Advantages: Record streaming audio from websites, Great schedule/timer facility
Disadvantages: Some advanced features dificult to use at first

...of which can be adjusted to your taste eg: high quality MP3 or space saving lower quality MP3 for speech recording etc. You are always in total control of the quality you choose to record at. But the program is even smarter than this. If you are worried about system sounds such as those played by Windows when opening/closing programs, incoming email alerts etc, Total Recorder ignores them so they won't appear on the final recording. Its most useful feature is the schedule facility. You can set Total Recorder to record just like you would set a video timer. The timer takes a bit of getting used to, but that's because of the flexibility of the program. Although the ability to record online audio is the main reason for buying this program, Total Recorder copes admirably with the duties of a standard PC sound recorder/player. After two... Read review

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Advantages: Divx/Xvid playback, usb and firewire ports present, wealth of connections.
Disadvantages: Slow starting from standby, is quite large in size, no videoplus.

..., this recorder comes with an impressive number of connections, front and back. On the back it has: - 2 Scart sockets, one input and one output, which carry RGB signals as well as composite - RF-In and RF-out for your TV aerial. This allows it to record TV from an RF turner inside. However, it should be noted that the recorder does NOT output its own picture through the aerial cable, like a VCR might have. This means you cannot just tune a channel on your tv to watch DVDs: your tv *must* have a scart input socket (or one of the other types of input sockets) to be able to use this recorder. - Composite video input and output sockets - S-Video input and output - Stereo audio input and output - Component/Progressive scan output, which if your tv supports it, is the highest quality picture output - A coaxial Digital Audio output - an Optical... Read review

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