goodmans dvd recorders

[flashgordon]

right i have had it from two engineers we had here goodmans dvd recorders and prob units manufactured at the same factory with other stickers on...are likely not to work with either the samsung or the pace units. also some \LCD tv s wont work either. both seem to suffer from a blurred vision or mono colour. and not because they are crap and cheap. because i got a LG recorder costing £80 and that works fine. otherwise the samsung unit is fine. perhaps could have done with another input ?cable connector and a third scart connection.. i have been informed that the pace units are not as good as far as picture quality is concerned. i know that a few years ago when the mark ones came out that we had 3 units in as many months due to them breaking down. the whole production was faulty at the time. anyway i kept my freeview (which still has sky news ports news) until things are sorted out with sky (bunch of tight so and so and money grabbing )

[mertle]

sorry to hear that.

I have a philips hdd 80 gig hardrive & dvd recorder version 3300H.

this works very well with my pace box and my Sharp Aquos. Is it still under warranty. I know you say its not because its cheap.

When buying hardware sometimes the rule often applies in some cases is the more you pay the better the component build. I payed not the earth for mine. You just cannot expect £100 device to perform like £400+ device.

I would also ward myself that these cheap DVDR's will generally not that good for digital use. I payed £150 from tesco's and it does what it says on the box.

Its not got brilliant editing tools and you must record to HD before DVD. I also have time shift facility. Which really I did not want as I plan to get V+. I wanted a hd version as not all programs are worth keeping. So to view it and to knock out adverts before recording to DVD.

I am also able to split so I can record HQ though this means a 2 hour film takes 2 disks for the cost I get a very good recorder.

[flashgordon]

read with great interest your reply. i still think these hard drive recorders are not big enough to replace dvd recorders . i would like to see a 300 gb model with blue ray recorder. but still able to use the old discs but think the price would be prohibited