Sanyo DVR-S300 Slim Line DVD Recorder

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Sanyo DVR-S300 Slim Line DVD Recorder
Amazon Price: ?64.99
Customer Review: Poor Player and very Loud
Ihave had this DVD player for 3 months and it has broken down the Lcd screen wont display anymore so it is impossible to turn on. It is also very noisy even when its not turned on the fan goes inside all the time and becomes annoying when trying to watch TV I eneded up turning it off at the mains when not using!!!! However when you where using it the record quality was good and playback was good

Panasonic DMR-EX95 - 250gb Hard Drive DVD Recorder & VCR Combination - With 1080P Up-Conversion & Freeview - Silver
Amazon Price: ?430.29
Used Price: ?349.99
Customer Review: After 4 months
Still delighted with this. Yes it’s a shame it doesn’t have two tuners, and USB would be better than SD (which I don’t use), I can’t get it to read MP3 from a DVD-RW, and I agree it would be nice to be able to record two things at once (I can’t help pushing things). But considering how flexible it is, it is fairly easy to drive, the quality is good and excellent value. It’s playing my CDs (including the MP3s), archiving my old VHS tapes to DVD (trimmed & tidied), and regularly used in ‘chasing playback’ mode to skip commercials and pause the TV.
Customer Review: Quality Piece of Kit
I have had one for a week, and I am very pleased with it. The build quality is very high. It was a surprise to see it was made in Slovakia, which is not a country I associate with high-tech manufacture. Maybe it is time to change my perception of that land. It is a boon to have so much in one box, DVD, VHS, HDD, Freeview, even an SD card slot. It has done away with three machines, and cut down on the snake’s honeymoon of mains, ariel and scart leads. This is a good way of justifying the expense to a houseproud partner! It is fairly easy to use. The instructions are easy to follow, and it has ‘contextual intelligence’. By that I mean, if you insert a pre-recorded DVD, it assumes you want to play it, if you insert an SD card, it asks if you want a slide show or to copy photos to the HDD. One potential problem with this machine is that it only has one tuner. If your TV is analog and you aren’t planning to upgrade it before the switch off, you will lose the facility to watch something and record something else when they switch off the analog transmitters. You have to be a bit canny to make sure you are future proof. I am OK with it, my telly has integral freeview. It can copy to and from any of its drives, but will not touch copy protected stuff like pre-recorded DVDs and tapes. I am happy with the machine. I would say its main facilities are the ‘all in one’ nature, the quality and the huge HDD.