General Information

Serial #

KU3KA001113

Part Number

1

Total Parts

13

AKA

DVD recorder

Patents

N/A

General Description

synthetic, metal & glass (?) components.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

43.0 cm

Width

29.3 cm

Height

8.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Matsushita

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Osaka

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

This recorder used in 2004.

Canada

One element of high quality home theatre system (see 2004.0301-.0305) available and used in Canada c. 2000-2004. The donor, Dr. Paul Attallah is Associate Director, Mass Communications in the School of Journalism and Communications at Carleton University, Ottawa. His use of this home theatre for personal entertainment has also contributed to his understanding of the technical and perceptual attributes of new media technologies. The system was purchased from Bleeker Stereo & TV Ltd., Ottawa in stages between 2001 and 2004. This DVD recorder was purchased January 10, 2004 for 1,199.99 (plus tax).

Function

To record a digital video signal on a digital magnetic hard disc or a recordable DVD. Permits playback of a variety of DVD formats.

Technical

The term "home theatre" appears to have entered popular usage around 1990. It's first appearance in the index of the annual 'Consumer Reports Buying Guide' was in 1991, and an article devoted to the subject appeared in the March 1991 issue of the magazine. A "home theatre" is generally understood to consist of a large screen video display, a variety of video program sources, and a stereo or multi channel sound system. Until the mid- 1990s, home theatres depended on analogue sources like Laserdisc players or hi-fi stereo, S-VHS VCRs that conveyed a superior video signal while offering a 2-channel or 4-channel audio signal that could be fed either into a home stereo system or a special multi-speaker arrangement. Both picture and sound were far superior to the VCR-monophonic television tandem found in the vast majority of Canadian homes since about 1980. In the late 1990s, consumer electronics manufacturers and broadcasters introduced several commercially important innovations: DVD players, digital satellite or cable TV receivers, digital high definition television (HDTV) systems, and a variety of digital "surround sound" formats. In addition, the selection of video displays expanded. Home theatre audio technology evolved out of the systems developed for "surround sound" in movie theatres. This machine records onto either DVD-R or DVD-RAM discs or to a 80 GB hard drive and can play back in any of these modes. DVD-RAM is the proprietary recordable DVD format of Matsushita (Panasonic). CW: remote control & blank recordable DVD.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

One unit front: "Panasonic DVD VIDEO RECORDER DMR-E80H", "HDD & DVD/ RECORDING", "COMPACT/ disc/ DIGITAL VIDEO/ DVD AUDIO/PROGRESSIVE SCAN", "DVD/ VIDEO/RAM", "[DD SYMBOL]/ DOLBY/ DIGITAL", "VCR/ plus+" and "dts/ DIGITAL OUT". All controls, etc. labelled. On unit back: "VCR Plus+ and PlusCode/ are registered trademarks/of Gemstar Development/ Corporation. The VCR Plus+/ system is manufactured/ under license from Gemstar/ Development Corporation.", "Pats. 5,307,173; 5,335,079;/ 4,908,713; 4,751,578;/ and 4,706,121", "U.S. patent Nos. 4,631,603,/ 4,577,216, 4,819,098/ and 4,907,093", " "DTS" and/ "DTS Digital Out" are trademarks of/ Digital Theatre/ Systems, Inc.", "Manufactured/ under license/ from Dolby/ Laboratories. "Dolby" and/ the double-D/ symbol are/ trademarks/ of Dolby/ Laboratories.", "Ser. No./ KU3KA001113", "This Class B digital apparatus/ complies with Canadian ICES-003.", "CABLE COMPATIBLE TELEVISION APPARATUS CANADA", "[hazard symbol]/ CAUTION/ RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK/ DO NOT OPEN/ !", and "Panasonic/ [logo]/ Model No. DMR-E80HPC/ AC ~ 120V 35W 60Hz/ Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd./ Osaka, Japan Made in Japan/ [CSA logo] [symbol]"; all controls, connections, etc. labelled. Selected text panels also appear in French.

Missing

None.

Finish

Silver grey finish on all sides of casing, except back panel which is black. Silver push-button controls on front. Plug-in connections on back are colour coded red, white, yellow, blue and green. Some silver metal fittings. Dark grey synthetic grill protects fan mounted on unit back. Mirrored glass (?) door on disk housing and on front control panel.

Decoration

N/A