DAEWOO DH6100P (80 GB HDD) REVIEWS

Good Points: The good points of this machine are:
1. Seems reliable (probably because the internal tuner is analogue).
2. Records to HDD and DVD +R, DVD -R, DVD +RW and DVD -RW (many will only record one or the other).
3. Will dub above DVD types to and from the hard disk, it takes 20 minutes to dub 2 hours of DVD quality video. Copyrighted DVD can not be dubbed to HDD.
4. MP3 can be copied to and from the hard disk.
5. HDD video can be split, so you can split long recordings and then dub them to multiple DVD. This also lets you trim junk from the start and ends of the recording.
6. You can watch one source while recording another eg record from scart to HDD while watching the analogue TV or a DVD.
Bad Points: It is a good machine unfortunately let down by noise from a cooling fan at the rear when in use.
The level of noise is about the same as a busy PC with its CPU fan on.
If you are closer than six foot from it then the fan sound is likely to be a nuisance, particulary when playing quiet music tracks.
Because of the fan noise I would say this machine is best used for recording when you do not want to watch the TV at the same time. For the quieter films I would suggest it is best used by recording to DVD and then playing the DVD on another cheapo player. Having worn out my previous DVD recorder playing MP3 I would suggest you always play DVD on a cheap player and keep your DVD recorder for recording only.
The only operations problem I have found with it is a to do with displaying the internal TV when I have a external scart source attached and powered on.
I have a Bush freeview/HDD recorder attached to one of the scart inputs. If the Bush is powered on then the Daewoo will not display the inernal TV channels although the sound operates ok.
This was really confusing at first but now I know about it it doesn't effect me much because I'm only going to use the internal analogue tuner on the Daewoo on rare occasions.
No DV or USB sockets although it does have front phono.

I bought the Daewoo DH-6100P HDD/DVD recorder from Sainsbury for £99.
It is a good machine unfortunately let down by noise fr...