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Reviewed by UK Guest, 6th May 2006. |
| Review Summary: Good Overall Buy. (With 2 slight disadvantages) |
Overall Score: 4/5
 
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Review: Purchased this DVD recorder on 23rd April, depsite a few problems being unable to track it via the Amazon website, it arrived promptly a few days later.
Very small sized dvd-recorder, is around the size of an A4 sheet of paper. I purchased it to replace a VCR and its a lot lot smaller than that. I have connected it up to my NTL cable box and TV etc.
I purchased 10 TDK DVD-RW's also and they have been very good, also they have the advantages of that you don't have to finalize them before you play on any other DVD player.
One problem, I did have is that the recordings REFUSE to play on my iBook with Apple's DVD Player. This DVD recorder records them as a DVD-VR format which does not play using DVD player. It plays perfectly fine on PowerDVD on the PC, just not on my iBook. The only way to get around this is to convert them into normal DVD format which is a bit annoying.
The quality is more than acceptable on the 2 hour setting and I cannot notice any significant quality loss when compared to video which I was used to.
Only other problem I have encountered is that, the box will lose its time setting if switched off at the plug - I didn't realise this and missed a timed recording of the Apprentice- grrr...
Other than those 2 slight hiccups, so far, I have been happy with this. It has replaced the VCR and has very many advantages over that old technology. And at this great price from Amazon you can't go wrong!. If your looking for a cheap DVD-recorder to replace those old tapes then this would be an ideal buy. |
Ratings
| Value For Money: |
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4 |
| Review Score: |
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4 |
| Recommended? | |
Yes |
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DVD, TV & Video