Combined AV Devices > DVD recorder / HDD recorder with TV tuner Combined AV Devices

Advantages: Sleek design, good picture quality
Disadvantages: unreliable record, no DVD to HD, nuisance OSD

...TV? - Forget it! - Philips DVDR3460H will let you down time and time again. Out of 5 sessions 3 were failures - and it could get worse. Reason? - Philips have set themselves up as some sort of ‘media police’ and if the evenings transmission has just one ‘protected’ program, the Philips DVDR3460H will delete the whole evenings recording! So you want to record from DVD to hard disk? - Forget it! - After loosing the original tape of a holiday to Egypt, ...
...to hard disk - the Philips DVDR3460H does not copy from it’s DVD to hard disk. So you want to enjoy slow motion? - Forget it! - The Philips DVDR3460H ‘On Screen’ display covers so much of the screen you will be lucky to see the pitch, let alone the ball! There is no option to hide on screen displays during playback in ‘set up‘. The Philips DVDR3460H should not be sold until it has had a major software upgrade. The sleek and good looking Philips ... Read review

Advantages: Full-Speed USB Mass Storage support, large HDD
Disadvantages: flaws in DivX playback, slow startup, menus, copy, stupid 'features'

...- remote controller cooperates with Samsung televisions - can handle most USB mass storage devices, and play/record movies on it. - full speed USB2.0 support - you may watch DVD/HDD while recording - automatic power-off: you may choose that the recorder automatically goes to sleep after 2 or 8 hours of inactivity. This feature is off by default. Cons(-): -DivX playback has minor problems: screen often flickers here and there, sometimes even ...
...previous experience from the cheapo Samsung P355 player, which plays DivX OK. Hopefully Samsung will release a firmware upgrade later. - slow when navigating through menus, changing channels, and power-on sequence is a pain (about 25 sec). - disturbingly bright blue power-on indicator LED - vibration caused by HDD, one has to apply isolation layer between unit and surface to prevent noise. - copy from DVD/USB to HDD speed: about 1.5-2Mbytes/sec, ... Read review

Advantages: Price, design, features
Disadvantages: Not very user-friendly

...a happy owner of a Samsung LCD screen, I thought it made sense to pair it with a Samsung DVD recorder. Both would look good together, the recorder's features were attractive (a 160 GB hard drive, option of multi-region compatibility, HDMI, etc.). I was also appealed by the fact I could watch the beginning of a programme before the recording ended. Setting up the recorder was quite straightforward. Connecting it with a Freeview box is possible but, ...
...takes over most of my Samsung LCD TV remote's features but there are simply too many buttons: two ON/OFFs, two "TV" and two "DVD", it's just too confusing. Maybe because Samsung have tried too hard to combine all most functions of both the TV and the recorder on one remote and because the recorder is a player/recorder hybrid? Also, it should have included an easier to use TV recording interface, listing all the TV programmes on the main channels ... Read review

Advantages: everything about it
Disadvantages: nothing

LiteOn HD-A740GX DVD Recorder. An excellent piece of equipment, brought mine on line a few months back, I had previously owned a LiteOn DVD recorder, but decided it was time to up grade to this newer version, because of it HDD (Hard Disc Drive) storage capacity, which is a very large 160GB. Cuts down on buying all those recordable disc, and pays for itself in no time. Very easy to install, easy to follow instructions, only takes a few minutes, ...
...and away you go. Using the remote control, access the Guider button for on screen Menu, which are simple to follow, for all your recording needs, including DVD title browsing with thumbnails pictures, so you will know exactly, where you want to start the DVD playback. One touch recording. Simply select Guider, and follow instructions, select your channel , then recording quality, HQ, SP, LP,EP and SLP and then simply press go. Burn to Hard Drive ... Read review

Advantages: Freeze live TV
Disadvantages: none

...Guider Menu that will take you through the process of basic functions. it also has a feature called time Shift that will allows you to Freeze the live TV program while you you do somethig else. i love the LIteOn HD-A760GX and i couldnt do without it. 9/9 ... Read review