[scorpionatthepc]

A standalone one? Not too expensive but has to be able to be made multi region.

Thanks in advance.

[zacharysmith]

IN all honesty I doubt many people would recommend a dvd only recorder.
You should get one with a built in hard drive aswell.

Recording directly to dvd is messy and less user friendly than VHS.

With a HDD you can record all your programmes on there and if you decide you want to keep a disc you can then edit out all the padding and ads and make a nice tidy recording before using the high speed copy system to burn your dvd in about 10 minutes.

If you are buying new then Panasonic do a varied range .

Personally I would go for Pioneer but these are only available used these days.

If cost is the number one consideration visit a supermarket .
Their no name recorders are cheap but they are very limited .

I suppose it depends on precisely what you want to do and whether the quality of the end result is important.

As for multi region.
You can buy brands like Panasonic that are already modified for multiregion from specialist retailers like Sevenoaks and Richer Sounds (and many other online retailers).

If you want to hack it yourself with the players own remote you're restricted to the lower down brands , many of which are unknown.

Brands like Panasonic , Sony etc are not available MR from places like Comet , Currys etc

[jafsie]

Try ebuyer.com

[Sideburns57]

My Panasonic HDD/DVD/VCR apparently plays multi-region DVDs. I have yet to test it.

Model: DMR-EX99VEBK

[zacharysmith]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sideburns57

My Panasonic HDD/DVD/VCR apparently plays multi-region DVDs. I have yet to test it.

Model: DMR-EX99VEBK

It won't unless its been modified.
Where did you buy it?

Its quite capable of playing PAL and NTSC dvd's but if the NTSC discs are R1 you will need the player to have been modified by the retailer.

Currys , Comet etc won't sell them as MR but independents do and usually charge about a tenner extra.

Tottenham Court Road retailers seem to sell them as MR as standard and don't even mention it when selling the items

As some US dvd's are coded for more than one region despite showing R1 on the back cover , best way to check is to try the R1 disc first in a player you know is R2 only , like a PS3 .
Once it fails to play on that you can then be sure that playback on your dvdr is truly MR

[Sideburns57]

Tottenham Court Road. He told me it was but I am relaxed about - the main thing for me was to have the three features (DVD/HDD/VCR) in one place. I rarely have DVDs from other regions.