Sony RDRHXD1070B.CEK 500GB Hard Disc Drive DVD Recorder
Sony RDRHXD1070B.CEK 500GB Hard Disc Drive DVD Recorder
HDD DVD RECORDER 500GB INT DIG TV TUNER HDMI OUTPUT IN
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Samsung DVD-HR755 - 250Gb Hard Drive DVD Recorder - Multi Format With HDMI Input 
Samsung DVD and 250GB HDD Recorder
Used Price: ?200.00
Customer Review: Defective by design
This Samsung product has many great features. HDMI, HD compliant, 250GB and so on. Yet it will have you cursing at the device within hours of starting to use it. When programs are to be recorded using the timer capability, the device must be turned off. If you are playing something at the time, it will not record. So you must switch it off, let it start recording, then go back to what you were watching before, which naturally it has forgotten about leading to irritating searches. Then when the timed recording finishes, it switches off the device, regardless of what you were doing. It is intensely annoying to use. Not a good feature in a TV recorder. Other systems do not have this design flaw. One can only speculate as to why Samsung designers might consider this a sensible feature as it so obviously is not.
Philips DVDR3570 - 160Gb Hard Drive DVD Recorder - Black 
Take control over your TV.
Amazon Price: ?184.82
Customer Review: Excellent product but with a few minor problems
Let’s face it, VHS is dead, so I needed a DVD recorder so I can record programmes off the TV etc; we’re all in that situation now aren’t we? There are so many DVD recorders available on the market now I started to wondered what else I wanted from a DVD recorder. I choose the Philips 3570 because it has so much going for it: The positives: - it can play DivX movies, - it can record on nearly any blank DVD (all except DVD-RAM) - it has a built-in USB port and IEEE1394/Firewire port (4pin) - it has DV composite-in - you can do minor video editing - it has VideoPlus Timer - internal hard disk (various sizes depending on model) - you can transfer files from HDD to USB or DVD etc Once the recorder was installed with my TV and Freeview, I was very happy, but then I started to notice the little things. The negatives: - it ain’t multiregional (this is stated, so my fault) - the interface is very slow - the remote takes some time to get use to - the whole unit crashes once in while for no reason whatsoever - it takes about a minute to boot up, so there is no instant recording - the depth of the unit is large, so make sure you have shelf space Even with the minor problems, the unit is very good and I am very happy with it. Philips could do a lot more with this unit, add Freeview, add HDMI, better interface, but all in all, this unit should cater for all your needs, especially if you acquire DivX movies off the Internet.
Samsung DVD-SH853M - 160Gb Hard Drive DVD Recorder - With Freeview & HDMI 
and 1080i Upscaling
Amazon Price: ?199.89
Used Price: ?170.00
Customer Review: Looks nice, but totally lacks usability
Picture it, “Oooh - Eastenders is on tonight, gonna record that at 7:30pm. “Why don’t I watch a bit of telly in between?” Well, you would, if you wouldn’t have had to turn the damn thing off to record it. The basic design of a timer is to either a) notify you when something starts (which it doesn’t), or b) start recording when it starts (only by turning it off). And by turning it off means you have 5 measly channels to watch. And if you forget?? Well, you’re screwed as it won’t record. No multi-region player which is rubbish! And the EPG TV Guide - AAARRGHGHHH - You view the guide, and when you want to scroll to another channel, it thinks - “Ooo - I bet they want to watch the new channel?” - The answer - NO! I’m browsing the EPG because I’m seeing whats on. It will switch channels, which means a 1-3 second re-tune for every 1 press down. You can do it on Sky, VirginMedia, even a freeview box, but they were trying to be a bit too clever. Oh - and the “instant record” function. You press record, you go to bed. Wake up - oh dear, your hard disk was recording all night - sorry! Which means if you want to keep your recording, you have to use the editing tools to cut your program out. Very very annoyed with this product - waste of time! My advice, buy a multi region DVD player and Sky+. At least you can record 2 channels at once, while watching another recording back.
Customer Review: look you stupid idiots
look for all the idiots out there who thinks that a dvd recorder should act like a sky+ box well you are wrong. the dvd recorder has’nt got the technology to record a channel while you watch another. It is impossible due to it has only one tv cable running througth it and a sky+ box has two. do not diss this product when you dont have a clue how it works. the point of this product is to record a channel while you go out thats why you leave it on standby. if you want to watch a channel and record another then get your self a sky+ box. for the people who want to buy this product think about it do you need it for when you go out or just because it looks nice. I got one and I thinks its very good due to what It can do i used to have a sky+ box and thought it was ok but every time i recorded something it always had adverts in it. with the samsung dvd recorder you can partial delete the adverts off the program with ease. also the new way of watching fims is the divX player. you can get fims off other people you know that could have a divX player and can give you very good quality films on a standard 700mb compact disc. finally dont read the other comments they go on and on and on complaining about stupid stuff. e.g ” the case looks cheap”. what an a..hole.
