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2 Reviews for Mustek R580 DVD +R/RW Recorder
Good Unit but poor Support - 04 Mar 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
The record quality is very good with 5 quality options. To get a 2 hour film onto a 4.7gb DVD the quality setting needs to be on SP (The middle setting) and the reproduction is as good, if not better than the original.
The 80Gb Hard drive is ample for fast recording and transfer to DVD, but if you are looking for a unit to store your favorite films on, look for one with a larger hard drive.
The control facilities are better than some DVD players, they include Fast forward up to 80x and fast backwards also.
The audio is supoosed to be 5.1 but my particular machine has an audio problem. I get sound for around 1 hour after power up and then it disappears until disconnected from the power for 1 hour. I have contacted Mustek and they have told me to return it to the factory at my own expense for assesment and to include the purchase receipt. This was a Christmas gift so I have no receipt. I will probably scrap this and Buy a Panasonic or something that has a better after sales service.
A pity because all round the machine it self is well worth owning as long as there are no manufacturing faults with it.
Cheap and cheerful HDD/DVD recorder - 21 Dec 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
It's an HDD recorder, it's a DVD recorder, and right now, it's 120 quid. That's a pretty tempting proposition.
But the example that I bought has had a few problems. On my old TV, I had a lot of trouble with crackly sound (only from this player, not from any other source) though since changing TV's, the problem has gone away. More annoyingly, the discs that this player was burning all had CRC errors on them, making them impossible to edit on the PC. I've downloaded and installed a firmware update from Mustek's website, and (touch wood) that issue seems to have been resolved. Be aware that firmware upgrades are not without risk, and Mustek's website expressly says that any units which die during a firmware upgrade will not be covered by their warranty.
The interface is pretty clunky. Many of the buttons won't do what you'd expect them to when you'd expect them to. For example if you stop the DVD disc and try to switch to HDD it won't let you. You have to have pressed stop twice before it will let you switch. This can all get pretty frustrating, and I wouldn't expect anyone who's not 'technically savvy' to be able to get to grips with it.
If you're expecting to record stuff to HDD then edit onto DVD (cutting out the adverts for example) then be prepared for a disappointment. This unit is nowhere near that clever. Dubbing from HDD to DVD is really just a straight copy. If you want to do anything clever with the results, then you'll need to manipulate it on your PC afterwards using the likes of VobBlanker and DVDShrink.
If your budget will stretch, then buy a better model. If it won't, and you don't mind odd quirks and firmware upgrades, then this unit is a lot better thn nothing at all.