My current set-up is a new 40" Samsung Plama TV, a one year-old Yamaha AV receiver, an elderly Samsung DVD player, an elderly Hitachi VCR and I also have Virgin cable and a Virgin digibox. The DVD player is acting up - it seems to skip parts of the disk and present the picture in 'blocks' (don't know the technical term so I hope you know what I mean by this) even when playing my brand new box set of Heroes. Bloody annoying!!
Now I figured that if I replace the DVD player with a DVDR I could copy over the few videos that I don't want to lose and make copies of TV programmes to pass on to my mum who can't get cable and can't afford Sky!
My requirements: Firstly I don't need a tuner or freeview as I've got that covered by the digibox. I do need it to be able to upscale to 1080 to get the best from my TV set - I would also like it to be multi region or have a crack available so I could watch region 1 films if I ever got one. I'm not sure about a hard drive - some people say it's a false economy not to have one, but I'm not sure I need it..... any thoughts, please? Finally I would only be happy with something from an established manufacturer - I wouldn't buy a brand I've never heard of.
My budget is £250 tops, but I don't want to spend all that if I don't need to. A quick look at the internet shows a bewildering choice but (for example) Amazon.co.uk shows the Sony RDRGX350B (no HD) available at £88 delivered and the Sony RDRHXD870 available at about £200. It doesn't have to be Sony - this is just an example, and I would welcome comments/suggestions from you all.
Thank you in advance for your kind help.
Rob
Now I figured that if I replace the DVD player with a DVDR I could copy over the few videos that I don't want to lose and make copies of TV programmes to pass on to my mum who can't get cable and can't afford Sky!
My requirements: Firstly I don't need a tuner or freeview as I've got that covered by the digibox. I do need it to be able to upscale to 1080 to get the best from my TV set - I would also like it to be multi region or have a crack available so I could watch region 1 films if I ever got one. I'm not sure about a hard drive - some people say it's a false economy not to have one, but I'm not sure I need it..... any thoughts, please? Finally I would only be happy with something from an established manufacturer - I wouldn't buy a brand I've never heard of.
My budget is £250 tops, but I don't want to spend all that if I don't need to. A quick look at the internet shows a bewildering choice but (for example) Amazon.co.uk shows the Sony RDRGX350B (no HD) available at £88 delivered and the Sony RDRHXD870 available at about £200. It doesn't have to be Sony - this is just an example, and I would welcome comments/suggestions from you all.
Thank you in advance for your kind help.
Rob
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