DVD Recorder £68.94 @ Asda (merged)

heathen

rinkrat wrote:

Please anyone tell me how the timer works on this model and how easy it is to set up ? Does it have video plus. OH not very good at setting timers up LOL !

Rinkrat

unfortunatly theres no videoplus but the timer is pretty straightforward,just a matter of putting date, time ,speed,etc much the same as a vcr.

ian

sparkerzzzz

Can someone tell me if this is the 'mu' or 'zu' model?
I've been reading up about this recorder here and the two model numbers seem to have different compatibility issues.

dc2447

sparkerzzzz wrote:

Can someone tell me if this is the 'mu' or 'zu' model?
I've been reading up about this recorder here and the two model numbers seem to have different compatibility issues.

It a 1600 ME

Xenate

What's the the recording quality like from Sky Digital?

dc2447

I returned my recoeder today and got a new one - it does play divx on cds and it alot quieter - looks llike I got a dodgey one.

I am however having problems with playback on bits I have recorded - the playback is jerky and really poor on DVD+R and on DVD RW I can't seem to playback on my PC at all - the dvd player won't recognise the disk


Need to play some more I feel

Update - have worked out that you need to 'finalise' the disk before being able to play it elsewhere. SP quality is good.

One thing I haven't worked out is how to edit chapters - from the manual it looks easy but the options aren't enabl;ed when I try.

dc2447

Can anyone who bought this model tell me if they are able to edit chapters? I can record from Sky but when I go to edit mode the options for editing are greyed out - only rename and delete are availble.

gazbert_2

dc2447 wrote:

I am however having problems with playback on bits I have recorded - the playback is jerky and really poor on DVD+R and on DVD RW I can't seem to playback on my PC at all - the dvd player won't recognise the disk

Has Finalising the disc also resolved the jerkiness? I have the same jerky problem which drove my other half mental when she tried to watch the X-Factor I'd recorded for her.

dc2447

gazbert wrote:

Has Finalising the disc also resolved the jerkiness? I have the same jerky problem which drove my other half mental when she tried to watch the X-Factor I'd recorded for her.

pretty much - I have trouble playing back on some PC's though

paul_h

Here's a couple of reviews if anyone's interested...

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/cgi-bin/displayreview.php?reviewid=6105

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/cgi-bin/displayreview.php?reviewid=6078

Xenate wrote:

What's the the recording quality like from Sky Digital?

You might find the first review of interest.

Xenate

paul_h wrote:

Here's a couple of reviews if anyone's interested...

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/cgi-bin/displayreview.php?reviewid=6105

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/cgi-bin/displayreview.php?reviewid=6078


You might find the first review of interest.

Thanks for that Paul. Interesting read, might look elsewhere as i'll only really be recording off Sky.