Samsung DVD-HR753 - DVD Recorder 160Gb Hard Drive - With HDMI

June 13, 2008 | By Doug In DVD Recorders |

Samsung DVD-HR753 - DVD Recorder 160Gb Hard Drive - With HDMI
Samsung DVD-HR753 DVD+-RW with 160GB Hard drive

* Up to 270 hours of recording time
* HDMI digital interface connection
* Black slimline design
* 6 Language OSD/GUI
* Playable formats are DVD , DVD-RAM , DVD-RW , DVD-R , DVD+R , DVD+RW , VCD (w/o logo) , SVCD (w/o logo) , MPEG4 (DIVX) , CD , CD-R , CD-RW , MP3 , JPEG
* Recording formats are Hard Disc , DVD-R , DVD-RW , DVD-RAM with dual layer disc on DVD-R only
* Recording time modes are XP/SP/LP/EP/SEP
* Recording times in hours XP 1 , SP 2 , LP 4 , EP 8
* 10 bit Video signal processing
* HDMI upscaling to 720p , 1080i
* Progressive scan output
* 24 bit Audio signal processing
* 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
* Scan search speeds x 2 to x 128 6 step
* Slow step speed x0.125 x0.25 x0.5
* Step forward reverse and Zoom
* Resume playback , x1.5 playback with audio , repeat , marker
* Bookmark , custom parental control
* Time slip and Time shift ‘live’ TV puase
* EZ Recording function and EVQ Enhanced Video Quality
* Clock with auto set
* PAL , SECAM broadcast systems
* Audio output A2 mono , Nicam stereo
* 2 x scart connections
* HDMI out x 1
* Audio output jack L/R
* SVideo out x 1
* Component video out x 1
* Digital audio out Optical and Coaxial
* AV in x 1
* DV in x 1
* RF in x 1
* RF out x 1 without modulator
* Remote control included AAA battery type (included)
* AV cable , RF cable , User Manual , Quick start guide , Warranty Card included
* Product dimensions H59mm W430mm D300mm Weight 3.9kg

Customer Review: Good apart from hdmi
This recorder was fine until I decided to use hdmi. Once I had bought the hdmi cale (not supplied) a few days after using/buying this product I noticed a huge problem. Syncing was well out between lips and sound. This only occurs when using the hdmi cable, which kind of defeats the purpose of paying the premium for having an hdmi connection. It was so bad it’s like watching a badly dubbed Chinese Karate film from the 80’s. Using the composite was fine, no sync problems whatsoever.

In general it was a decent recorder (I returned mine and bought a different brand) let down badly by the hdmi problem. Like I say it’s fine if you dont use this, but you are paying a premium for the advertised hdmi socket, and why bother paying this if you dont intend to use it?

My advice is to buy a different product. A firmware update id not fix the issue.

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Customer Review: THE CORRECT MULTIREGION HACK IS…
Amazon list an incorrect multiregion hack for this machine. The correct way I have discovered after trial and error is: 1.Machine powered on, no disc in tray 2.Press 0 five times at approx 1 second intervals 3.Press the “REPEAT” button (NOT the “repeat a-b”) 4.Enter the following sequence - 5,7,5,3,8,9 [2 flashes on screen when you press 8 - pressing 9 makes this multiregion]. 5. Now open and close the disc tray TWICE. 6. Power the machine on & off and it is now multiregion. Enjoy!
Customer Review: Misleading features
First the good news: quiet in operation; good quality reproduction at LP speed (4 hours can be saved to DVD-R); attractive; RGB output. Minor bad news: cannot splice two programmes together; editing commands slow to respond; difficult to load MP3 files onto HDD. However, it has a major fault: several features such as automatic chaptering, watching a programme currently recording, or watching one previously recorded programme while recording another — will not work during timer recordings. As most recordings are based on the timer, this is such a significant failing (not mentioned in the promotional information) that in essence these features are unavailable. I am returning it to Amazon.