Samsung DVD-HR750 - 160Gb Hard Drive Multi Format DVD Recorder

October 28, 2007 | By Doug In DVD Recorders |

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.

Sony RDR-GX120 Dual Format / Dual Layer DVD Recorder
Manufacturer’s Description. Featuring IQ Recording, the RDR-GX120 expands the range of DVD Recorders from Sony and is the ideal entry-level product for those wanting to improve their home entertainment experience. The enhanced IQ recording system, encapsulates Sony’s ‘Intelligent’ and ‘Quality’ recording features such as such as High Picture quality on Disc recording, easy to use GUI and multi-format recording and playback for maximum convenience. For maximum convenience, in addition to DVD+R/+RW and DVD-R/RW Discs the RDR-GX120 can also record and playback DVD+R Double Layer (DL) discs with a maximum 8.5GB capacity allowing the viewer to store up to 14 hours of recordings on DVD disc. The Simultaneous Record and Playback function allows viewers to watch pre-recorded content on DVD whilst recording a live TV programme. In addition, the Auto Programme Title Labelling feature (where available) allows the viewer to browse easily and more efficiently through pre-recorded contents on DVD, as each TV recording comes with a given title, saving valuable time and hassle.To ensure the experience of using the RDR-GX120 is impressive from start to finish, Sony ensures high picture quality on DVD in realising 500 line of horizontal resolution on 3H Rec Mode. Together with Precision Cinema Progressive (PCP) technology and Video DAC of 12bit/108MHz, this new model can ensure a stable and smooth moving image.Reviews. DVD+R/+RW, +R double layer disc recording.
Customer Review: No problems so far
I ordered this product with much trepidation bearing in mind some of the negative earlier reviews. However, I wanted a cheap DVD recorder to archive material from my Sky+ hard disk, and this model was recommended to me elsewhere (and does have some good reviews elsewhere on the web). I’m pleased that so far the machine does exactly what I want. It’s easy to set up (I just connected SCARTs to my TV and Sky+ box; I didn’t bother with the aerial), the manual is OK, and I was surprised by how easy it is to use - as soon as I figured out that: (i) the correct set-up for the outputs is video/video-RGB/video (thanks for another review on Amazon for this), and (ii) you have to select the input (as Line 3 - otherwise if you switch the TV off the recording will stop! The quality of the recording is fine, even on the lower standards, and the discs play back just fine on my Mac. The sound recording level is a bit on the low side, though. The recorder looks OK, too, although the remote feels a bit cheap. I haven’t noticed any particular noise, and formatting is acceptably fast to me. As I say, my needs are rather specific, and if I wanted to do more I might find some of the problems others report. Also I’ve only had it a week, so there’s still time for the other problems to manifest themselves!
Customer Review: Disgusting waste of money
For starters we nearly didn’t get this dvd recorder because the 3rd party company that amazon jipped us into buying from didn’t leave a second ‘failed delivery’ slip so they nearly got away with our money and no product. As for the recorder? Well its aweful. I own a panasonic 5.1 surround sound with dvd recorder. Its awesome, quick recording and so many brilliant functions. My parents used it and decided to get one instead of sky plus. I looked on here and recommended this one as it had great reviews and it sony. You’d think that would be enough? Turns out this recorder is one of the worst i’ve ever come across. When you turn it on it takes forever to load the disks. The remote is aweful and navigating the menus becomes a drawn out affair. It takes about 2 mins to write to disk if you record for more than half an hour and decided it doesn’t like recording on the timer and sometimes skips record times. It doesn’t even support JPEGS!!! It doesn’t support all disks so i really can’t see why you would pay ?119.99 for it. Its quite horrific so just stay clear.

Daewoo DH6100P Multi-region Capable DVD Recorder with 80 GB Hard Drive
Customer Review: NTSC Compatible?
I just bought this and it seems pretty good, but although I followed the multiregion instructions helpfully provided here by M Crouch, it still doesn’t seem to be fully NTSC-compatible - so it does play region 1 DVDs, but with flickering lines across the image. Is there another code that can deal with this? I’d be grateful for advice if anyone can help!
Customer Review: It’s a dream to use
I had an initial problem trying to make it region free but once I had sorted that out I was off! It records really easily, converts hard disc recordings to disc at the press of a button & allowed me to convert all my videos to DVD with ease. I can’t recommend it highly enough.