Hitachi DV DS163E

Advantages: Record many hours of video, upload and view (photos, music and video)
Disadvantages: Inability to use 'Timer' function with HDD.

...I have to admit when i first saw the specifications of this DVD recorder, I was impressed at what it had to offer. So i decided to buy it and give it a go, my initial reactions to the DVD recorder were great, and stayed that way for a while until it became just another piece of electronic hardware. It was for £300-£400 when it came out about 1-2 years ago, it was well worth the price due to its range of features. I do not know if the price of this particular DVD recorder has dropped. I recently checked the Google website for prices and was not successful. Maybe Hitachi have stopped producing this model as Blu-ray technology is slowly taking over the video media world. E bay are currently selling this model, but they are not labeled "Buy Now", so you would have to bid in order to get one. You might get lucky and gain a bargain. Now... Read review

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Advantages: easy to use inexpensive top features
Disadvantages: none found yet

...I have recently purchased the hitachi dvd player dv -p305, the purchase price was £229.95, i had been told that the dvd was far superior in picture quality to that of a vcr. How right they where ,needless to say the video is now in the skip,the picture quality of the dvd is beyond belief. Setting the unit up was a piece of cake, just plug in and play, controls on the unit where very easy to understand and not to close together,so anyone with a disability should have no problem using it. The handset is quite slim, but the buttons are arranged for ease of use On the rear of the set is ample aux/scart sockets for every type of in home entertainment i can think of,i have connected mine via the hi fi so now i can enjoy full cinema sound,at a fraction of the cost. The menue from the onset give you ample variations on screen layout ,so... Read review

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Advantages: Good tone quality, looks, reliability and functions
Disadvantages: no cassette player facility

...I wanted a portable CD player for my home-office desk, because I found that playing CDs on my computer whilst I was working seemed to use up memory and sometimes caused my computer to crash. I wanted one with a decent tone, but one that would not take up too much room on my desk. My birthday was coming up (last year), so that answered my wife's question of what to get me for a present. Off we went to Comets. When we arrived there were many CD players that would have suited me for around the £20 mark, but my wife pointed to the Hitachi CX68 saying how good looking it was with it's round, blue-lit window on the front that indicated radio stations or CD information, depending on what was being played. I noticed that it also played MP3s, and that I thought, would be great if I wanted to download music from the internet. I've never... Read review

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