Help I need a DVD Recorder

niceday999

After getting great advise on here and getting my lovely Samsung Plasma delivered this week.( Thanks jackieb) I am now looking for a nice black DVD Recorder ?
Something not to difficult to use.I usually only tape programmes on regular tv and it dosnt matter if i need to tape on sky and cant watch another channel on sky whie doing it.
WAs thinking of the Samsung 150M DVD Recorder.
Will try and post a link if i can.
http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/store/dix_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1760557103.1206887063@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccejadedjiehgkmcflgceggdhhmdgmh.0&page=Product&fm=undefined&sm=undefined&tm=undefined&sku=688060&category_oid=-29293

Can anyone recommend it ?
It did say it was not Multi REgion ? Does this mean it will not play DVD Copies ?
was also checking out the ones with built in hard drive - but not sure i could work those .

donnajunkie

multi region just means it can play dvds from other world regions. it will be able to play copies. if you can afford one with a hard drive then get one. it wont be hard to use. people seem to recommend panasonic alot so i would go with a panasonic.

niceday999

There are so many. CAn anyone advise me? Was hoping to spend around £100 - £120 ish.

jje_2

http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.pl

radio and telly forum i go there first when looking for tv dvd player etc.

jje

niceday999

What DVD Recorder / player does anyone have with their shiny black samsung TV ?
Samsung dont seem to be that great with their DVD recorders ?
been googling all day and have still no idea. but want to get something so i can get the tv and dvd up and running.

TomsMom

Being in business, hubby has some business contacts, one of them selling electrical goods including TV etc. They are very honest and straightforward when giving him advice even though they know we wont buy from him as they cannot match the best price hubby can find.

Hubby recently asked about best TVs and DVD recorders.

Anyway, his recommendations were

TV - Samsung

DVD recorder - Panasonic

We now have the Panasonic DMR-EX87 and what a beauty it is. Even for me, a total numbskull when it comes to working these things, I have found it easy to pick up how to record and even edit the recordings. We record to hard drive, at the touch of a button through the EPG, and anything we want saved we transfer to disk and it's easy as pie.

Unfortunately this model is above your budget as it has Freeview, a 250gb hard drive and disk drive. However, my point is that Panasonic as a brand was recommended, not the particular model we have. So maybe check out if Panasonic have something nearer your budget.

Edited to add that son has a Samsung DVD recorder to go with his shiny black Samsung TV. He's not impressed!

ABH_3

Here's what the avforums has to say:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=623308&highlight=Samsung+DVDSR150M

HTH

donnajunkie

i dont think anyone would recomend one for the amount you want to spend. we were recently thinking of replacing our sony because we had trouble with it. i was looking at a philips because it seemed to have plenty of things going for it and it was compact. most people here tried to steer me away and towards a panasonic but they are nearer to £200. we ended up not bothering. we just got our sony repaired instead.

niceday999

donnajunkie wrote: »

i dont think anyone would recomend one for the amount you want to spend. we were recently thinking of replacing our sony because we had trouble with it. i was looking at a philips because it seemed to have plenty of things going for it and it was compact. most people here tried to steer me away and towards a panasonic but they are nearer to £200. we ended up not bothering. we just got our sony repaired instead.

Hubby has just explained to me.Dvd recorders are different than the dvd players i had been looking at. Got mixed up.hanvt a clue with anything technical.lol. suppose i would be looking to spend around £200

donnajunkie

you can get a dvd recorder for around £100. whether they are any good though that is the question. when i was looking around a couple of months ago the panasonic was £179 without a hard drive and over £200 with a hard drive. they usually include freeview. they are likely to record on both - and + format discs. some recorders only do one or the other. i think it would be a good idea to get one with a hard drive as they are usually alot simpler to use than fiddling with the discs all the time.

TomsMom

donnajunkie wrote: »

i think it would be a good idea to get one with a hard drive as they are usually alot simpler to use than fiddling with the discs all the time.

Definitely! Just go to the EPG, highlight the programme and press OK. Job done. If it's something you want to keep, say a film, for future viewing then it can then be copied to a disk.