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Help me find a cheap DVD Recorder

I'm looking for a DVD recorder & would love to know how cheaply you can get these.
Tesco's & Argos have one for around £65, has anyone found anything cheaper than this?

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  • brinky_2
    brinky_2 Posts: 184 Forumite
    Morgan computers on https://www.morgancomputers.co.uk have some philips refurbs with 6 month warranty for £46.99.

    Hope this helps

    Heres a better link

    http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/products2.asp?CategoryID=201&SubCategoryID=311
  • Thanks for you help, I'll have a look.
  • comsense
    comsense Posts: 22 Forumite
    Which has the Sony RDR-GX120 as a BEST BUY.
    Excellent picture quality makes this Best Buy Sony model stand out. It’s great for watching a prerecorded movie and delivers great recordings in standard play.
    They were not so impressed by the Long Play performance but hey! shop around and you can pick up the multi region version for £81 inc delivery.
  • thommo
    thommo Posts: 183 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    I'm looking for a DVD recorder & would love to know how cheaply you can get these.
    Tesco's & Argos have one for around £65, has anyone found anything cheaper than this?

    I've just got one of these Technika DVDR2005, the unit is a rebadged Yamada 8400X DVD Recorder.
    I think it was origionally sold by tesco but i got mine off Ebay for £31 delivered,you know,catalogue return type of trader.It turned up in perfect condition,plays divx and xvid and has a usb input which i have'nt tried yet as i don't have a flash stick.
  • bw1972
    bw1972 Posts: 113 Forumite
    hi can you link to the trader u brought from so i can look up on ebay as i'd like one. Although very interested to know if usb works and can connect to sky plus ok via a cable of any type

    cheeers
  • thommo
    thommo Posts: 183 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    bw1972 wrote: »
    hi can you link to the trader u brought from so i can look up on ebay as i'd like one. Although very interested to know if usb works and can connect to sky plus ok via a cable of any type

    cheeers

    Apparently the firmware may need to be upgraded(via cd-r i expect) then you can play files from a pen drive.

    Link to trader

    http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Willen-Trading_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQftidZ2QQtZkm

    None listed at the moment but keep checking as they only seem to list 1 day auctions
    Expect to pay £20-£25 + P+P
  • phanco
    phanco Posts: 337 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    bw1972 wrote: »
    hi can you link to the trader u brought from so i can look up on ebay as i'd like one. Although very interested to know if usb works and can connect to sky plus ok via a cable of any type

    cheeers

    Hi,

    I've got one of these and you can record from Sky no problem - just put SCART from sky into DVDR, Scart from DVDR into TV. Even better it has RGB passthrough which means that even with the DVD Recorded in standby you get full RGB picture quality from Sky.

    I've taped lots of stuff from sky movies for the kids and it works very well.
  • NDK49
    NDK49 Posts: 177 Forumite
    Makro currently have Funai Dvd recorders for £44.99+vat
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