DVD Recorders

Advantages: Solid construction / easy to use
Disadvantages: Lack of firewire conection

...you need more details reply via my guestbook and i will be happy to pass it on. I hope this info is of some use and I can certain recommend this Philips from my time with it. I payed £349 .99 for mine although they are much cheaper now. ... Read review

Advantages: Highly durable machine
Disadvantages: None, it even survives long drops

I recently purchased the Samsung DVD-R128. I had simple requirements, it needed to be cheap (this was a secondary recorder), it needed to be of a certain size (due to the space it was to fill in a piece of furniture), and most importantly it needed to record in the - format. The main brand you find that falls into these requirements is LiteON, but I had just encountered a nasty situation with two different models of LiteOn product, that meant after ...
...with them. However this model Samsung machine stood out, it met all my requirements, plus my very first DVD player was a Samsung and almost 10 years on it still works fine. Ok so lets get technical for a second; the recorders vital statistics were size and this model sits with a width of 43 cm, and a height of 4.9 cm; these dimensions mean that I can get my Telewest box, and my DVD recorder in a space in a bedroom unit, typically designed to fit ... Read review

Advantages: ???
Disadvantages: Nearly everything

I bought this DVD recorder after returning my old one to the shop because it didn't work properly. I thought, well hoped that this one would be better. I was wrong. Every time i put a disc in it the DVD recorder would freeze and not do anything for 10 minutes. When I tried to play CDs on it a message came up saying that there was an error and guess what... it would freeze again. When it came to recording on it, the shop i bought it from were advertising ...
...but it doesn't, it just records on dvd-r. So this was no good when it came to trying to record a film that night, as I only had dvd+r. So I had to record it old school on a VCR. When I got some discs that would work and recorded something on it, Yet another disappointment. The picture quality was really bad. The picture was blurry and the the audio was out of sync. The only good thing I found about this DVD recorder is that it looks quite stylish, ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to use . Cheap and reliable , Editing functions
Disadvantages: Lacks high functions , slightly on the large side.

I bought this dvd recorder from asda as a replacement to a cyberhome model which constantly didn't recoginise discs and was exchanged at asda for this model. . After 2 months I'm very satisfied with my purchase. First of all the price for £60 I've got a recorder with 5 different recording speeds which are able to put 6 hours on a disc. The device comes with 2 scart sockets at the back , ideal for connecting a sky/digital box. The onscreen menu's ...
...minutes for it to automatically scan the channels The tuner is of good qualityand has picked up quite a lot of extra regional channels that our tv hasn't found. . The remote control is fairly cheap looking but is functional. The blue standby light on the front of the recorder is quite bright and to be honest slightly annoying , this changes to red when recording. However the clock is quite difficult to read when in bright daylight. It is also a ... Read review

Advantages: Great quality on picture and sound and easy to use
Disadvantages: Have to watch the channel you are recording if from a cable channel

...and chose to purchase the Philips DVDR3480. The player in terms of style is very sleek - it has a black finish on the cover wih the dvd slot on the left hand side and the display bit next to this. On the far right hand side is a small flap that covers the ports for the usb, audio and the connections for the scart to connect to a games console or camcorder. To install is very simple with a quick set up guide supplied in the box - the only thing is ...
...from USB flash drives Philips DVD Recorders support 'dual media'™ recording - the ability to create recordings on DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R DL discs. Now you can buy any disc and the Philips 'recorder will always create fully compatible recordings, which can be played by any DVD player. We haven't had the chance to try out such things as connecting a camcorder to check the quality of this feature but have used the USB port to view pictures taken ... Read review