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Advantages: easy to use great picture quality
Disadvantages: a little costly

Samsung DVD-SH895 This HDD ready DVD player is quite impressive although it is a tad costly, you can find it at Tesco’s for £199 and may pay a little more at other stores such as Curry’s or Comet. Although having said that if you go to the checkout at Comet and tell them you’ve found it cheaper elsewhere they wil look it up on their computers and match the price, I have done this several times at Comet and they have always matched the price of other ...
...and compare prices. The Samsung DVD is black and has built in freeview, which saves on buying two items separately. Its easy to set up, just plug in and go to the menu to tune in the free view and away you go. The quality of the picture is excellent, I noticed the difference in quality straight away, the picture is cleared and crisp. It doesn’t come with extra scart leads though so you have to buy these separately. It has a CD ripping function ...

Sunnysmiles 24.11.2009 · Read full review
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I dare you to press RECORD

Advantages: The ability to transfer VHS to DVD
Disadvantages: Sometimes graphics never turn out the way you want them to

This review is for the Toshiba RD XV47-K-TE multifunction DVD player and recorder. Setup ------------ Well the DVD player is pretty easy to get ready but you will take a while to sort out the options. You plug the mains into the socket and you just have to wait for the system to load up. You find the right channel usually for me it would be an AV scart section and you have a blue screen pop up. You use the remote control to select options such ...
...recorder to actually find channels which is not advisable as will be explained later on. Once the settings are done you can then go ahead and play anything you wish to on this system without any hassle at all. Design ----------- The DVD recorder is mainly black which is perhaps obviously from the picture. On the front you have the main buttons and functions; you have the opening for the DVD's to be placed into and a VHS opening as well for ...

tink-er-bell 19.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Toshiba RD-XV47

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Great recorder for simpletons like me

Advantages: Easy to use. Recordings automatically start at the right time.
Disadvantages: Can't watch one channel and record another.

...just hasn't happened with the Sony and I've had it for about ten weeks now. The on-screen menus are so straightforward that even I can't get it wrong. Another thing I like about it is that it seems to start the recording at the exact right moment, even if the program starts a bit late. It's great not having to put tapes in and this thing has an enormous capacity. Another great feature is 'catchup' - you can start watching a recording before it has ...
...feature. I also like having four fast forwarding speeds. My main complaint is that (as far as I can tell) it can't record one program while I watch another program on a different channel. The little display that shows what channel you've just switched to is a bit small, and when you turn on the program guide you lose the sound for a few seconds, but these are minor gripes. The main thing is that it is reliable and easy to use so I'd recommend it. ...

MarkFromMullion 13.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Sony RDRHXD890 HDD DVD Recorder 160 GB

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rubbish

Advantages: NONE IT DOESNT WORK
Disadvantages: EVERYTHING

i would liketo agree with the previous guy this has been a waste of money for me too! i cannot find a recordable dvd that works, i have spent alot trying to find one. also it even struggles to play dvds. dont waste your money. AVOID i would liketo agree with the previous guy this has been a waste of money for me too! i cannot find a recordable dvd that works, i have spent alot trying to find one. also it even struggles to play dvds. dont waste ...

spuds147 10.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Samsung DVD-R 136

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My black box.

Advantages: Great picture and sound quality and easy to use.
Disadvantages: None really.

...choice this time was the LG RHT497H, I purchased this about four weeks ago for a little over £180 and have so far enjoyed using it and the picture quality it serves up is excellent. I should probably give a mention to the TV I have it attached to before I go much further just so as you know exactly what I am using and then you do not expect the same picture quality from a 14 inch CRT portable. My TV is a Samsung next generation 63 inch crystal plasma ...
...for someone else. The LG RHT497H has a built in freeview tuner but can of course be linked up to Sky or Cable services allowing you to record from those instead, the recorder is also HD so it is capable of recording HD images from the HD channels should you have them, I have recorded Sky Sports in HD and it looks every bit as good played back as it does straight from the live presentation. The recorder as well as being very impressive working wise ...

thebigc1690 24.09.2009 · Read full review
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