[Lee Morris]

Hi! All
I really do hope that someone can advise as overnight we had a power cut and when the power came back on I noticed that my Phillips DVD Recorder combined with Freeview has failed, when it comes on it stays on Initialisation mode.

I know it is faulty so do not want any advice regarding this but I want to replace it and so have looked on the Argos, Asda, Sainsbury's sites etc.

I also watch QVC and see that Argos are selling a Sagecom recorder which not only records to a hard drive only[not dvd], but you can transfer your recordings to a usb device.

Has anyone got a Sagecom and if so will it allow you to record from a Sky box?.

Also can anyone suggest a recorder that records not only on to DVD but will also record onto a usb device?.

My range is up to £200/£250.

Thanks in advance.

[AidanLunn]

If it's a brand you've not heard of, don't trust it!

Philips have been known for a while to be crap at DVD Recorders (well, they've been crap with virtually everything they've ever built).

If I were you, I'd go Panasonic or Sony.

[Nigel Goodwin]

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Originally Posted by AidanLunn

If it's a brand you've not heard of, don't trust it!

Philips have been known for a while to be crap at DVD Recorders (well, they've been crap with virtually everything they've ever built).

If I were you, I'd go Panasonic or Sony.

Sony don't do them anymore, and haven't made their own for a good few years anyway (the last ones were made by Samsung).

[emptybox]

Sagemcom are a well known brand. Not premium, but certainly not unknown, so there's no reason not to trust them.
But if it's a pure PVR it almost certainly can't record from a scart source such as a Sky box. They only record from their internal tuners.

DVD/HDD recorders can record from scart, but not sure if any can record to a USB stick?

[Harveydog]

Quote:

Originally Posted by AidanLunn

If it's a brand you've not heard of, don't trust it!

Philips have been known for a while to be crap at DVD Recorders (well, they've been crap with virtually everything they've ever built).

If I were you, I'd go Panasonic or Sony.

I've got a Philips BDP3000 blu ray player, and its a cracker - so there (its basic, but does everything I want it to i.e play blu rays with HD sound & vision)

Just watch it with your sweeping generalisations!!

But yeah, probably everything else is crap!

[AidanLunn]

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Originally Posted by Harveydog

I've got a Philips BDP3000 blu ray player, and its a cracker - so there (its basic, but does everything I want it to i.e play blu rays with HD sound & vision)

Just watch it with your sweeping generalisations!!

But yeah, probably everything else is crap!

My dad thought that our Philips Matchline was the bees knees when he bought at (at the not so small sum of £600 at 1985 prices!) He thought so because the TV had a better picture than any other at the John Lewis store in Sheffield.

Fast forward 10 years and the bloody thing had broken down twice (one of them, where the Teletext was all garbled was an irrepairable fault which my dad learned when he took it to a former Philips service engineer at his then workplace after trying to have a crack at it himself.)

So Philips, like so many manufacturers, are something I don't like - expensive, but not reliable.

I've heard of many problems with Philips Blu-Ray players, too . . .

[Harveydog]

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Originally Posted by AidanLunn

I've heard of many problems with Philips Blu-Ray players, too . . .

Ideally I'd like a 46 - 50" 3D ready Sony and 3D Sony blu ray player, but my good wife doesn't appreciate a mans technological needs

Went to the 3D Sky/sony gallery at the O2 and was gobsmacked with some of the clips they were playing... Hmmm lottery win is needed!

[Young Turks]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee Morris

Hi! All
I really do hope that someone can advise as overnight we had a power cut and when the power came back on I noticed that my Phillips DVD Recorder combined with Freeview has failed, when it comes on it stays on Initialisation mode.

I know it is faulty so do not want any advice regarding this but I want to replace it and so have looked on the Argos, Asda, Sainsbury's sites etc.

I also watch QVC and see that Argos are selling a Sagecom recorder which not only records to a hard drive only[not dvd], but you can transfer your recordings to a usb device.

Has anyone got a Sagecom and if so will it allow you to record from a Sky box?.

Also can anyone suggest a recorder that records not only on to DVD but will also record onto a usb device?.

My range is up to £200/£250.

Thanks in advance.

I think Sagem you are talking about is either Freeview or Freesat PVR, so it is not a DVD recorder.

If you need a DVD recorder I can suggest Sony or Panasonic DVD HDD versions or if you only watch and delete you could go for a PVR.

DVD recorders don't usually record onto a USB device but PVRs can only record from their internal tuners, you can't record from Sky with PVRs but you can with DVD HDD recorders.

[Gusto Brunt]

I bought one for just £47. That includes £5 next day shipping.

Anyway, this is what you get for your money. A 250 GB hard drive, a DVD recorder DVD/CD-DA,CD,CD-R/CDRW,DVD+R/RW-/RW+. And it also plays avi files! It doesn't have Freeview but it has an analogue tuner. You can connect a Freeview box anyway. It has loads of sockets and two scarts.

* And get this, the 160GB version is only £30 excluding £5 shipping.

These are UNBRANDED DVD units, but they're BRAND NEW, IN THE BOX. Amazing value. I bought two. Even though I only need one.

* They might have sold out. Go check.

http://www.rswarehouse.co.uk/category_s/101.htm

SORRY, THEY SOLD OUT.

[kevz]

i bought a pioneer dvd recorder with a 80gb hard drive back in 2004 and it's still going strong. I've recorded over 300 discs with it. It'll only use dvd-r though. Tempting fate writing this it'll probably conk out now.
The first ones I bought were philips and I had nothing but trouble with them although it was new technology then so they've probably improved.