Advantages: Relatively cheap, plenty of inputs, videoplus Disadvantages: Bulky, poor quality recordings, all the problems of recording onto what is a very flimsy format, locks up too frequently
...a standalone player.
The Goodmans 300R is a +R/+RW recorder.
Features
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The 300R is a no-frills DVD Recorder. Having said that, there are some basic but nonetheless welcome additions to its feature set. The first is that it's a videoplus recorder. And it's here that you will immediately notice the difference between a DVD Recorder and a Video Recorder.
On a Video Recorder you have to wind and rewind the tape to look for anything you've ... ...a programme it effectively gets stored in its own area on the disk. Then, when you want to watch it you press a button on the remote (the remote is ESSENTIAL so lose it and you're in trouble) and the 300R gives you a menu of all the programmes you've recorded ... but be careful here. If you want to record a program at 8pm and another at 9pm but decide to just switch the recorder onto 'record' and leave it to record all the way through until 10pm, ...
Tickled_Pink 22.11.2004
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Goodmans GDVD300R
this dvd player/recorder is very cheap, i think the quality setting ON HIGH QUALITY are very good but as current dvds on only allow 60mins recording time on high quality thus you cant record you favorite films
there are other quality setting SP (standard play) is the quality of a normal dvd, and you can record for up to 2 hours, there are other quality setting which i wont go into but if you have a decent picture quality through you aerial or digtal ... ...as the lowest setting is still better than VHSi dunno what the bloke is going on about above because mine has never crashed,sometimes you will get read erors on cheap tacky dvd+rw disks
but if you use a well known brand e.g SONY, then the quality will improve, and so will the reliability ...
craig9999 29.06.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Goodmans GDVD300R
No Setup - Just put your batteries in and off you go. Our remote controls are generic ... more
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