UK- Mico Espejo DVDR311 £229 in Sainsburys

[KDH]

Currently the cheapest DVD Recorder in the UK ?

I saw over 25 of these stacked up in my local store this morning at £229.99


Currently the Philips DVDR 70 is about £240 in the cheapest stores with the Panasonic E50 at £245


KDH

[andydd]

Is it a + recorder ?......

[KDH]

Yep- a +RW/+R recorder.

2 scart sockets on the back although no Firewire.


KDH

[kcalczab]

and now £199 in their xmas promotion

any reviews anywhere????

[KDH]

I've not seen any reviews anywhere as yet

See
http://www.dvdplusrw.org/Article.asp?mid=8&sid=13&aid=24

specifically

http://www.dvdplusrw.org/video/leaflets/mico_dvdr300_page5.jpg

for more info.

NB this recorder as far as I know does not have an I-Link/Firewire socket

KDH

[kcalczab]

thanks for the links, ill have a read later as it bonfire night

for £199 it has to be a bargain though???

[andydd]

Think Id go for the E50...id rather pay more for a better brand.............in fact I did !......

[RabidDog]

I read on another site that Humax are releasing a combined freeview and HDD recorder for £200 ( early nov?)-- 60gb I think. But these prices are more in my region I think (sub £250).

[webeye]

http://www.micoelectric.com/main_dvdrec.htm

[KDH]

Seems Sainsburys are determined to shift these recorders!

TV adverts and a full page colour ad in today's Daily Mail.

The original planned price in the Christmas brochure (printed in Sept) was £249

They now have competition with the Grundig in Currys/Dixons at the same price.

KDH

[Scobo]

KDH,
Do you have any more info on the Grundig you say is on sale in Currys and Dixons ?
I didn't know Grundig had a DVD recorder out and I can't see it on either stores website.

[kcalczab]

there is a thread on here somewhere that i started

it is quite a nice looking machine, no front panel display though

very very silver

h**p://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0890777915.106884283 5@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccchadcjllghmjkcflgceggdhhmdfhn. 0&page=Product&sku=860711&category_oid=-11542

[John_A]

Can it be made multiregion?

Thanks!

[elmotheteapot]

Philips DVR70 - 199.99 @ Macro UK
Philips DVR75 - 199.99 @ Richer Sounds
Philips DVR70 Multiregion - 229.95 @ Richer Sounds

(Above are prices in GBP)

[bulldog2108]

i bought the mico 3 days ago and cant recommend it enough.....excellent quality

[rhegedus]

I think (don't have the mag with me right now) there's a review of this in this months What Hi-Fi: Sound & Vision. Gets 2/5......

[bulldog2108]

dont believe everything you read

[Scobo]

I bought that same mag to help me decide which recorder to go for.
The reason it scored 2/5 was that they were comparing it against the other recorders in the review and, in their opinion, the other machines offered better functionality although they did praise it's recording quality.
I went for a Philips DVDR75 in the end at £219 (multiregion) from Richer Sounds and I have to say it was a great buy.
The recording quality is better than I had expected as reviews I've read favoured the Panasonics but I think the people who write these views must either have much better eye sight than me or are just hyper critical.
I can't tell the difference from the source and the recording at the higher quality modes which is good enough for me.
I heard the Mico uses the same MPEG2 encoding engine as Philips.

[robpiggott]

http://www.dvdplusrw.org/video/leaflets/mico_dvdr300_page2.jpg

The new mico with firewire???

[energy80s]

Philips DVR70 - 199.99 @ Macro UK
Philips DVR75 - 199.99 @ Richer Sounds
Philips DVR70 Multiregion - 229.95 @ Richer Sounds

(Above are prices in GBP)

But do Richer Sounds have any of them in stock? I find that "RS" promise the world but constantly fail to deliver. Also a lot of gray imports pass over the RS counter.