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5 Reviews for Samsung DVD-VR330 -DVD recorder & VCR Combi Deck - With Multi-Region DVD
A good DVD recorder - 13 Jul 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful.
This is my third DVD recorder and I've now had it for about four months. The first two were Phillips machines: the first was an expensive model, bought for about £400 three years ago - this worked well at first but developed a number of problems (shop bought DVDs not playing properly (sticking, jumping); sound out of sync with the picture on shop bought DVDs and then finally it stopped recording too). After much hassle with the seller we eventualy managed to get it exchanged for another Philips model: this too worked well at first but developed the same problems as the first machine. In the interim I had bought a DVD player for £25 from Tesco that worked perfectly.
These experiences taught me that in the area of DVD players and recorders, expense and tradename don't necessarily buy you reliability so when I was looking to replace the second Phillips recorder I had two rules: not a Phillips (!) and as cheap as possible. If necessary then you can throw it away when it stops working! I settled on the Samsung because it has the VCR facility built in too.
Functionally I am very happy with this machine, it all works and four months on there is no hint of a problem so...fingers crossed.
The recording quality on DVD is better than a VCR, particularly if you record on the 2-hour setting, and is repeatably so, unlike tapes.
My advice to those considering buying a DVD recorder is not to think that the more expensive models are necessarily more reliable. Go for a cheap one - if you want the VCR functinality too so you can play your old videos then this model is a good buy. The only reason I'm not giving it five stars is that I've only had it four months and am still nervous from the Phillips experience!
Simplicity itself after some teething problems - 17 Apr 2007
21 out of 22 found this review helpful.
First of all- to my absolute horror when I received this machine and began setting it up, I quickly discovered that it isn't actually a `multi-region' DVD Player, at least it isn't right out of the box. After numerous failed attempts at playing region 1 DVD's and consulting the manual only to discover that it's implied the machine will only play discs that are described as either region `2' or `All', I contacted Amazon to inform them of this error in the description of the item. After some confusion and miss-communication I was eventually provided with the directions necessary to configure the machine to play all region DVD's, including `All' (I know, I was confused too). To ease your set-up of the machine should you chose to purchase it I'd advise contacing Amazon and they'll be able to provide you with the same directions, which are simplicity itself to implement.
Ok, panic over, now onto the review...
After trawling thought what seemed like hundreds of DVD players not just on Amazon but on many other electronic stores as well- searching in vain for a machine that had just a handful of concurring positive reviews to its credit, I finally came across this attractive (if a little larger than most) player. I wasn't even in the market for a combined video player, but what a useful feature it's turned out to be! All that I was really looking for in a DVD player was one that could play multi-region DVD's and also possessed a recordable feature. Trading up from a player that cost just £35 three years ago, I decided to spend a little more the second time around and hopefully avoid up-grading after only a year or so. The recordable feature in particular was new to me, but very easy to get to grips with, as was the video recorder, which utilises the exact same facility to record from the television (simply switching on the remote between `video' and `DVD' is all it takes), so all in all I have to say I'm very satisfied with the quality and most importantly the ease of recording, just as I am with the video tape -to- blank DVD transference (blank DVD discs are not included however).
The few minor negative points I have to make about this machine are really only concerned with the DVD Player and the functions it provides. The facilities that aren't available, which I got used to with my previous player are- a resume button to allow rapid pick-up and continuation of a disc, a display button that gives you access to total disc and chapter times (an info. facility is available here, but is much more limited) and lastly, an A-B looping facility, which if you're a fan of any particularly moment in a film or TV programme allows you to replay that scene over and over to your hearts content. Despite these omissions, the facilities that are available are top-notch and easy to locate on the sleek remote control. One other point with the video part of the machine though is that it can be quite noisy, particularly when rewinding/fast-forwarding video tapes.
It's still early days for me and my machine, and there's always the possibility with any piece of electronic kit that faults will start to appear down the line, but at the moment (despite some teething problems in the beginning) my machine works perfectly and on the evidence so far I can highly recommend it as exceeding the positive reviews it's accumulated so far on this page. If the number of players with bad reviews I discovered in my search are anything to go by (at best- mixed reviews that leave you in no better a position to make a decision about purchasing) then machine's like this one are as close to gold dust as you're likely to find and in my view should be snapped up sharpish before they disappear into Amazon-no-longer-available-oblivion forever.
It does the business. Copying old Videos. - 16 Apr 2007
17 out of 18 found this review helpful.
I have so many videos that i wanted to copy to DVD. 6hr Cricket matches, match of the days from 1980's, old whistle test concerts etc...this is doing the business. Simple and clear, forget about single video and DVD recorders this does what you need, buy this combi. Last year i bought a single stand alone LG DVD recorder, scart lead etc - quality was garabge.
So far i have found no timeslip - Ie lips/noise out of sinc and thats on a 6hr cricket match. Remember to use DVD-r.
As i said this samsung does the buisness and you dont need to be a genius to work it.
Got to say amazon are excellent to buy from, i put the wrong postcode and it went round the world for a week, but it with there help it turned up safe and sound. Top company top product.
Also if anyone wants a copy of the 1999 B&H super cup semi final Warkwickshire v Yorkshire - featuring a very young M Hoggard. Im your man.
Yes... the Winternights fly by at our house.
A complicated set up process - 27 Mar 2007
13 out of 16 found this review helpful.
The machine does everything it should do and for the price is a very good buy, however the statements that it is easy to set up do not equate to my experience. The diagrams for connecting the machine to my existing satellite system were very confusing.I just could not do it. The problem with a lot of these machines is that the instructions assume a level of knowledge that not everyone has,and the terminology may be second nature to younger people but not to people over 50.I had to pay a local engineer £60 to set the machine up, so if you are over 50,be prepared to have to pay for the setting up
A Good Buying Experience - 01 Mar 2007
51 out of 51 found this review helpful.
The recorder worked well straight out of the box, it was simple to use, even the timer recording, which after my last two VCRs was a very pleasant surprise.
Copying my video cassettes to make backup copies was painless.
After a week or so of use, it started getting intermittent horizontal banding interference on the image from all sources, I got that sinking feeling in my gut knowing I would have to do battle to get a good fix, not a bit of it! I sent Amazon an email telling them of the problem, within 15 minutes I got a reply asking if I wanted a replacement or a refund, I asked for a replacement and I got a reply within the hour to tell me a new machine had been ordered, which turned up the following morning, I was able to print off a reply paid label to put on the box to send the defective machine back and called DHL to collect it.
The replacement has worked faultlessly since.
I judge people and companies by how they treat you when things go wrong, it's easy for them to give good customer service when all is going well but the best time to judge them is when things are not well, I can't praise Amazon enough, my experience with them has always been good in the past and I had no qualms about buying anything from them, but now I am eminently satisfied.