Panasonic DMR-EZ47 - DVD Recorder & VCR Combination - With 1080P Up-Conversion & Freeview - Black

October 26, 2007 | By Doug In DVD Recorders |

Panasonic DMR-EZ47 - DVD Recorder & VCR Combination - With 1080P Up-Conversion & Freeview - Black
By combining intelligent i/p Conversion and 1080p Up-Conversion____________ technologies, DIGA’s 1080p technology renders high-resolution 1080p images from DVD movies and TV broadcasts. Also they are equipped with a new digital tuner that achieves stable signal reception even under poor signal conditions, such as when signals are reflected by surrounding buildings. The new tuner also prevents the generation of block noise.

Samsung DVD-VR330 -DVD recorder & VCR Combi Deck - With Multi-Region DVD
Customer Review: A good DVD recorder
This is my third DVD recorder and I’ve now had it for about four months. The first two were Phillips machines: the first was an expensive model, bought for about ?400 three years ago - this worked well at first but developed a number of problems (shop bought DVDs not playing properly (sticking, jumping); sound out of sync with the picture on shop bought DVDs and then finally it stopped recording too). After much hassle with the seller we eventualy managed to get it exchanged for another Philips model: this too worked well at first but developed the same problems as the first machine. In the interim I had bought a DVD player for ?25 from Tesco that worked perfectly. These experiences taught me that in the area of DVD players and recorders, expense and tradename don’t necessarily buy you reliability so when I was looking to replace the second Phillips recorder I had two rules: not a Phillips (!) and as cheap as possible. If necessary then you can throw it away when it stops working! I settled on the Samsung because it has the VCR facility built in too. Functionally I am very happy with this machine, it all works and four months on there is no hint of a problem so…fingers crossed. The recording quality on DVD is better than a VCR, particularly if you record on the 2-hour setting, and is repeatably so, unlike tapes. My advice to those considering buying a DVD recorder is not to think that the more expensive models are necessarily more reliable. Go for a cheap one - if you want the VCR functinality too so you can play your old videos then this model is a good buy. The only reason I’m not giving it five stars is that I’ve only had it four months and am still nervous from the Phillips experience!
Customer Review: Simplicity itself after some teething problems
First of all- to my absolute horror when I received this machine and began setting it up, I quickly discovered that it isn’t actually a `multi-region’ DVD Player, at least it isn’t right out of the box. After numerous failed attempts at playing region 1 DVD’s and consulting the manual only to discover that it’s implied the machine will only play discs that are described as either region `2′ or `All’, I contacted Amazon to inform them of this error in the description of the item. After some confusion and miss-communication I was eventually provided with the directions necessary to configure the machine to play all region DVD’s, including `All’ (I know, I was confused too). To ease your set-up of the machine should you chose to purchase it I’d advise contacing Amazon and they’ll be able to provide you with the same directions, which are simplicity itself to implement. Ok, panic over, now onto the review… After trawling thought what seemed like hundreds of DVD players not just on Amazon but on many other electronic stores as well- searching in vain for a machine that had just a handful of concurring positive reviews to its credit, I finally came across this attractive (if a little larger than most) player. I wasn’t even in the market for a combined video player, but what a useful feature it’s turned out to be! All that I was really looking for in a DVD player was one that could play multi-region DVD’s and also possessed a recordable feature. Trading up from a player that cost just ?35 three years ago, I decided to spend a little more the second time around and hopefully avoid up-grading after only a year or so. The recordable feature in particular was new to me, but very easy to get to grips with, as was the video recorder, which utilises the exact same facility to record from the television (simply switching on the remote between `video’ and `DVD’ is all it takes), so all in all I have to say I’m very satisfied with the quality and most importantly the ease of recording, just as I am with the video tape -to- blank DVD transference (blank DVD discs are not included however). The few minor negative points I have to make about this machine are really only concerned with the DVD Player and the functions it provides. The facilities that aren’t available, which I got used to with my previous player are- a resume button to allow rapid pick-up and continuation of a disc, a display button that gives you access to total disc and chapter times (an info. facility is available here, but is much more limited) and lastly, an A-B looping facility, which if you’re a fan of any particularly moment in a film or TV programme allows you to replay that scene over and over to your hearts content. Despite these omissions, the facilities that are available are top-notch and easy to locate on the sleek remote control. One other point with the video part of the machine though is that it can be quite noisy, particularly when rewinding/fast-forwarding video tapes. It’s still early days for me and my machine, and there’s always the possibility with any piece of electronic kit that faults will start to appear down the line, but at the moment (despite some teething problems in the beginning) my machine works perfectly and on the evidence so far I can highly recommend it as exceeding the positive reviews it’s accumulated so far on this page. If the number of players with bad reviews I discovered in my search are anything to go by (at best- mixed reviews that leave you in no better a position to make a decision about purchasing) then machine’s like this one are as close to gold dust as you’re likely to find and in my view should be snapped up sharpish before they disappear into Amazon-no-longer-available-oblivion forever.

LG RH266 DVD Recorder - 160GB HDD
Customer Review: Not a review, but more of a comment
The statement by nigelr isnt quite correct, you will of course be able to record digital signals from a set top box or a satalite box after the analogue signals are switched off, so it wont be obsolete, what it does mean is that you will not be able to watch one channel and recorde another as you can do with a video now.
Customer Review: No Freeview
I haven’t got one, but must point out that this recorder only has an analogue tuner, so it has poor picture quality and will be completely obsolete within 1-4 years (depending on where you live). Quite alarmed that Amazon are selling it without making this clear.

Samsung DVD-HR750 - 160Gb Hard Drive Multi Format DVD Recorder
Dolby Digital and DTS out, PCM , Bit Stream audio out.Region 2 compatible. Intelligent auto setup with auto channel sorting and mapping. Auto detect station name. 12 event 1 month timer. VPS , PDC timer programming. 16 step One Touch Record instant timner recording.