Sylvania DVD Recorder, $299 (Reg $429) @ HBC DealsOutlet.ca

[Mepoor]

Is this DVD Recorder any good?? Seems like a fair price...Model #DVR-90DE.

Sylvania DVD Recorder (http://www.hbc.com/hbconline/catalog/Product2.asp?langid=EN&catid=d%5F681004&imgthumb=True&productid=39591631&pcatid=d%5F1%3Bd%5F681%3Bd%5F681004&MSCSProfile=61E4CECF7275066FD87B9817DA5865CBDEDF85 9E5C829B12F723A7F1AD13AFE2C1EBDF0E1AE426B00E8834E8 5D85BC8937CADE9EAE3EE42E266E5DF6DEAA68F8F2B43AB6A3 0404A769EEF8A050D3740AA32016CC1C7CD1E04EC0FB4CCFCF 73A1B183ABA18BA58CE16336C63DC2ADAD52BE6411C6581B80 E423F5A4FCFF4CD68BB23D6F00B5331C3D) for $299 at HBC DealsOutlet.ca.

Product Description
Sylvania's DVR90DE DVD recorder lets you record your favorite television shows and treasured home videos to either high-quality, long-lasting DVD-R (write-once) and DVD-RW (rewriteable) discs. The recorder's built-in NTSC TV tuner and onscreen user interface permits up to eight timer recordings over a one-year period, with its six DVD recording speeds providing between one hour and an amazing 10 hours of content on each single-sided 4.7 GB recordable DVD.You can even select and compile the best footage to commit to disc: the recorder's handy editing features include auto playlist creation, project titling, title deletion and editing, and scene deletion. A variety of video and audio inputs grant connection to virtually all televisions and home theater components.


Features
* DVD player/recorder with 8-event, 1-year programming and up to 10 hours of recording per 4.7 GB recordable DVD
* DVD-R/RW recording and playback, DVD-ROM playback; offers content editing and scene deletion
* Includes NTSC tuner for off-air recording
* Composite-video and RF inputs
* Offers picture zoom and parental lock


WARNING - RECORDED DVD MAY NOT BE COMPATIABLE WITH OTHER DVD PLAYERS! (from Review Here) (http://www.hat.net/gadgets/audio_and_video.dvd_players_and_recorders.dvd_reco rders/sylvania_dvr90de_dvd_player___recorder/)

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.

[willy]

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[midget_man]

Why on God's green earth would you purchase a Sylvania DVD recorder that only played discs on this machine for $300? Stay away from this. The cost of decent DVD recorders is dropping rapidly, and most are around this price already. I bought a Pioneer DVR-320 6 months ago at Best Buy for $299. It has an amazingly intuitive interface (something so refreshing compared to most offshore junk you can find these days). It has DV in and VR mode recording so you can watch other stuff on the disc while you are still recording on it, I doubt this Sylvania can do that. And of course you can play discs on other machines with the Pioneer. What good is one you cannot?? IMO, keep away from this pile of junk.

[The Hobo]

I concur, in my experience (therefore YMMV) Sylvania has been one of the few product lines that have been consistently POS products, from their lightbulbs to their electronics


Hobo

[golden]

Go for either Panasonic or LG or Pioneer for similar price. COLD deal.

[cheapbastage]

These first generation units are being sold everywhere for $200 or less. Don't buy one unless you can test it out and return it later if neccesary.

[alkapone]

Go for either Panasonic or LG or Pioneer for similar price. COLD deal.

DITTO

Sylvania...2nd tier company.

[Da Jin]

Sam's Club has the Philips DVDR72 model for $200. They apparently are on clearance or something because the price tab was green. I saw plenty of them at the Pickering location but another location I went to (Vaugan) had only 1.