DVD Recorders > LG Electronics DVD Recorders > Real Dolby AC3

Advantages: good price now down to around £99, looks nice
Disadvantages: quite slow at ejecting disc from standby(i.e. when not spinning)

when I got my LG DR7400 home, I was feeling rather apprehensive, were there going to be any more nasty surprises? Remote Dimensions 21cm x 5cm The best things about the LG DR7400 are its nice slimline design, which is understated and doesn't have any garish flashing lights or really naff glowing record buttons. Secondly, it comes with a very good remote control, as pictured on the left. Some remote controls for other brands of DVD recorders have ...
...pleased to say that the LG DR7400 doesn't suffer from this, if you want to zoom in all you have to do is press the zoom button on the remote, once for 2x and twice for 4x and again to go back to normal. Other buttons on the LG's remote that others leave out are: Eject, Instant Skip, FF, REW, Return, Display, Audio, subtitle, zoom, clear, Chapter Add, Repeat, A-B Repeat, Thumbnail, Marker (Bookmark) and Bookmark search. The LG's remote contains 3 ... Read review

Advantages: 80gb hard drive
Disadvantages: Large and unreliable

The LG RH 177 is easy to install and set-up, and as you'd expect it has one touch record, time shift and playback. It comes with a 80gb hard drive. When you attempt to go beyond the basic features you will notice a number of annoying features, such as; 1. When you set the player to record at set times, the system will not record if it is already switched on, particularly annoying if you're watching a DVD. You will receive a message on screen reminding ...
...to returning the system to LG for repair twice, initially I had a problem where DVDs would skip or get stuck, following the first return this problem was not fixed and it later led to the system being unable to play DVDs at all, including the ability to copy from the hard drive to a DVD. These issues aside, to date I haven't had a problem with the hard drive, and while the player is a little on the large side, it has become almost invaluable, but ... Read review

Advantages: DVD-DL recording, optical output, DVD-R and DVD-+R, lots of features
Disadvantages: DVD drive reliabilty, can't watch and record at same time

I originally bought the Liteon LVW-5045GDL+ model fro Currys Digital a coupld of years ago when they were doing it on promotion for whatever football cup was on. We used it for several months without problems, recording to both the HDD and DVDs, and playing many DVDs - both commercial and home-burned. After about 8 months, the DVD suddenly stopped recognising blank DVDs. I took it back to Currys, who replaced it with the HD-A 740 GX model they ...
...really don't get this as Liteon have a great reputation for their optical drives in PCs! Anyway, aside from this, the 740 is a great DVD recorder - it can record to Dual-layer DVDs, has optical output for home cinema, can be firmware upgraded, and has a pretty decent - if complex - menu system. Avoid using the EP and SLP modes - the picture quality is a bit jagged at times. Some makes of DVDs are simply not recognised, but that's really not big ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, small
Disadvantages: Need to eb there to amke sure it records

i am happy to say i no longer use this product. I got this DVD recorder for only £190 which is a really good deal so i thought. I got it home and attempted to set it up but i just could not get on with it at all. i read and re read te instructions but i still coudl not do it. I got a freind to set it all up and then gave it a second try. I did manage to record on it twice but boteh time s it recorded teh worng thig at teh wrong time an dote rtime ...
...only time i coudl record was if i there to check it and that was pointless. when i did manage to record things the recordindg would only play some of it and would sometimes freeze or not play at all which again was annoying. i did call teh helpline but tehre not very helpfull at all ... Read review

Advantages: Great picture, all round excellence
Disadvantages: No freeview, hard disk

...audio visual products would know, Panasonic are one of the best in the business and they have been hugely prolific over the past ten years winning awards for their televisions, dvd players and home cinema speaker kits. I have a fantastic Panasonic CRT Television which was given five stars by many of the reviews I have read. ...Panasonic DMR ES10... Just one of a number of great DVD Products from Panasonic this DVD Recorder was released at £200 in ...
...This is something that Panasonic is known for their fantastic build quality. This DVD recorder is one of the most sturdy looking I have seen and will last you years without losing anything in terms of picture quality or anything else. ...Recording... This is really easy to setup and you will be able to produce copies without any trouble at all. There are a number of ways you can select record. You can do quick start from the remote or the recorder ... Read review