Ikasu freeview recvier with pvr twin tuner. 160GB

April 25, 2008 | By Doug In DVD Recorders |

Ikasu freeview recvier with pvr twin tuner. 160GB
Stylish high quality 160GB PVR (digital freeview receiver with Hard Drive PVR - twin tuner). If you are familiar with Sky + or Virgin’s new Virgin Media V+ box, then you are well aware of what a PVR is capable of. Say goodbye to your old fashioned VCR. Recordable DVD’s are now a thing of the past. Welcome to the world of HDD recording. With 160GB hard drive you can record around 120 hours of TV without any discs. With a twin tuner you are able to record one channel while watching another. This item has a built-in freeview receiver so you are able to view both terrestrial and freeview channels.

Fully compliant with MPEG-2 Digital & DVB broadcasting
Fast Zapping
5 favorite channel groups
8 bit colors on screen display (OSD) supported
Time adjustment
Closed Caption
TV/AV conversion, VCR automatically conversion
Powerful channel edit functions: -Sorting: Alphabetic order -Delete, Edit Favorites -Parental Lock, Channel Rename
Software upgrade via RS-232 serial port
EPG schedule record or play
Teletext output with both VBI and OS

Lite-on 5045 Dual Format DVD Recorder with 160GB Hard Drive
Forget about the running out of recording space. With the built in160GB HDD (Hard Disk Drive) you may record up to 198 hours (SLPmodes) of quality video programs on it. The co-existence of theoptical disc drive and the built-in HDD on LVW-5045 doesn
Used Price: ?186.99
Customer Review: OMG - They actually make you pay for this?
I bought one of these machines a week ago, having owned reliable Lite-on machines before. It arrived (from Germany) and worked superbly for 36 hours! It then refused to eject the disc I was playing, and just taunted me with ‘HELLO’ constantly! I emailed the supplier 3 times, and have yet to receive a reply from them. If I do not receive a reply by 10 Feb, I will be making a complaint and a claim to Amazon asking for a full refund! AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID UPDATE! Having made my claim through Amazon, the seller almost immediately made contact with me and arranged to pick up the Recorder. I have now had a full refund (from Amazon) and am awaiting the collection of this overpriced doorstop!
Customer Review: Liteon 5045 - too many problems
My liteon is barely 2 years old - numerous problems. On a number of occasions the hard disc has reformated itself without warning. But the bigger problem is that it will no longer record from hard disc to a DVD of any type. Liteon technical support have not answered a single email to date - and I am informed by a technician that it will be cheaper to just buy a new DVD recorded instead of have it repaired. Shame because the functions were actually quite good.

Sony RDR-VX410 DVD Recorder VCR Combination
Used Price: ?189.99
Customer Review: CAN I SEND IT BACK? PLEASE!!
Despite the negative feedback from some reviews (which I DID read before purchasing, I’m ashamed to say) I decided to brave it and buy a Sony RDR-VX410. Credit where it is due, the picture quality is very good. It is also relatively simple to use if you don’t bother about the advanced features. Simply recording from TV, copying DVD to VHS and vice versa works well and should please most users. HOWEVER DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT try to play double sided DVDs. It will get stuck inside the machine for a VERY LONG time. Guaranteed! I get the same problem with some normal, single sided DVDs but couldn’t figure out any sort of “pattern” with them. The machine tries to “load data” for absolutely ages and never starts playing. You press the eject button, it acknowledges the command by displaying eject on the display for a few seconds, then it tries to “load the data” again. This cycle repeats itself WAAAY, WAAAY longer than a normal, level headed person would be expecting to wait for a simple “Eject” function to be performed. Last time it happened and I wasn’t so furious that I could time it, it took 25 minutes for me to be able to get the F*****G disc out. (”Ah! It must be a problem with the discs”, I hear you say… WRONG! It isn’t! I play them ALL PERFECTLY on my CHEAP AND CHEARFUL Alba player, which is now permanently stationed on my rack, above the Sony. And to think that my intention when I bought the Sony was to reduce the number of appliances in my bedroom!). This problem occurred 8 to 10 times in the past few months. It must be an incompatibility issue of some sort, a design fault or this one is faulty, I don’t know. Quite frankly, I expected much better from a product made by a household name such as Sony, which for me has always been synonymous with reliability, ease of use and long lasting equipment. This one has left me wishing I hadn’t bought it. Most operations are painfully slow and the eject button has a mind of its own. Also, the menu on some DVDs simply don’t show. You can’t select an episode or chapter or scene. You have to play the whole movie, whether you like it or not. Having said all that, I still trust Sony, naively trying (hard) to convince myself that this was just a bad design or I got unlucky. Can I send it back? Please?
Customer Review: A Good Buy!
Having read the review on this site, I was loathe to risk the purchase, but having long experience of Sony products I decided to risk it. I am so pleased that I did. I have not experienced any of the problems the earlier reviewer mentions. ALL my DVD’s and video’s play on the machine, “homegrown” or purchased - with excellent results. My only complaint? The Instruction book is rather complex, and pre-supposes a knowledge of the subject.