DVR Recorder with Hard Drive advice - Is Panasonic e50s good with 811?

[ride525]

Merry Christmas to me - Is Panasonic DMR-EH-50S for me?


My father wants to buy me a DVR recorder with hard drive, and I would like your help to decide if the Panasonic DMR-EH-50S is the best one for me. I see it at Circuit City for $349 right now.

I have a Dish Network 811 High Definition receiver and would be recording both 16:9 programming and 4:3 programming. I realize that the 16:9 programming would not be in high definition, but I would like it to fill my screen (Samsung 50" DLP television).

I may also copy a few VHS tapes over, but that is not a big thing I would guess.

Should I pull the plug on the Panasonic EH-50S at Circuit City or is there something else I should consider?

Thanks in advance,

Jeff

 

[dfergie]

I have an old E-30 that works fine archiving from a 921 and a D* HD receiver... No HDD in it but using RAM discs can edit just fine...

 

[BrettTRay]

I have a 811 hooked up to a Pioneer DVR-210. It works great except I don't like how 16:9 programs look on it. I wish it would send 16:9 programs the way the are supposed to be on S-Video on the 811.

 

[dfergie]

For an idea on how it will look check this thread http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=48883&page=3

 

[ride525]

Thanks dfergie, posted a question on the link you provided about how you got the picture on full screen, and whether it was cut off on the right and left sides.

Thanks

 

[dfergie]

Np...