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| Thread ID: 75525 | 2007-01-01 19:17:00 | How not to buy a DVD Hard Drive Recorder | Strommer (42) | PC World Chat |
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| 511732 | 2007-01-01 21:52:00 | Oh Steve :( You should have searched the PF1 threads as I purchased a Philips non-hard drive DVD recorder from DS last year and remember grumbling about how slack the thing was then. (sorry- hindsight is a horrible thing!) Basicly the non-HD model is just as bad... annoyingly slow to start-up or do anything would be my main grumble. You might as well go make a cuppa tea after pressing any function button :( I wasn't intending to use mine much.... and use it even less now after finding what a dog it is. I actually bought a Philips one instead of the cheaper DSE model because of the name. I sure hope the gods at Philips read your review and take it on board. Return it while you still can and buy something decent :thumbs: :thumbs: |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 511733 | 2007-01-01 22:22:00 | Latest Consumer Mag has tested 5 DVD Hard-Disk Recorders. They tested the Sony RDR HX710, Panasonic DMR-EH55, Pioneer DVR-540H, Samsung DVD-HR735, Philips DVDR3360H and the Magnavox MDVDRW80GB. They all have 160gb HDs except the Magnavox which has 80. Consumer don't rate any of them very highly, but the Sony, Panasonic and the Pioneer were the best followed by the Philips and the Magnavox. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 511734 | 2007-01-01 22:27:00 | What did you pay for the Panasonic? $699 at LV Martins. I was tempted to buy the Sony but the Panasonic did slightly better in the review and it was $100 cheaper. I'm still in the honeymoon period :D Its got this great feature where you can add chapters after you have recorded to HDD. Great for music video. I presume they will be retained when you copy to DVD. You might have to come over the hill if you wanted to check out LV Martins although they do have a website. |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 511735 | 2007-01-01 23:56:00 | My parents just bought a Sony RDR-HX720, for $750 from Dick Smith Electronics. At this stage we are very happy for it, it does everything that we want it to do (Recording,Timer Recording,Time Shifting,etc), as well as alot of good dubbing features - we can plug our sony handycam directly into it and transfer our videos to HDD or DVD - as well as simple OTG editing features. We were going to buy the Phillips one that Steve got but after suspecting its lower price and then reading reviews on it we found that it was crap. People here are talking about a 3minute step, does anyone know whether this model of the sony has it? |
noone (22) | ||
| 511736 | 2007-01-02 00:01:00 | I have just purchased the Pioneer 645H-S - overkill with hard drive size but every feature you can think of including ability to handle NTSC if you have ever lived in the US like me or bought an NTSC camera by mistake - also like me! US reviews give top reviews to Pioneer and Panasonic. |
dvlusty (7252) | ||
| 511737 | 2007-01-02 01:28:00 | [QUOTE=noone; People here are talking about a 3minute step, does anyone know whether this model of the sony has it?[/QUOTE] If it's one of the top two models...it will. I have the 2nd-from-the-top (I think), and the ad-skipping feature is fantastic! It senses by using The Force when the ad begins and ends, and as soon as the ad comes along, you push a button and bingo!....back to programme. I found it useful during programmes such as Lost and D/Housewives where there are ad's every 17 seconds.....and it worked nearly every time. During movies where there are ads every 13 minutes.....it'll move virtually every one. It's just as useful for chapter searching.....you can bring up a programme or movie and delete the chapters that have the ad's....works every time. The thing is a God! Just when I was comfortable there wasn't one...... T |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 511738 | 2007-01-02 01:43:00 | It senses by using The Force when the ad begins and ends, and as soon as the ad comes along, you push a button and bingo!....back to programme. It's just as useful for chapter searching.....you can bring up a programme or movie and delete the chapters that have the ad's....works every time. The thing is a God! Just when I was comfortable there wasn't one...... T That's blasphemy :eek: Where can I get one... and how much does it cost? :p Ooooh, ain't that spooky, post #1234 for me and we're talking about 'The Force' (well, at least it wasn't post 666!) |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 511739 | 2007-01-02 01:53:00 | On the Sony's it the chapter advance. It doesn't work perfectly all the time, but about 80%. I found it by accident - pressed the 'wrong' button. Its fantastic. Just wait for the end of the show / start of 1st advert, then press it. | wotz (335) | ||
| 511740 | 2007-01-02 02:05:00 | Does your model have HD output? | noone (22) | ||
| 511741 | 2007-01-02 03:03:00 | In DVD players, for a long time, the cheap brands had way better features than Sony, Philips etc. Is it the same with DVD hdd recorders? I had a bad experience with philips - they left a known bad firmware update on their site & it killed my DVD player. They didn't make the model I had anymore, so I had to settle for a newer model that wasn't as good (pretty much same features, but is smaller & uses slot loading instead of a tray :yuck:) |
Greven (91) | ||
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