[Marroo]

Just got this off QVC .

Not a lot of google info around on it , alas .

Does anyone on here have this model & have any comments about it , please ??

[Nigel Goodwin]

Well the Grundig name currently belongs to Beko/Alba, so presumably it's a Beko/Digifusion machine?.

[Marroo]

Thank you for the prompt reply .

Is that good or bad ??

[iDan]

http://www.qvcuk.com/ukqic/qvcapp.as....yah.UKEL-UK21

Is this the item you're referring to? If so, it's a LiteOn so should be very good indeed.

Very overpriced though.

[Marroo]

Yes , that's where i got it from .

I noticed that it's got the all write technology & easy guider 2 on it , so i wondered if it was Liteon - connected .

I've not set it up yet ; will do so tomorrow when i've more time ! The manual's enormous ; loads to read through first before i take it out of the box !

I like the fact that it has 1 , 2 , & 3 hour settings for dvd transfer too . Very handy to fit , say , an extra time footy game onto 1 disc at a reasonable quality .

Thank you , Telly man , too !

[Marroo]

Are there any discs that i should buy / avoid for a machine like this too , please ??

[iDan]

No, should be fine with all discs

[Marroo]

Thanks again !

More basic advice , please :-

(a) I'll be taking my dvd player / vcr combi out of my permanent set up , but if & when i want to watch a vid , do i just plug it into the mains , connect a scart lead up to the telly & hit play ??

(b) Re archiving for vid to dvd tray in new machine , do you just :-

Plug vid player into mains
connect scart lead between vcr & dvd rec
insert vid to be copied
put blank disc into dvd rec tray
hit "play" on vid player & "record on dvd recorder ??

[iDan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marroo

Thanks again !

More basic advice , please :-

(a) I'll be taking my dvd player / vcr combi out of my permanent set up , but if & when i want to watch a vid , do i just plug it into the mains , connect a scart lead up to the telly & hit play ??

(b) Re archiving for vid to dvd tray in new machine , do you just :-

Plug vid player into mains
connect scart lead between vcr & dvd rec
insert vid to be copied
put blank disc into dvd rec tray
hit "play" on vid player & "record on dvd recorder ??

a) Yes.

b) Yes. You'll have to set the DVD Recorder to the scart input that the VCR's connected to.

[Marroo]

Telly Man :- thanks again for replying .

This is my first dvd recorder , hence the VERY basic queries !

I'll try & put it through its paces at the weekend !

Hope you have a good easter !

[iDan]

I'm working it

If you've got any more questions, feel free to give me a shout

Happy Easter

[Marroo]

Cheers , i will !

See you , & all other DS - ers on tuesday !!

[Marroo]

Managed to set it all up on friday , doing some test recordings on all the quality settings ; the highest 2 are very good , long play is ok , but the lower settings are so so at best ( they were on the footy i tested them with anyway ! )

I've even worked out editing & splitting up titles ! Very handy for lopping off stuff from a programme that you don't need ( i.e. saturday's match of the day . I managed to chop off and delete everything up to the Reading v Liverpool bits that i wanted to save ).

I then put in a dvd with about 7 minutes left on it , & copied this onto the end , thus filling up the disk !!

All in all, i'll give it a 9.5 out of 10 so far . the only quirks were when after scanning for the channels , the machine couldn't say hello to my sky channels !!

I took the roof aerial lead from the recorder , put it into my skybox , did another channel scan & it worked !!

The remote can be a bit clunky and unresponsive at times , but i'll get used to that !