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Review: I have had this Pioneer DVR-420H-S DVD recorder since the end of December and am very pleased with it. No point in listing all its features (see previous review). It has performed flawlessly and recording quality is good. At this price it is one of the cheapest HD recorders and I would recommend it. Downside? Well, it only records in -r/-rw format. Sometimes I want the ability to make a timer recording from TV and then play it on another machine in my bedroom. With -rw this means either finalising the disk first or finding a DVD player that plays unfinalised disks recorded in DVD-RW VR mode. I went for the latter option and a Sony NS355, which works just fine, but choices are limited - basically only Sony and Pioneer players will play VR mode disks as far as I can see.
The only other niggle, which you can work round once you know about it, is that the title menu that the finalisation process adds to your DVD splits the Title names into two lines of 16 characters which can look very untidy depending on where the break comes. Still all minor niggles and very happy overall. |
DVD, TV & Video
