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|  Average Rating: 4 out of 5 No. of Reviews: 3 RRP: £300 Year: from 2007 Description:
Hard disk capacity: 160GB
DVD recording: DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-R(DL), DVD+R(DL)
HDMI upscaling: 720p, 1080i, 1080p
Connections:
Rear: HDMI output, 2 x Scarts (RGB in & out), component video output, RF input/output, S-video output, composite video output, optical digital audio output, stereo audio output
Front: i.Link (DV) input, SD card slot, S-video input, composite video input, stereo audio input
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|  | | Posted: 20/03/08 | | 'LEAST WORST DVD RECORDER AVAILABLE' | | Strengths:
Good quality DVD burns, with better disc compatibility than most.
It's a PVR. Sort of. | | Weaknesses:
Maddening lack of usability for anyone used to fab PVRs like Humax & Sky+. eg Most functions unavailable during a recording, except playback. Bewildering menu and function sequence for non-anoraks.
Single tuner so restrictive (when progs overlap or even adjoin), worth waiting for a twin tuner model.
REALLY dull sound on HDD recordings. Direct comparison during recording (with the live output from the decent Freeview tuner) shows it destroys the presence, higher EQ and punch from the source audio. This is sad, since PVRs are the greatest thing for radio since stereo. You can timeshift whole series and archive the best bits or songs. (Anyone wanna buy some timeswitches, tuners and cassette decks?)
Picture unimpressive. Record from external box if it's anything we want to archive with decent picture quality!
Lousy remote: slow, misses commands, layout insane, easy to key wrong.
Useless in non-Freeview areas until switchover (no analogue tuner). | | Overall:
If you have to buy a DVD recorder (that isn't a VCR combo) now, this is the one. |
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| | | | Performance | | 60% | | Build | | 80% | | Value | | 60% |
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