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| Trollheart posted 2008 Mar 06 05:18 |
| About to shoot my old Panny HS in the head: it's regularly crashing, losing all recorded progs, the timer just doesn't work no more, and the DVD tray sticks almost every time. Last time I spent half an hour trying to get a disc out --- had to use a knife to push the tray open in the end!
So what do I go for? My Panny is about 5 or 6 years old now, and cost a bundle when I got it, but now I'm looking at better ones for a third of the price! So for about EUR 300 or so (I'm in Ireland), what should I go for? Panny again? Sony? Mitsubishi? Something else? I'd ideally like one that plays, if not records on, DVD-RAMs, as I have a ton of those, and of course the usual features --- chasing play, edit progs, divide etc etc. Something that played music CDs/MP3 would be good too (mine doesn't) and maybe DIVX (doesn't recognise that either). So, any suggestions? Anything I should steer clear of? Thx for any input! Troll |
| mats.hogberg posted 2008 Mar 06 06:08 |
| I can wholeheartedly recommend the Samsung DVD HR757, if it's available where you live. If not, the SH855 (€287.50) looks like the same machine, with a slightly smaller HDD. Bought mine from Pixmania.
/Mats |
| Trollheart posted 2008 Mar 06 06:57 |
| Thanx Mats. I was looking at the Samsung. Looks nice, though I've never had any sort of a machine by them before, so wasn't sure if they were a trusted make?
I'll put it on the list! Thx TH |
| Trollheart posted 2008 Mar 06 07:38 |
| Is this the one? Not the same model but seems close...
http://www.didstore.com/store_detail.asp?modelcode=DVD-HR750&subid=199 |
| mats.hogberg posted 2008 Mar 06 07:44 |
| Yes, the "little brother" of my machine. I think the only difference is the HDD size (the 757 has a 320 GB HDD) and HDMI connector.
/Mats |
| Trollheart posted 2008 Mar 06 07:58 |
| Then there's this one, which seems to have all the features I'm looking for, and a good price. But LG?
http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/534219/art/lg/rh-277h-dvd-player-record.html People seem to look down on them (very first DVD player I had was an LG, have to admit I had no problems). Sony's RDR HXD870 seems to have garnered all sorts of rewards but it doesn't do DVD-RAM, so I guess that's out... http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/573806/art/sony/rdr-hxd870-dvd-player-rec.html And then there's the Toshiba, which has a much larger HDD (250 gig) BUT no DIVX and it doesn't seem to mention anything about MP3/audio capability... http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/573806/art/sony/rdr-hxd870-dvd-player-rec.html Ah, which to choose? These are all on that Pixmania site you mentioned, which is good as they take Laser payment and I don't have a credit card... |
| oldfart13 posted 2008 Mar 06 08:21 |
| I don't know about pricing where you are but you might check these as well:
http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/products/45/133/501/overview.html http://shop.panasonic.co.uk/icat/dvdrecorders |
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