Freezes: Unstable, Unreliable, Pain in the Butt
Written: Jun 13 '04
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Pros: Picture Quality, sound Quality
Cons: Everything else: UI, reliability, stability, usability, DRM, stupid chrome/silver facia
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| dmz__'s Full Review: Gateway AR-230 DVD Recorder |
This unit would be great if it went through more Quality Assurance Testing at Gateway.
The player freezes on just about everything. Store bought movies, dvd's made off of the computer, and disks burned by the unit. It even freezes on movie scenes that played back OK the hour before! (no, it is NOT a heat problem. There is ample airflow all the way around the unit.)
The timer does not remember to record recurring recordings (Weekly or Daily recordings). It requires you to turn the unit on, go into the timer setup, and make sure the "Status" column reads "READY" ... if it doesn't, the recording will be skipped.
Recording from old home movies on VHS to dvd, you'd think it would not put a copy protection scheme on there. But there is no way to take the files off the dvd and burn it onto another with Nero. The files are encrypted. How dumb! I hate DRM!!
This unit is going to be offloaded to ebay for some other poor guy to play with. I've had it
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Amount Paid (US$): 299
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