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Summary: You can use this as a DVD Music/Audio Recorder too!
Review:
I bought this player recently instead of a 'standalone' cd recorder which btw doesn't have these extra features. I hooked up my turntable (the one with the built-in pre-amp, so I didn't need a amp or reciever to go thru) set the recording mode in my case 6 hours (or how many hours you want) and connected the red and white audio wires from the audio (leave off the 'yellow' or video wire for an all blank screen). I recorded and then pressed 'stop' when the song was over to create a title or chapter, you can then edit the name the track title (as you would with a movie or something) . You can hold up to 10 hours of audio on one dvd-r media with this dvd recorder.
BUT the only thing is it holds up to 80 chapters (or titles?) because I already tried this if you go over 80 titles then you cannot finalize the disc or record passed 80 as it says 'disc error' you cannot record on this disc. One way to bypass this is when you reach say track (or title/chapter) 75 use the pause button instead (of stop), though when you reach track 75 you would have to manually fast forward on your remote to play the other songs recorded, so you can fill up the entire disc with 10 hours of music.
The music recorded off the turntable played back in dolby digital format even in the 10 hour mode
Right now I'm playing one of my dvd-rs that I filled with 6 hours of music with while typing this in dvd-rom, I can say goodbye to the ancient cd player which only holds 80 minutes of music. Oh I can also play my Audio/music dvd-r on most other dvd players including my panasonic!
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Summary: Best Value and easy to use
Review: I bought this product, took it out of the box, read the manual and started recording within hours. I get 10 hrs on one disc and find this plays on my DVD dual deck in the living room and on my computer DVD drive. I was suprised to see the review that says it is not compatable with other DVD players /recorders. It is DVD-R recordings, that when you make them, are compatable with more formats than Panasonics Ram format, which is only compatable with Panasonic. I can pl;ay on Hitachi, dvd player,Phillips, and Go Video which I and my kids all own, so I think the other reviewer has a Ram format DVD or he has a software problewm. Mine works great and is easy to use , with an idiot proof On Screen Icon menu.Good Value, good sound and picture quality and easy to program.
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Summary: DVD Media problems
Review: I have been using this DVR for about a month now. The record quality is great using the S Video input and I cannot tell the differance in quality between 2 hour and 4 hour modes. I have had media problems. I bought some Imation DVD-R's at Sams Club and everything was working fine but when I went back to Sams Club to buy more they didn't work. I noticed that the old ones I had purchased were DVD-R 2X and the new ones were DVD-R 1-8X you would think 1-8X means it would work at 1-2X "wrong". Then I went to Costco and bought some TDK 1-4X and I was back in business again until I ran out of TDK media. So back to Costco for some more TDK 1-4X, when I bought the new DVD-R's I noticed the packaging was different but the speed was the same. When I put it in the DVR90DE it came up with an error. I then inspected the media looking for a difference, the first TDK 1-4X had a red circle about a 1/4" from the center hub the newer DVD-R media had the same red circle but it was only about 1/8" from the center hub. I started inspecting other media I had tried without success and noticed what they had in common. It was a red circle very close the the inner hub. I will be going on a quest for media tomorrow. I hope they never discontinue the slower media because this thing won't work without it. The good news is it records great video.
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Summary: does what it needs to at a great price
Review: I picked this up after returning the Akai recorder I'd purchased because to get my vhs tape transferred on it required a setting which had horrible quality. This recorder is much easier to use with its onscreen menus, and the option to record at so many different speeds is great as well, allowing me to transfer my tapes without having horrible quality video. I haven't tried out programming it for the tv yet, but overall it is much easier to use. It's not a progressive scan player, but I already have one of those and am just using this as a recorder, so it does everything I want it to do and has a great price. I'm very glad I got it. Now I have to spend the next six months transferring vhs tapes, and I can't wait for football season to see how well it records tv!
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Summary: Try something else
Review: I purchased this unit for Christmas 2004 and have yet to find a disc that will work for recording from VHS to DVD. This has been a nightmare. I would return the unit had the box not been accidently thrown out with the rest of the Christmas trash. Save yourself a headache and try another unit.
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Summary: NOT COMPARABLE!
Review: If you are purchasing this player to copy old home videos to DVD-R for family and friends, keep looking. DVD-R media recoded on this Sylvania can only be played back on this player/recorder. Other recorders such as Sony's produce DVD-R recordings that can be played virtually on any other DVD player. Nothing in the user manual states this, it took me over an hour of hold time and 4 tech's to finally get this answer.
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Summary: does not work with newer media
Review: It's a shame because the unit works quite well with my older 2x dvd-rw media, but after buying some 4x -rw and 8x -r neither would work. Talking to customer support (on sunday morning, with an 800 number, after a 20 minute wait) they claim this unit will not work with the newer media, and so I asked what happens in a year or two when there are no more 2x -rw discs for sale, or 4x -r. The rep suggested I return it.
One other point: the manual appears to be a translation and the translator clearly does not understand English grammar. On the box it states: "this unit cannot record on any copyright protected dvd". This even stumped the support rep. Apparently it should have said "from" instead of "on". The manual is forever making these sorts of errors and it is often difficult to know exactly what are the correct procedures or restrictions.
Oh, my first attempt to play a recorded dvd (2x -rw which works) in my sony dvd player did not work until I put it back into the recorder and did a finalize operation. This could explain the difficulty another reviewer mentioned.
Sadly, I had to return the unit.
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Here is an email I got from cust support:
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Thank you for your inquiry:
Please check the list provided below, the problem is most likely a compatibility issue.
Below is a list of disc that should or should not be used with the recorders.
DVD-R
4x can be used
8x will result in a disc error.
DVD-RW
2x can be used
4x will result in a disc error.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
DVD DISCS
The following discs have been tested and are proven to be compatible with our DVD recorders.
MEMOREX DVD-R
FUJIFILM DVD-R
FUJIFILM DVD-RW
IMATION DVD-RW
IMATION DVD-R 2.0
TDK DVD-RW 2X
TDK DVD-R 2X
Funai Corporation
Customer Support
Rating:
Summary: Pretty good for the price
Review: Ok,first i wasn't sure i wanted to get this.I usually buy JVC products,but the price is too high for their recorder.This is mostly a good product.The manual is great(explains everything).The menu is easy to use,& has separate jacks for tv,vcr,receiver.Ok,now for the not so good stuff...first the zoom funtion requires a little more button pushing than it should.Recording VHS to DVD is not as good quality as i expected.As soon as you press record,the tape quality is diminished slightly.The 10 hours of recording time was not needed.Overall though,i do like it.It's worth the price.
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Summary: Price is right - Product is great
Review: Our family pre-records everything we watch on television so we won't have to watch commercials. We have been heavy VCR users for 20 years. Finally, we have modernized. We bought this Sylvania in August. The quality of the recorded picture is as good as the original broadcast, even when recorded at the 4-hour mode. We have recorded, erased, and re-recorded on one DVD every day for two weeks with no loss of quality. Another reviewer complained about a scrambled image. We have DirectTV and have not seen any scrambling.
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Summary: great product!
Review: The icon driven menu makes this product easy to use and extremely user friendly. The other great feature of this product is that it allows up to 10 hours of record time. I previously owned a cyeberhome product similar to this but was frustrated with the complicated operation and cheap quality. I highly recomend this dvd recorder for its ease of use.
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