Mustek R400A DVD Recorder - Silver

March 12, 2008 | By Doug In DVD Recorders |

Panasonic DMR-ES30VEBS Multi-format DVD RAM Recorder/VCR Combi
Customer Review: If these come back in stock then don’t hesitate, just buy one.
These machines are awesome, I got DVDs mine as a refurb and they gave me a 12 month warantee!!! Not a scratch on it, just like new. The that this thing churns out play great, no jumps when you play it back on my computer like with my dads lite on recorder. I’ve still kept my Aldi divx player for now to play my downloads and to hook up to my surround as it has a built in 5.1 decoder (not the panasonic) Anyway, I’ve used this machine to sucssesfully transfer some of my old VHS tapes to as they were gathering dust on the shelf and I want to move into 2007 with them, don’t like VHS any more I want everything on DVD, much more compact and better looking. A word on this recorder, it’s almost multiformat as in it records on DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-Ram and oddly enough DVD+R but not DVD+RW??? Maybee panasonic will bring out a firmware upgrade for this baby so that it will do DVD+RW. I don’t really care for now though, it’s a great machine. I know that it has standard analogue tuners (2 tuners, what a great idea, you can record BBC1 on VHS and ITV on DVD! At the same time!) and Analogue is getting phased out soon but you have 2 scart sockets at the back, whats to stop you from pluging 2 digiboxes into it? At just over ?0.00 each from Asda you can’t go wrong!!! The timeslip function is brilliant. You can record tv onto DVD-RAM (I think timeslip works with other formats too but have not tested it properly yet) press pause, go make a brew and continue on from where you left off, you could even fast forward the adverts if the machine has been paused for a while, have your brew when you want it, not when Channel 4 decide!!! Quality on the VHS is excelent, much better than my old Akai machine (had 4 heads) this machine has 6 heads making for better quality. I was going to buy one of Asdas DVD/VHS combo’s but when I realised it only had a mono VHS I turned round and walked away, it was ?0.00 cheaper but when your spending this kind of money you want it to be more future proof than that. Chances are everything will come down when Blu-ray and HDDVD starts selling big style but I will still have this machine as long as there still selling DVD-/+R’s Besides at 100,000 overwrites my 5 DVD-RAM disks will last me a lifetime!!!
Customer Review: Simpler than it looks
I have been very impressed with this Panasonic Video and DVD recorder as it does what it says on the tin! Copying from DVD to Video tape, video tape to DVD, from TV to DVD from TV to Video and also from TV to both DVD and Video at the same time recording different channels!! What more can you ask I hear you cry? Having considered the cheaper Daewoo unit, but having looked at the feedback comments, I chose the Panasonic and have been totally impressed with this slightly more expensive unit. The manual is a bit mind blowing at first, but once I settled down to it and practised a little it all became very simple and logical, so don’t be too put off by the manual. A brilliant machine and a welcome addition under the TV as I can now get rid of my DVD player, Video recorder and DVD recorder and replace it with one neat attractive unit which does the lot! Now where is that ebay button?

Daewoo DRVT43 - DVD Recorder/Video Combi With Freeview
Amazon Price: ?157.64

Toshiba RD970 - 250Gb Hard Drive DVD Recorder with Digital Freeview Tuner
and Integrated Digital Tuner
Amazon Price: ?179.99
Used Price: ?159.99
Customer Review: poor product from a good brand
I bought this as I have a Toshiba HD TV. Very happy with the TV, this product is poor, poor menus, poor setup, poor HDMI connectivity. It actually worked better through SCART than HDMI. Even simply playing a DVD caused flickering on the top and pottom 4 to 5 pixels when using HDMI.
Customer Review: Good value with good features
This is my first dip into DVD Recorder/HDMI waters & did lots of research before buying this player,I have a Toshiba 37″ LCD so that swayed me somewhat. I have had none of the problems written about by the other reviewers, It’s been easy to to set up has performed without a hitch in every aspect,ok The build quality is’nt great but overall good value for money I also use a learning remote to control all the system so the original remote is not required. Considering the price & all the features it has I think I got a good buy & not at all disapointed I therefore give it 5 stars.

LD RC299H - Multi Format DVD Recorder
The RC-299H DVD/VHS player/recorder is a complete system that combines a DVD player/recorder and a HiFi Stereo VHS player/recorder. The RC-299H is compatible with several formats, so you can build up a true home TV programme and film collection. In DVD record mode, the RC-299H works with DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW and DVD-RAM formats. Its 5 compression modes give you up to 11 hours of digital video. The VHS player has 2 recording speeds and includes the ?Jet Drive? fast-forward and rewind functions. The RC-299H DVD/VHS player/recorder also allows you to copy from DVD and VHS cassette and vice-versa, as well as simultaneous DVD play and VHS record. The RC-299H is especially remarkable connectivity-wise, with its High-Definition HDMi out, USB port, and DV IEEE 1394 frontal input, letting you connect any portable USB device or DVD camcorder, perfect for video archiving for your films on DVD. The RC-299H DVD/VHS player/recorder is a stellar home audio/video system that gives you numerous recording possibilities for your entertainment.
Amazon Price: ?171.29
Customer Review: LG RC299H
Good value for money pity you cant play movies via a memory stick otherwise excellent.Upscales dvds to near hd quality video player is excellent too.would recommend it