DVD Recorder @ £129.99

lycrawearer

For those of you that are after one, Argos are now selling the LiteOn LVW 5006 DVD Recorder for £129.99. Cat Number: 533/4685

What's so special about this model you may ask ? Well it's badged with All-Write technology so it records it all formats - that's DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW as well as the usual VCD, SVCD etc etc. No more incompatible formats All other usual features are included, DTS, Dolby 5.1 ....

Having done some research beforehand it appears that this machine may be made by Sony, and LiteOn also offer a 2year warranty on this model. Also LiteOn release firmware updates from their website - so adding new features, and fixing problems as they occur.

Now - this is a bonus. You can easily make this machine region-free (by a remote control hack) and also remove the Macrovision restriction by downloading the latest firmware from LiteOn, and then running a small piece if software to 'patch' the firmware before buring it to a CD and updating the DVD Recorder itself. It's not complicated, and takes less than 5 minutes !!

If anyone wants the relevant links for the firmware and other stuff, then feel free to post here.

Cheers

Lycrawearer

pheonixp

Maplin £99.99 DVD 8400X Recorder

• Massively compatible, Multi-region DVD recorder and DivX Player
• Recordable disk formats - DVD+RW, DVD+R
• Format compatibility: MPEG1, MPEG-2, MPEG4, DivX 3.11, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, Xvid, MP3, WMA, PCM, JPEG & AVI
• DVD Recorder time capacity - 4.7 GB (12 cm single-sided) Up to 360 minutes (6 Hours)
• Front mounted DV link digital input, for recording directly from camcorders
• Front mounted USB port for direct file transfer from PC mobile storage device
• Selectable NTSC or PAL video system output
• Connections: SCART, Video CVBS, S-Video, audio L/R output, 5.1 coaxial audio output, Digital audio output (optical & coaxial), USB & DV link digital input

BargainHunter_2

"If anyone wants the relevant links for the firmware and other stuff, then feel free to post here."

Can U post the links/stuff please

JerseyGirl

Hi Lycrawearer:
My husband is interested in this DVD recorder..my questions: what is the quality like? Is it noisy when it records? Anything else we should know?

Cheers,
Kerri

cymro1170

I'm interested in this one too.
Any more details about quality?

damski_2

if you are interested you can find reviews here

http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews81252.html

looks like a good model to me

lycrawearer

BargainHunter wrote:

"If anyone wants the relevant links for the firmware and other stuff, then feel free to post here."

Can U post the links/stuff please

Sure

Firmware available from

http://www.liteonit.com/DC/english/download/index.asp

and the 'patch' from

http://ilohacker.tripod.com/

As I've said - I've done it already ... no problems at all - worked flawlessly.

Quality is fine - you can choose from 5 quality / disc lengths. The 120 or 180 min is fine. Noise - what noise ?!? The fan is very quiet ...

My only gripe (and it's only a small one) - it takes approx 7 seconds to power up ... but hey what's 7 seconds. Has worked with all discs that I've thrown at it. LiteOn acknowledged there was a problem with earlier firmwares regarding disc compatibility - hence the firmware updates.

Go for it .... I don't think you will be sorry. As for the Maplins one being cheaper - yep it is ... but does it record in all formats ?? I think not ...

Remember .. DVD+RW needs you to tell it where to start recording from, whereas DVD-RW automatically finds free space for you.

User Manual is available to view as a PDF from http://www.liteonit.com/DC/english/download.htm - have a look & see what you think.

Cheers

Lycrawearer

cymro1170

I think I will deffinately be going for one of these little beauties

JerseyGirl

Thanks Lycrawearer for the very helpful and useful post. Looks like the husband will be getting one, that will make him happy!

Cheers,
Kerri :j

Walshy

Its even cheaper from TV & Video Direct - £99.99 + £9.99 p&p

Click on the Review Centre link in one of the above replies, then click on the link for TV & Video Direct and it will come up as £99.99.

Edit: Apologies, the £99.99 offer is for an inferior model.

cymro1170

Walshy wrote:

Its even cheaper from TV & Video Direct - £99.99 + £9.99 p&p

Click on the Review Centre link in one of the above replies, then click on the link for TV & Video Direct and it will come up as £99.99.

a link for this site?