bush dvd recorder £40

barneydog

The DVR3003 supports plus and minus formats

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bush-DVR3003XI-Recordable-Player-Silver/dp/B000DIMOGW/sr=11-1/qid=1167913080/ref=sr_11_1/203-2638599-4949534

RogerRabbit_3

The box is for the DVR3004 is misleading.
It will play pre-recorded DVD-R and -RW's but will not record on them.

I tried a DVD-R in mine and it just came up with "disk loading" on the screen.

I don't know about the DVR3003

barneydog

barneydog wrote:

The DVR3003 supports plus and minus formats

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bush-DVR3003XI-Recordable-Player-Silver/dp/B000DIMOGW/sr=11-1/qid=1167913080/ref=sr_11_1/203-2638599-4949534

Sorry I meant reads and records both formats.

RogerRabbit_3

According to the Amazon link below, the 3004 will also record on -R and -RW disks but according to the manual and my personal experience it will not.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bush-Industries-DVR3004-DVD-Player/dp/B000CZ0OV8/sr=11-1/qid=1168021972/ref=sr_11_1/026-0268464-8200441

black-saturn

Well I went in my local Superdrug today and there wasn't any there.

barneydog

RogerRabbit wrote:

According to the Amazon link below, the 3004 will also record on -R and -RW disks but according to the manual and my personal experience it will not.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bush-Industries-DVR3004-DVD-Player/dp/B000CZ0OV8/sr=11-1/qid=1168021972/ref=sr_11_1/026-0268464-8200441

Looks like Amazon were wrong about the DVD3003 as well, other site are saying recording to +R/RW only.

mgk

gjchester wrote:

Homebase has a goodmans dvd recorder in for £35, but only does + media.

99% sure the model was GDVD 306 R, £34.99 reduced to half price in the sale. Almost bought one then thought I really don't need one and it's just a waste.

No idea how good it is but it is only +r / +rw but for £35 it's not bad, no idea how they vary stockwise around the UK my store had 20 or 30 of them but it's a newer and bigger store than most.

Thought it had DVI in via a firewire socket on the front panel, but you want to check that before buying. I'm working on memory there

Great find - just picked one up from Milton Keynes 31.50 as it is is 10% off day.-There is one more on display but no box etc that I could see - maybe they have them in the back.

Anyone found a multi region hack for this one - I will search and post later if I find one.
I confirm Model is Goodmans GDVD 306 R it records +r/+rw, Kodak picture CD.

Connections copied from the box :
2*scart, S-video in and out, composite video out, optical and coaxial digital, audio out, RF antenna in/out, front AV inputs.

There is no DVI input though.

barneydog

Region free hack for the Goodmans

"This hack works for the GDVDR300, GDVDR301,GDVDR305,GDVDR306. i HAVE TRIED IT ON MY 305 I BOUGHT FROM ARGOS. it worked fine.

REGION FREE HACK

OPEN DISK TRAY, MAKE SURE EMPTY
CLOSE DISK TRAY
PRESS TV/DVDR
PRESS RETURN
PRESS DISPLAY
ENTER 8880

MESSAGE APPEARS ON SCREEN SAYING REGION-FREE"

from videohelp.com

It must be the same machine as the bush DVR3003 not surprising as they are the same company.

drunknmunky

Can someone please kindly explain how this works. I have 3 questions...

1. The main reason I am purchasing this is to record programmes off sky plus.
When I record these programmes, will they go onto some kind hard disk? If so, how big is the hard disk?

2. I have recently bought a brand new Acer laptop, would it be worth me just buying some extra h/w to allow me to record from sky plus onto the laptop instead?

3. I noticed this doesn't have the Electronic Progam Guide (EPG) function. Is this similar to sky plus' TV guide? as I was looking to stop my Sky subscription.

Any ideas much appreciated as I have reserved one to pick up at 5 tonight!

barneydog

drunknmunky wrote:

Can someone please kindly explain how this works. I have 3 questions...

1. The main reason I am purchasing this is to record programmes off sky plus.
When I record these programmes, will they go onto some kind hard disk? If so, how big is the hard disk?

2. I have recently bought a brand new Acer laptop, would it be worth me just buying some extra h/w to allow me to record from sky plus onto the laptop instead?

3. I noticed this doesn't have the Electronic Progam Guide (EPG) function. Is this similar to sky plus' TV guide? as I was looking to stop my Sky subscription.

Any ideas much appreciated as I have reserved one to pick up at 5 tonight!

1. You can record off sky, see post 38. There is no hard disc in this machine, it records to a DVD+r or DVD+rw.

2. You could do it but it wouldn't be worth it.

3. To replace sky you could get a Freeview Hard disc recorder (get a twin tuner model available from 80 quid) this will have EPG but you would only get the freeview channels.

The DVD recorder is just a replacement for your VHS machine and a DVD player.