Panasonic DMR-T2020 DVD Recorder

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Panasonic has introduced the DMR-T2020, a DVD-R / DVD-RAM video DVD recorder that allows professionals unprecedented versatility in incorporating DVD capabilities into their video production system. 

The Panasonic DMR-T2020 can record real-time, broadcast-quality MPEG-2 digital video onto a removable DVD-R or DVD-RAM discs. Once recorded, the video is instantly accessible and ready to view without having to search, rewind or fast forward. The recorder allows users to easily navigate, edit scenes and create custom play lists of digital content on a DVD disc. The Panasonic DMRT2020 supports a super-fast data transfer rate of up to 22 Mbps and enables simultaneous recording and playback - an industry first in a DVD recorder.

The Panasonic DMR-T2020 allows users to make repeated recordings onto DVD-RAM discs and one-time-only recordings onto DVD-R (4.7GB/DVD-R for General Ver.2.0) discs. DVD-RAM offers in excess of 100,000-write/rewrite cycles. DVD-R General discs can be played back by most of the conventional DVD-Video players and DVD-ROM drives.

"With its vast storage capacity, incredible speed, random access memory, and writing/rewriting capability, the Panasonic DMR-T2020 is an ideal product when you need to record over and over again or to add additional content to the disc," said Yas Hirose, Product Manager, Panasonic Broadcast. "The corporate and education video applications for the Panasonic DMRT2020 are boundless."

The Panasonic DMR-T2020 combines DVD-Video capability with the ease of VCR operation. The recorder is equipped with a high-quality Real-Time Variable Bit Rate (VBR) MPEG-2 Encoder. Thanks to the unit's time base corrector, 3-D Y/C separation and 3-D digital noise reduction (DNR) circuitry, transferred video is capable of having better picture quality than the analog original.

The Panasonic DMR-T2020 offers four recording modes with record times of one, two, four, and six hours on a 4.7 GB DVD-R or DVD-RAM discs.  The record time double when using double-sided DVD-RAM media. Users can play DVD-R discs in the DVD-RAM or DVD-ROM drives of their laptop or desktop PC, making sharing discs with colleagues easy. 

In addition to recording new video content, the Panasonic DMR-T2020 allows users to transfer existing videotape recordings to space-saving DVD discs. High-quality digital copies of originally created video content can be used for an array of applications: weddings, education, events, training, sports, video kiosks, product demonstrations and entertainment. Video libraries can be archived, preserved, and easily catalogued and accessed. The recorder is playback-compatible with CD-Audio, Video CD, CD-Recordable (CD-R) and CD-Rewritable (CD-RW.

This product complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and will not make copies of Macrovision or any copyprotected  source materials

• Records onto DVD-RAM or DVD-R discs (DVD-R discs are compatible with most conventional DVD players)
• Supports playback of CD, Video CD, CD-R/RW formats
• High performance VBR MPEG-2 encoding and AC-3 Audio for high-quality video and audio
• Simultaneous recording and playback so you can record video while you're playing back previously recorded content
• Time Slip Playback allows you view content that you're currently recording from any point that's already been recorded
• Rearrange the order of scenes, skip over unwanted scenes, or copy selections -- and create custom playlists of favorite scenes on a disc
• Selectable recording modes and storage times: 1 hour (XP), 2 hours (SP), 4 hours (LP), 6 hours (EP) using single-sided DVD-RAM and DVD-R discs. (Double recording times available with 2-sided, 9.4GB DVD-RAM discs)
• Space saving storage media
• Composite I/O
• S-Video I/O
• Component output
• Grounded 3-pin power cord

Panasonic DMR-T2020 DVD Recorder Specifications