Our Time Slip Function consists of two features designed to give you added flexibility and control when making DVD recordings: Chasing Playback and Simultaneous Record & Play. With Chasing Playback, you don’t have to wait for an entire program to be recorded before watching it from beginning to end. This feature allows you to watch a program that’s currently being recorded from any point that’s already been recorded — while continuing to record the live program in progress. Simultaneous Record & Play allows you to record a program onto a disc while simultaneously watching any other program that’s previously been recorded on the same disc. * Rapid Random Access, Recording & Playback Jump directly to any spot on a disc and begin playback or recording right away. Even if there is no sequential area of empty space available, our DVD recorders can record data on available space throughout the rest of the disc. You will also avoid searching for a blank spot to start recording, or accidentally recording over desired material. Perform simple non-linear video editing, such as rearranging the order of scenes, skipping over unwanted scenes, or copying selections — to create custom playlists of favorite scenes on a disc. * Direct Navigator Makes it easy to find a previously recorded program on a disc. A list of recording dates, times, channels and (user-entered) titles are shown on screen. When you move the cursor to any particular recording, the segment is played in the background, so playback can begin immediately upon selection. Program deletion, protection, and title input are also easy to perform. This feature can handle up to 99 titles at once. * One-Touch Record and Play You can set your recorder to one of five different recording speeds, each varying in recording quality and length. EP mode yields the most recording time, LP & SP modes provide less recording time with higher quality recording, and XP mode gives you the highest quality recording. There’s also the FR (Flexible Recording) mode that lets you record with the best picture quality possible for the recording time and remaining space on the disc. Input TBC, 3D Y/C Separation, 3D Noise Reduction, Block Noise Reduction and Mosquito Noise Reduction. * Dolby Digital (Dolby AC-3) 2-channel Audio Recording * Bilingual Recording (DVD-RAM only) * MPEG2 Encoding with Hybrid VBR (Variable Bit Rate) Technology * Audio Recording Level Control During Playback, you can simply press the “CM/Zero” button on the remote control to advance the recording in 1,2 or 3-minute increments. This lets you skip unwanted scenes or commercials. * Multi-Format Playback (Playable Disc Type) DVD-Video, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, Video CD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW * DVD-RAM Video Playback capable This unit can play back Panasonic DVD-R discs recorded and finalized with a Panasonic DVD video recorder. It may not be able to play some DVD-R discs . Plays CD-DA format audio CD-R and CD-RW discs. May not be able to play some CD-R or CD-RW discs due to the condition of the recording. * MP3 Playback capable For contents recorded on CD-R/RW media from CDs for your personal use. Playability may vary depending on contents and discs. * Progressive Scanning Progressive Scanning (480p) creates a picture signal with double the scan lines of a conventional DVD interlaced picture (480i), resulting in higher picture resolution, sharper image quality, and the elimination of virtually all motion artifacts.