The DVR-LX70D is at the high-end of Pioneer's DVD Recorder line-up. It has a large 500GB hard disk drive; which is enough to hold more than 1,422 hours of your favorite recordings,... more
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integrated 500GB hard disk and an HDMI output. It'll record to DVD+R/+RW/-R/-RW DVD RAM and Dual Layer formats, play back MP3, DivX&JPEG and will store hundreds of...
DVD Additional Features: Progressive scanning, JPEG photo playback
Recording features
High Speed Dubbing: Yes
Tv tuner
Tuner Qty: 1
AutoClock Set: Yes
Video features
Electronic Programme Guide: Showview, Digital EPG
Digital tv tuner
Digital TV Tuner Type: DVB-T
Tuner Qty: 1
Clock & alarm
Clock: Yes (digital)
Slot(s)
Type: 1 x Common Interface slot
Remote control
Type: Remote control
Technology: Infrared
Manufacturer's product description
The DVR-LX70D is at the high-end of Pioneer's DVD Recorder line-up. It has a large 500GB hard disk drive; which is enough to hold more than 1,422 hours of your favorite recordings, whether this is film, music or your digital photographs. The multi-media functions of the DVR-LX70D goes far beyond simply playing back films, music and images. Simply hook up a portable audio player and enjoy your music played back directly through the recorder. Naturally, you can also copy your favorite tracks quickly and easily to the hard disc for archiving purposes. And if you have music stored on your PC, you can connect it directly and use Windows Media Player to copy all of your MP3 or Windows Media Audio tracks to the recorder's hard disk. The DVR-LX70D offers the Gracenote database, which automatically inserts the relevant track and artist names, too. Your digital photo's saved on a memory stick or digital camera can also be viewed directly via the recorder, or copied at high speed onto the hard disk. You can print your pictures directly using a PictBridge-compatible printer. Of course, you can also connect a USB keyboard - offering an extremely convenient way of editing titles or navigating the menus if required. It's a swift, simple way of integrating your PC into your living room. TheDVR- LX70D offers HDMI output with Deep Color. This means that all color transitions and gradients are reproduced with the highest level of precision. Colors are displayed in 36-bit depth, so what you see is as natural and lifelike as possible. The DVR-LX70D has an integrated DVB-T tuner, which gives you access to a wide range of local digital terrestrial television and radio stations. If you use pay TV, you can plug your smart card directly into the CI slot; the benefit is that you no longer require an additional decoder box. And if you're watching TV, time becomes less of a challenge, too. You can pause live TV, or use Chase Play - which allows you to playback the program you're recording, while you're recording it. And above all, the system is easy to use; one straightforward remote gives you quick and easy access to all the functions you need.
Connections
Connector Type:
1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire/i.LINK) ( 4 PIN FireWire ) - front
1 x USB ( 4 PIN USB Type A ) - front
1 x composite video/audio input ( RCA phono x 3 ) - front
1 x S-Video input ( 4 PIN mini-DIN ) - front
1 x component video output ( RCA phono x 3 ) - rear
1 x composite video/audio input ( RCA phono x 3 ) - rear
1 x S-Video input ( 4 PIN mini-DIN ) - rear
1 x composite video/audio output ( RCA phono x 3 ) - rear
Advantages: High playback quality, easy to use and available in black! Disadvantages: Occasional SCART problems on startup, no "display off" option, sometimes too good!
...your AV amplifier has a limited number of each - I've had to change it over from one to the other when making purchases. You don't get a 5.1 channel output here, but you'd be strongly advised to use the digital outputs even if they had provided one - digital connections ensure that your amplifier gets a perfect signal.
So, once you've plugged it in, it's time to set the player up. Pioneer have made their DVD players very easy to set up and get going - plug the player in and it comes up with a configuration wizard to allow you to optimise it for your television and hi-fi. This kind of wizard may be common to just about every piece of home AV equipment, but Pioneer's menus convey a much classier feel than most, and feature a guide at the bottom of each menu to all the keys you can use on that screen. You even get pictures to show you...
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Advantages: Mindblowing sound, Explosive picture and feature packed - at a great price. Buy it. Disadvantages: Nothing significant at this price
...Pioneer is well respected manufacturer for top quality home cinema products, and it ranks amongst the top few manufacturers of DVD players, up there with Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic. Pioneer is well known for impeccable build quality and excellent performance and the DV-626D is a brilliant example of just what Pioneer can do.
After searching though review magazines and browsing the internet, I decided the pioneer was the one to go for. Main features include onboard Dolby Digital and DTS decoders, duel laser pickup, Pal/NTSC output, Digital noise reduction, conditional memory, Virtual Dolby Surround...
I know what you're probably thinking... WHAT??? So I'll go through them as best as I can to make things a little clearer.
One of the main features of DVD is its ability to hold surround sound soundtracks. This means...
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Advantages: Nicely shaped, Fair Power, Easy To Install! Disadvantages: Not powerful enough!
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Pioneer, a name that does not bedazzle most people who have a moderate knowledge of speaker's for car's or even speaker's in the home because, Pioneer have it all under their belt.
Introducing the economy range of pioneer's range and the title of TSG hitting them off, these little babies have a maximum power handling of 120Watts per channel, or 25watts RMS per channel (true power rating). I base these facts on the 13cm model, this is the size i will be reviewing.
13cm, just one size above the minimum standard car speakers go, you may be thinking well they are small, so, they are not going to have much power then? well i can tell you from using them, they do to a certain extent, in other words, you get the best possible sound from the 13cm range. These speakers look and feel great, they are fairly heavy...
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Having a few problems with this drive.
It doesn't want to burn my Kodak 16x -R media at more than 12x... and it keeps failing when burning the DVD unless I drop the speed. It seems to burn OK at 4x, 6x and 8x. Funny thing is that it does consistently... more
I had been without a DVD-RW drive for a few weeks since my last drive gave up. The first thing I noticed when looking for a new one was how cheap they are now. The last one I had I'd only paid £35 for thinking that was cheap, but now you can get them for more
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