Samsung VCR Recorder & DVD SuperMulti Format Recorder Combination With HDMI DVD-VR355/XEU

April 22, 2008 | By Doug In DVD Recorders |

Samsung VCR Recorder & DVD SuperMulti Format Recorder Combination With HDMI DVD-VR355/XEU
Enjoy the dual playback and dual recording options of VCR and DVD in one machine. No need to get rid of your VHS collection as you can enjoy them on the Samsung’s space saving product, Designed in black to match todays modern flat panel TV’s

Daewoo DHR8100P DVD Recorder with 160GB Hard Drive [Electronics]
Customer Review: So Much Promise
Firstly, It does do what it says, it records on hard disk and DVD, and it does so competently. It has little irritants like naming of titles is only in upper case, no QWERTY keyboard layout. The pause live TV only lasts an hour, which I know a year ago was cutting edge practically, but still! It tries to be slick, and flash but it realy isn’t. I do like the editing functionality but the menus are clumsy. Who did they test it on?The user manual says you can record on DVD-R but somehow it won’t let you. +RW is fine though. the picture quality is good on SLP so use that and save space. You can get a lot on 160GB at that rate. Good for recording your old VHS onto HDD, & editing it (in a basic fashion) before dubbing to DVD. You can’t watch one channel whilst recording another! It’ll be obsolete before long too long as it’s analogue. Shame really, good idea that wasn’t taken far enough. Add twin tuning freeview and better navigation / editing tools… now that would be the thing.

Toshiba Rd-Xs24 Harddrive Multi-region Capable DVD Recorder 160Gb -Silver
Used Price: ?175.50
Customer Review: MULTI-REGIONAL?
Ordered this recorder because we needed a multi-regional recorder. The advertisement states it is multi-regional capable, but we had to return it as could not get the hack to work. Am aware that it should be possable, but didn’t work for us.
Customer Review: Buy one, without doubt!
I have had one of these for about 6 months now, and I’m hard-pushed to fault it. The picture quality of the recordings to both DVD and the Hard Disk are excellent, I really can’t tell the difference between the recorded and the original. The timeslip function is excellent; if you’re watching something you just don’t want to miss and say for instance the phone goes, simply press the timeslip button and it starts recording from the moment you press the button. You can effectively pause the TV, and resume it as you wish, or you can rewind back to the start, as it will continue to record until you press the timeslip button again. I have yet to fill the hard drive, and so far there are hours upon hours of video on it, with more than enough room left. It only takes a few minutes to burn a title to DVD. When I bought this unit, it was a lot more expensive than it is now, but even at the old price (well over ?300) it is, in my mind worth every penny. It’s dead easy to use with virtually everything being menu driven, and if you have an external Dolby Digital Amp, invest in a digital lead, you’ll notice a big difference with the sound. If you haven’t got one of these and want to save space, upgrade your DVD player, dump the old VHS, you must have one. I wouldn’t be without one, not now.

Sony RDR-HXD710 DVD Recorder with 160GB Hard Drive and FREEVIEW
Used Price: ?179.95
Customer Review: Easy to use
I have had this unit some time now and it is very simple to record and playback programmes. I use the edit features quite a lot and they work well. Very good for downloading from DV camcorder. I would not be without it. My only issue is that it freezes every couple of weeks and I have to power cycle it before it springs back to life so I have missed the odd recording. Thank goodness for the BBC iplayer. However I’m going to try turning off the auto update as helpfully suggested by others. Thanks Mrs J Smith.
Customer Review: RDR-HXD710 freezing (hanging up)
Many thanks to Mrs J. Smith. My HXD710 had been freezing on a daily basis. Three weeks ago I switched off automatic updates as she suggested and haven’t had a problem since.