Panasonic DVD-RAMs (LM-AF120LU5) by Panasonic
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Digital camera reviews of Panasonic DVD-RAMs (LM-AF120LU5)
Digital camera Review: Perfect performance
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a rare item and I was only able to find it here at Amazon. The disks work so well that I have only had to replace one due to it being accidentally banged up. I think these disks will outlast my component since all I do is record missed shows and reuse it after watching them. I am not paying for a DVR fee just to catch a few missed shows. The 4 hour limit is a little drawback but I rarely watch more than 3 hours of TV a week anyway.Digital camera Review: RAM DVDs are great -- on suitable players!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
After only a limited exposure on a new Panasonic DVD recorder, I am a fan of the DVD RAM format. While I haven't had time to test the stated 100,000 time rewriting capability (and probably won't in my lifetime) I do appreciate the continuous editing capability, including the ability to create and title chapters after the initial recording. I can see why this is now the prefered format in Japan, and why it is so pervasive in Europe. I can only hope that it will catch on here. Until it does, be aware that there are only a few newer DVD players--and precious few PCs--that can read this format.Digital camera Review: Sandy
Summary: 5 Stars
I use these everyday to tape shows. My current one has been taped over for a year and still have no problems. The only thing to caution against is they only work in RAM DVD machines (typically Panasonic). If you want to watch it on some other type of format, these will not work.Digital camera Review: The discs are the best DVD-RAMs
Summary: 4 Stars
They work great in Panasonic DVD recorders and on PCs. The only thing I do not like is the slim case. Really annoying. Too thin and no spine to write what's on it. I end up with a bunch DVDs that I don't what's on them without going through them. Panasonic's DVD-Rs are excellent also. I don't mind paying extra for good quality.Digital camera Review: The way to go if you have a Panasonic DVD Recorder
Summary: 5 Stars
If your DVD recorder has DVD-RAM capability (like Panasonic's do), DVD-RAM is the way to go. Each disc is more expensive (about $3-5), but here are the advantages: DVD-RAM discs allow you to erase some shows you've recorded from the disc and will give you all of that space to rerecord something else. On a DVD-RW disc, if I record three one-hour shows and then erase the middle or first hour after watching it (leaving just two hours of recorded material on the disc), I cannot record a 1-1/2 hour show, even though there "should be" two hours of space on the disc. This is because the DVD-RW disc has definite, sequentially reserved space, so that the above-described disc has two separate one hour slots that cannot be combined for a 2 or 1-1/2 hour show to be recorded. I think it might be the case, too, that the disc will only let you record on the final hour (and not into the middle hour that I've erased). You have to erase all on the disc to get the recordable space back.
With DVD-RAM discs, it's like a flash drive or an old floppy--if there's any combination of an hour left on the disc, the RAM disc can record the hour, 1-1/2 hour, or 2-hour show, regardless.
Next benefit: with the DVD-RAM disc you can watch the show that you're still recording (or any other show that's already recorded while a new show is, at the same time, in the act of recording). This is great if you're going to be 15 minutes late for a show. The DVD-RAM disc starts recording and when you show up 15 minutes later, you can just start watching, 15-minutes delayed. By the time you skip the recorded commercials, you can catch up with the show in real time by the end of the hour.