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Perth, Western Australia
http://www.salesmart.com.au
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These are out in the UK next month. As we in Australia follow the UK
we are very likely to get the new EX77 and EX87 which are about $100
more than the EX75/85 models. Having a look at what these new
recorders look like and they are now in a black casing which looks
nicer but if I was buying now I'd want USB2 or eSATA support for
external drives.

If I was waiting to buy I'd prefer to be looking at the new Pioneer
DVD Recorders that can record to an external eSATA drive which also
have digital tuners in them.

Panasonic DMR-EX87 Features
HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) for direct connection to a
Plasma/LCD/Projector
Dual Layer Recording
Digital Freeview tuner built in with RF pass through
New HDAVI (allows you to control Panasonic equipment connected via
HDMI)
Up-scales resolution to 1080p
Plays pre-recorded DVD's & CD's
250GB HDD for 443 recording hours (EP Mode)
Super Multi-Format Recording & Playback of all DVD formats
4x Natural Gradation
2x LP Horizontal Resolution (500 Lines)
1 Second Quick Start for Recording
2 ch DVD-Audio Playback
Photo storage and quick view with SD card slot
Chasing playback allows you to watch the start of a program while
still recording it
Non-linear editing
MP3 / JPEG Playback (CD/DVD)
Simultaneous playback while recording is possible (DVD-RAM)
MPEGII Movie recording and playback with SD card slot
Quick recording function automatically finds the blank part of the
disc
Built-in time base corrector that delivers highly stable, natural
images
Front A/V input
DV input
Full SCART 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
PAL & NTSC Progressive Scan Output