Samsung DVD-VR350 - VCR Recorder & DVD Recorder Combination
Samsung DVD-VR350 - VCR Recorder & DVD Recorder Combination
Customer Review: No Freeview problems with mine
Got the full range of freeview progams on offer - no problems with the setup - simple. Have now deleted the list down to a sensible choice.
Customer Review: misinformation
samsung dvd-vr350 as not got freeview as stated,contacted samsung they say freeview products start sr or sh
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Used Price: ?237.95
Customer Review: I bought two
I love these HDD/DVD recorders. With a huge hard disk, I just set the weeks recording on Saturday morning and then can forget it. The interface is not as intuitive as my previous Toshiba (you can’t combine recordings into one file or make copies onto the hard disk from the hard disk) so loses a star.
Customer Review: Whoever invented this wonderful machine is a genious!!
I purchased this machine as an upgrade to my DVD recorder. I wanted a hard drive with a lot of memory so I could record things when I am away from home. I am not dissapointed in any way with this! It’s so easy to use & u can record over 400hrs worth of progs!! The great function is ’synchro record’, which allows you to record with ease. This is great if you have Sky or Cable, because all you need to do is select all your progs in your tv guide to autoview and switch your box to standby-and the machine will do the rest! It records when your digibox activates a signal and there is no need to set your timer ever again! Easy!
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A friendly menu system with graphical element, 6 hours recording, Video Plus +, NTSC playback on PAL TV, 430 x 91 x 354
Customer Review: Conspiracy theory!
This is too much of a coincidence. My Daewoo was absolutely fine, as per all the positive reviews until I got to just short of having it for fourteen months (last week). It has now decided to do exactly as someone else has mentioned and report that there is “no signal” and after having checked and replaced all the various connections I began to realise that I had wasted my money. It was good, if a little slow and clunky, when it worked, but now it is just a useless piece of junk that is probably going to end up in the skip. Well done, Daewoo - you saw me coming!
Customer Review: Your Cookoo to buy Daewoo!
The Daewoo DF4150 despite very little use broke beyond repair just 14 months after purchase! The DVD refusing to function at all beyond the opening and closing of the disc drawer. During the 14 months I used the machine I found the creation of DVD chapters/menus very difficult the procedure being non-logical at best. The menu screens created looked very basic and amateurish. The instruction manual was poorly written and of little help. The picture quality from VHS tape recorded onto DVD was average to poor, this I suspect being due to the poor quality of the VHS components i.e. tape heads etc. Their was also a great deal of excessive on screen noise on the play back of VHS tapes. This Daewoo has had its day!
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Not only does the DVDR3480 record to DVDs, it archives videos thanks to its i.Link input! The DVDR3480 also plays DVDs and displays other multimedia formats on your television via its USB Direct port, including MP3, DivX and JPEG files. It?s compatible with the latest DivX Ultra format and even reads dual-layer DVD discs. Plus, it comes with a host of compression modes and an improved recording time. The DVDR3480 is a state-of-the-art recording unit that will add a touch of class to any HiFi system!?
Amazon Price: ?79.89
Used Price: ?54.99
Customer Review: OK, not great
Pros: records and plays a wide range of formats. eighty quid or thereabouts, so the price is fine. Cons: Remote control and menu system are far from intuitive. Machine seems slow - both to respond to the remote and to do things. No freeview. The occasional whirring noise which suggests that it won’t last forever. Conclusion: If you want a low cost DVD recorder from a well known brand name, to last you until the analogue switch-off, then this might be for you. But … you might do better to spend more and get something better. If you just want something to replace the VCR - just to record and watch stuff on your own TV - there are better products elsewhere. I should add that also I have a freeview hard disc recorder (PVR) which sells for about ?50 more that this, and is intuitive, very easy, faster, and can record and play back two different things at the same time. So I may have been spoiled !
Customer Review: Not impressed
For anyone thinking of buying this, I would re-consider. I’m inclined to agree with the “buggy” comment above. Response to the remote control and menu selection is slow and … well … unresponsive. I’ve now erased 2 complete discs by mistake because menu selections didn’t happen when I expected them - then did happen when I didn’t. It regularly cycles round & round “please insert recordable disc”, even when a brand new disc has been inserted. It has twice randomly selected channels to “skip” on the channel list. The most annoying thing is that in disc menu it claims you have 1 hour 20 minutes available recording time …then it stops recording after 30(or whatever). Don’t know for sure, but suspect this is connected to it trying to fit with previously recorded spaces. Whatever the reason it’s annoying and wastes time (mine and the disc’s). Given the chance to do-over, I wouldn’t buy this again and I’m about to contact Philips about my disatisfaction with the item. On a slight plus side, picture quality through the unit is good, BUT I think it affects the tuning on one of the terrestrial channels. So not a complete positive. Hope this helps.
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