It's a nice bit of kit, but why, oh! why do they have to make the instruction manual so complicated.
All most of us want is:

1. How do you play a pre-recorded DVD
2. How do you use the Hard Drive.
3. How do you record a blank DVD
4. How do you finalize a DVD

Instead of writing a novel, why doesn't Panasonic just do a simple A4
sheet with these instructions for us simple souls who are not technical geeks.

It took me hours to figure out how to finalize a DVD ( and believe me, I am not stupid). So how do old ladies and the such get on?

Badly I suspect.

Panasonic are not the only culprit. They are all the same when it comes to instruction manuals and I know because a few years ago it was my job to translate Japanese-English instructions into something that a normal person could understand.

Apart from all that, it's a lovely machine and I can recommend it. The HD function is great.