Major problem with Panasonic DMR-E20 :( (1 Viewer)

[Jim A. Banville]

Apparently, when recording to DVD-R's, the E20 makes the recording have a VERY light black level. You must either turn your BRIGHTNESS control WAY up on your TV to compensate or you must insert a "video processor" between the source and the E20 to substantially reduce the black level before the signal is recorded to the DVD-R. This problem doesn't occur with DVD-RAM. Anyone else having this problem or know of another solution? I consider this a major problem because I don't want to add a resolution losing device (that requires I expend even more money over the $800 price of the recorder) in the signal path, and I don't want to mis-adjust my display for playback of DVD-R's made on the E20 :frowning:

 

[Jim A. Banville]

I've had one person report that he has this problem too, and bought an expensive video processor to counteract the lightened black effect, but I've also heard from a couple people that say they don't see the problem. Anyone else with this player have experience with DVD-R's made on the E-20, played on other DVD players with positive results?

thanks

Jim