Most AV magazine reviews have been very positive about the DMR-E30, And so do I since I have mine for a couple of weeks now.
No RGB problems at all, I have a TIVO (Setup with Telewest) plugged into the AV2 SCART on the DMR-E30, All set to RGB to my Panasonic WS TV on AV1 which is the only RGB SCART socket. No problems at all, I can archive material from my TIVO onto DVD-RAM / DVD-R and same would apply if I was to archive or transfer material from Video to DVD.
Picture is good but I would say like most things a dedicated DVD player something like a Toshiba 220 or maybe a Pioneer DV-454 are probably better picture wise, But I can't complain as my previous DVD Player was Playstation 2 which is nothing great but DMR-E30 is much better than all those budgets DVD players.
If you hunt around you can buy it for
£399.
The North American version has it all it even has Component out as well, And the choice of Silver or Black finish, Did not know that the US version had Brightness and Contrast options as well, One thing I had hoped for was a Eject button on the remote but nope there is not one but using my Philips Pronto remote and using IR code from Panasonic DVD-RV31 found that the DMR-E30 supports eject via a remote
, I wonder if the US DMR-E30 has the Brightness and Contrast adjustable via remote control
, Probably not