what he was expecting!

Case in point: INSPECT YOUR RECORDER, RESEARCH YOUR ERECORDER and KNOW WHAT YOUR BUYING before you plunk down your cash!

My guess is that Panasonic PLANNED a lot more than they offered and a few retailers got BS descriptions for the E60 and then people picked them up, opened them and sold them after, say two uses to make sure they worked, and now there are a bunch of bogus specs floating around.

Face it, Panasopnic hasn't been too good with keeping on top of retailer errors on their merchandise, I had to call them BEFORE I bought my HS2 to make sure it wa what I wanted back in 2002, and I'd say this guy had a similar dillemma, except he accidently got the same misinformation Wal*Mart online uses for said recorder.

Unless Panasonic has REALLY ALTERED the E60, this is just a pure list of errors that PROBABLY was meant for the E80 or another Panny unit, I've seen the E60 with E80 specs a few times myself, makes me wonder if they really DID change it.

[Cyrax9]

He probably bought it at www.walmart.com -- seriously!

I had a friend who was looking into DVD Recorders and asked me about the E60 and all of it's features, hwe mentioned 8.5GB Double-0SIded Disc capacity the Hard Drive and everything else this guy had in his auction, likewise the price he gave me from Wal*Mart opnline was VERY SIMILAR if not IDENTICAL to what this guy is selling!

My guess is he ripped his information off of the Wal*Mart website which is loaded with misinformation on this unit (according to Wal*Mart's site the E60 DOES DO evrything this guy mentioned in the initial report!) and then decided to sell it on eBay only to realize.. he didn't get what he was expecting!

Case in point: INSPECT YOUR RECORDER, RESEARCH YOUR ERECORDER and KNOW WHAT YOUR BUYING before you plunk down your cash!

My guess is that Panasonic PLANNED a lot more than they offered and a few retailers got BS descriptions for the E60 and then people picked them up, opened them and sold them after, say two uses to make sure they worked, and now there are a bunch of bogus specs floating around.

Face it, Panasopnic hasn't been too good with keeping on top of retailer errors on their merchandise, I had to call them BEFORE I bought my HS2 to make sure it wa what I wanted back in 2002, and I'd say this guy had a similar dillemma, except he accidently got the same misinformation Wal*Mart online uses for said recorder.

Unless Panasonic has REALLY ALTERED the E60, this is just a pure list of errors that PROBABLY was meant for the E80 or another Panny unit, I've seen the E60 with E80 specs a few times myself, makes me wonder if they really DID change it.

[lacywest]

Oh man ... my eyes hurt ... am I seeing double ... LOL.

Lay off the caffeine and get some sleep.

Oh by the way ... I contacted him ...

here is his reply ... LOL

from: email removed by request
Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #

"ohh ok. I actually did write the description wrong.
thanks"

I guess you guys ... are bugging him ... he sent me an email ... asking me to delete this post. I told him I can't delete it but I can edit it.

He was polite in asking me. So ... what info was here is now gone.

[handyguy]

Lots of people buy them thinking they can copy commerical dvds, but they can't so they take them back to the store.

[lacywest]

Lots of people buy them thinking they can copy commerical dvds, but they can't so they take them back to the store.

Which is good for us ... because eventually these units end up on Ebay ... eeehhhhaaaaa .... cheaper ... than buying one new.