Daewoo DR8100P 160GB HDD Multi-region Capable DVD recorder

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Amazon Price: ?202.90
Customer Review: Absolute JUNK
I bought this based on the half decent reviews. The first unit I bought had a faulty LCD & had to be sent back (part of the LCD didn’t light up, meaning 18:00 hours always displayed as 8:00 etc). The second unit randomly freezes for no reason what all. At this point it becomes COMPLETELY unresponsive & the only fix is to unplug it & wait for one minute before powering back on. Nothing else works. In addition, it’s completely failed to record programs via the timer. The first & last time I buy anything from Daewoo. Avoid this junk at all costs.
Customer Review: OK - But one or two caveats
I purchased this item to replace 3 other units - a dvd player, a vcr and a cd player which were filling up my hi-fi cabinet, so my review reflects this approach. This would have been OK but for a few issues, some due to my own lack of knowledge, but here goes anyway: 1. It won’t replace a simple CD player overly well, as there are not the simple CD operations such as a ’shuffle’ button. If you don’t mind this then it may not be a problem for you, as it will actually play CDs by track or beginning-to-end in the normal way, without having to go through the on-screen ‘multimedia’ menus. 2. In my naivety I thought that tower units were standard sizes, however this player is several centimetres deeper than most. Adding the depth of the SCART connectors etc meant that it would not fit in my cabinet and had to sit on top. Annoying this, as I have plenty of room above or to the side. This increased the effect of the next problem: 3. It is noisy - like having a PC constantly on in the living room. Nor does it seem to manage this well. Normally it spins down after a few minutes of being on standby (there is no way of turning the unit off completely) but annoyingly if you set the timer the fan simply stays on ALL the time, seemingly in anticipation of the start of recording, even if that is a day or two away. 4. (My Grumpy Old Man bit) It has the usual annoyance that it does not talk to the other units such as the sky box, which means you still have to set them both up to record a programme, selecting inputs (av1/av2 etc.) is fussy and you can’t do without multiple remotes. Is it only me that thinks that this is more of a problem that it should be with hifi units? Apart from the above, the unit worked very well to start with, but within the month developed difficulties and I am returning it to Amazon. As no other reviewers have mentioned bugs, I assume these issues were a one-off. However, I mention them here for completeness: - On-screen Menu Freezing - Unable to turn on
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Customer Review: a disaster for any advanced user
Don’t buy this! Here is why: - non-intuitive remote - choice between HDD,DVD and Tuner should have been placed together, instead Tuner button is micro-small placed on completely different side than the first two - never seen such a bad software - typing a name to each of the recordings takes ages - unbeleivable but true - you have to press 25 times to get to the letter Z f.e., if you press and hold nothing happens; count yourself how many times you need to press the button to add a name The Silence of the Lambs??? - info bar does not go away - after any action you will have to press i+ button to make it go away - you can not rewind to the start of the recording, but you have to go in 5 min steps - that’s 60 actions on your button for 5 hour recording - you have only 8 timers for recording setup - timers can only be repeated “Monday-Friday” and “Weekly”, so if you want to record a show every day at preset time you will have to burn 3 timers, one will cover Monday to Friday, second one will do Saturday, and 3th Sunday. And if you want to record Football World Cup which has 3 games every day, you will need 9 timers set in this peculiar way. Disaster. - when I press Record button I get the choice 00:30, then 01:00, 01:30, etc, 06:00 then again 00:30 01:00 etc in circles, so there is no way to change your mind and abandon recording. - rewinding one chapter back requires pressing 2 times on the back button, and you have to do it quickly! This is basic function and yet it does not work! - pressing fast and repeatedly rewind button sends you to the slow-playback mode!!! - million other things Philips? Never again…
Customer Review: Wot am I watching!!
There is just one thing about this machine that is puzzling me and that is why on the title menu is there a ‘thumbnail’ picture facility but yet you cannot change it, only the first frame of the recording can be seen which will probably be blank or a tv company logo. If you cannot unlike other recorders choose the thumbnail then why bother having one at all. It is a minor niggle but when you have been used to this, my usual ‘trick’ was to make the thumbnail the shows title, it seems a shame for it not to be incorporated when there are other features that are available but just not used!
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