The best DVR.
Written: Mar 21 '04
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Pros: Easy editing, reasonable price, thin, quiet, good looking, fast recording, optimizes compression for space.
Cons: Doesn't have tivo, editing is great but Panasonic DMR-E80S is slightly better.
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| prosolar's Full Review: Pioneer DVR510HS (80 GB) DVD Recorder |
I've tried several other DVRs with DVD burners built in and this seems to be the best one. It doesn't have TIVO but the programing and editing make it worthwhile.
Here's some things I like about it: Big enough hard drive that you can record a reasonable amount of programs at the highest quality. It names most programs for you somehow! It can optimize the recording for fitting it on a DVD, if you need just that extra couple of minutes you don't have to step down a whole step in quality, just a small percentage! It's more quiet than the one I tried before it, the DVR-810H, which was very noisy, it never stopped humming loudly and you couldn't turn it off!
I had other problems with the 810, I wrote a review.
Living with this one is heaven. If you want TIVO too, get another box. I thought I wanted one box, but TIVO is so much different than just a hard disc recorder, I couldn't do anything but watch TV on it.
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Amount Paid (US$): 650
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