cheap but decent dvd recorder

andys corner · 02-04-2008, 14:07

any recommendations? budget up to about £80-100 if possible, its to go with freeview and a 23'' philips lcd in my bedroom and i need something that will be decent quality and erm..... thats it for my budget i can't be much pickier can i lol

any recommendations gratefully recieved, i tried to get the £40 wharfedale but argos said no stock in the whole north west (where i am from) or online and then the price went up

OnexOne · 02-04-2008, 14:13

ok mate, defo go for the dvd recorder i purchased after having bought a cheap and nasty daewoo(thats now been binned) i went for the sony rdr-gx350 which u can pick up for around £80 - £120 range
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/pl/4-97...Compare-Prices

Gort · 02-04-2008, 15:22

Do be aware that the RDR-GX350 is an analogue recorder, so won't directly record from Freeview. However, if you own a Freeview set-top box, you can connect it to that via a scart socket, and it can record Freeview from that. I have one, and it's certainly a neat little recorder, which suits my needs perfectly (I have a Humax PVR, so use it just to archive stuff that I want taken off the PVR's hard drive and play DVDs).

alanwarwic · 02-04-2008, 17:55

try this Bigpockets
http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/cat.php?...855b3fc6e3cdf2

3 months warranty but dvd recorders are fairly simple beings these days.

£80 gets you one with a additional 160GB hard disk. And HDMI out!!!!!!!

or £60 with an 80GB drive.

They wont be in stock long. The 160GB one is £150 in Argos. However the Argos on does have the normal warranty.

Usually most of these returns are often down to 'feature niggles'. Minor 'firmware disfuntions that give people an escuse to return them as faulty

comments of some here
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=532347.

02-04-2008, 14:07	#1
andys corner Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: there -> Posts: 1,334	cheap but decent dvd recorder any recommendations? budget up to about £80-100 if possible, its to go with freeview and a 23'' philips lcd in my bedroom and i need something that will be decent quality and erm..... thats it for my budget i can't be much pickier can i lol any recommendations gratefully recieved, i tried to get the £40 wharfedale but argos said no stock in the whole north west (where i am from) or online and then the price went up

02-04-2008, 14:13	#2
OnexOne Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ayrshire Posts: 3,700	ok mate, defo go for the dvd recorder i purchased after having bought a cheap and nasty daewoo(thats now been binned) i went for the sony rdr-gx350 which u can pick up for around £80 - £120 range http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/pl/4-97...Compare-Prices

02-04-2008, 15:22	#3
Gort Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,053	Do be aware that the RDR-GX350 is an analogue recorder, so won't directly record from Freeview. However, if you own a Freeview set-top box, you can connect it to that via a scart socket, and it can record Freeview from that. I have one, and it's certainly a neat little recorder, which suits my needs perfectly (I have a Humax PVR, so use it just to archive stuff that I want taken off the PVR's hard drive and play DVDs).

02-04-2008, 17:55	#4
alanwarwic Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: the wild world web Posts: 28,132	try this Bigpockets http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/cat.php?...855b3fc6e3cdf2 3 months warranty but dvd recorders are fairly simple beings these days. £80 gets you one with a additional 160GB hard disk. And HDMI out!!!!!!! or £60 with an 80GB drive. They wont be in stock long. The 160GB one is £150 in Argos. However the Argos on does have the normal warranty. Usually most of these returns are often down to 'feature niggles'. Minor 'firmware disfuntions that give people an escuse to return them as faulty comments of some here http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=532347.

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