DVD Recorder broke, looking for a new one please....

alison74

My DVD recorder is jammed It won't open today, but was working yesterday. I can hear it twirring trying to open and have tried resetting it etc.

It seems to be the same one as mentioned in the thread

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=257103&highlight=matsui


Mine is 16 months old !!

ANYWAY, I am aware technology has changed a lot over the year with DVD recorders. Can someone recommend (or point me in the right direction) of a good DVD recorder ? Are the ones with hardrive as good as they seem ? I would want one that supports DVD + Rs since that's what I have. Are there any machines that can use +Rs and -Rs ?

Thanks in advance

f1charlie

It depends how much you want to spend!

I think most of the new models will be multi format, so will support -R and +R.

Panasonic always seem to get good write ups, but they are also among the most expensive.

I'm also looking for a good deal on a DVD recorder, so if anyone knows any good deals on Panasonics....

Charlie

alison74

That's good to know that the new ones are multi formats. I will spend as much as I need to get good value - not necessarily the cheapest.

boatman

The two units below look good. The Humax seems to get regularly recomended, there was a comet £20 off voucher around not so long ago. Got Panasonic myself.

http://www.totaldigital.biz/product_info.php/products_id/1708
PANASONIC DMREZ25 MULTIREGION DVD RECORDER CALL 0

http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/847_277177.html
Comet - Home Entertainment - DVD & Digital Viewing - HUMAX - Pvr with 160gb hard drive

alison74

Will the fact that it has built in digital freeview clash with my telewest box at all ? I don't want to get rid of my telewest box at the moment as I haggled with them for a great deal which includes free digital tv.

Aiadi

alison74 wrote:

Will the fact that it has built in digital freeview clash with my telewest box at all ? I don't want to get rid of my telewest box at the moment as I haggled with them for a great deal which includes free digital tv.

No it won't clash. and I would also go for a Panasonic which is a usually highly reliable producer of DVD recorders.