DVD Recorder/Hard Drive Combo Combines Performance and Style
Executive Summary about DVD Recorder Hard Drive by Robert Silva
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DVD recorders have come down in price and matured in performance over the past year. Starting with a foundation in Laserdisc, and jumping into both DVD playback/recording technology early, Pioneer has had extensive experience with optical disc video formats.
The DVR-533H, Pioneer’s stylish entry-level DVD Recorder/Hard Drive combo, carries on this tradition as a reasonably priced unit that provides performance and flexibility for those entering the world of DVD recording.
Sony RDR-HXD710 DVD Recorder with 160GB Hard Drive and Freeview
This machine has a large hard drive, multi-format DVD recorder, Freeviews, time-slip recording and easy programming. No more tapes. Just bring up the program guide on screen, select a program and press OK. That’s it. The 7-day guide means that it can set a week’s recording in a few minutes.
To list what you have recorded, just bring up the title list. You can view the recordings alphabetically or by date. New recordings are indicated by the word New, directly showing titles not yet watched. The large hard drive means that you can keep the recordings for a while before either deleting them or burning them on to a DVD to keep or share.
Another great feature is the ability to watch a previous recording, or a DVD, while recording a new program.
The EPG and PVR functions are what make this recorder so special, way beyond what a normal DVD recorder does. Setup was incredibly easy, and picture quality is stunning. With only a set-top aerial with an amplifier, it can find 70 stations. Picture quality appears to be better than NTL cable connection.
Dubbing onto DVD from hard disc is pretty easy, and works fine. Its SP quality (there are two higher levels) makes all look as good as broadcast programs. You can dub one hour at SP in 5 minutes, though you need to allow a couple of minutes each for formatting and finalizing the disc – the latter if you are going to play in another machine.
The menu system is as easy as child’s play and the recorded programs are listed chronologically with the name of each program, the date and time it was recorded, how much space it takes on the disc plus a thumbnail picture as well.
