Akura dvd recorder with 160gb hdd.

November 18, 2007 | By Doug In DVD Recorders |

Akura dvd recorder with 160gb hdd.
Akura DVD Recorder with 160Gb Hard Drive Features: Voltage: 220V-240V Front panel display IR remote control 160Gb hard drive Disc type: DVD/DVD+/-R/DVD+/-RW/CD-DA/CDR/CD-RW Format: DVD/CD/VCD/SVCD/JPEG/CD-G Recording format: DVD+R/RW, DVD-R S-Video output Scart Parental lock Dolby digital (AC-3) decoder DTS decoder TV (PAL/Secam or NTSC) Time shift function One-touch recording Accessories: AV cable Instruction manual Remote control

Daewoo DR8100P 160GB HDD Multi-region Capable DVD recorder
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