I've been looking to get a Dvd recorder with a built in Hard drive and I noticed that all the major retailers bairly carry any Dvd recorders in store at all. I haven't been able to find any hard drive models at Circuit city or best buy. Is there a movement away from these things or am I just looking in the wrong spot?
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One HDD recorder available in the U.S. is the Philips DVDR3576H/37, available at Sams Club stores, Wal-Mart online, and many other online stores.
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You can get HDD recorders on Ebay. I got one for less than $50 total. It was awhile back though.
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I know I can get anything online. I don't get how major retailers aren't carrying them(hard drive models) even on their websites. The Philips/mag models are the only ones I find but I'm sure we don't have to discuss their reliabilty and quality.
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The Philips 3575/6 is a different animal than other Philips products you may be familiar with. I wouldn't hesitate suggesting it. Otherwise you'd have to go the international route or buy a Canadian Panny, Pioneer, LG or even Sony. Personally I'd stay away from the Magnavox or Liteon recorders w/hdds. They might be the cheapest but theirs a reason for that.....
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Originally Posted by limpy
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Out of 10 people (a quick representative cross-section), I find that
- 3 use a PVR, Tivo or DVR (cable or satellite)
- 1 uses iTunes or only rents as a primary means of watching videos
- 1 uses VHS or S-VHS tapes
- 1 uses a computer capture card
- 2 use a DVD recorder (every 5th "group of 10", one person has an HDD version)
- 2 don't use anything and/or don't care to record/convert anything
I think that matches some research from late last year, that showed DVD recorder adoption in the 20-30% range, and HDD versions to be maybe 10-20% of the adopters. The machines simply were not desired by consumers. Hobbyists and pros rarely wanted them either, as quality was too limited for anything they would want to do.
I love the benefits and convenience of recorders, but some folks just don't like them. It's usually because the machine is too hard for them to use. DirecTV and cable, on the other hand, are installed by an installer, and they often show the consumer how to operate the machine. With a DVD recorder, you're on your own once you've left the store (and the store employees usually are just as clueless).Want my help? Ask here! (not via PM!)
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Its kind of funny that no matter how many times we hash thru this question, there's always one more latecomer who's just now noticing DVD recorders have "left the building", and DVD recorders with hard drives left the country altogether- two years back already!
T'was cable killed the DVD recorder in the USA, the particular combination of HDTV + TiVO interface + essentially getting the box "free" with digital cable service does not exist anywhere else in the world. Most people only want a recorder for timeshifting, once they get spoiled by the integrated program guide/recording scheduler in a USA cable DVR they never look back and will not ever again consider a non-integrated recorder. End of consumer interest, end of availability. For whatever reason, Phillips alone has decided to keep pursuing this dwindling USA market, and lucky for us they are providing a decent unit.
Europe and Japan are different: cable and satellite penetration is much less, there are many government-subsidized free OTA digital broadcasts (some in HD), they have an excellent standardized integrated OTA recorder program guide that is much like TiVO, and they have not built up the price resistance Americans now have from the "free" cable DVR. The Japanese of course will buy anything electronic at any time, preferably more than one: its their national hobby. -
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Thanks for all the quality info. I guess I'll be getting the 3575 or 3576 depending on which one is better.
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It won't matter unless you subscribe to analog cable. If you can get the 3576, that's prob. the overall better choice... new Front-End (FE) Firmware might be important/better in an analog-cable system? Also, not hearing anything bad about the 3576 yet... been out since Feb/Apr.
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For less than a Philips you can get a Toshiba on Ebay. The PQ on the Toshiba recorders is unbeatable and they have more options for customizing than you will ever need. You could buy an extended warranty through Ebay with the price difference and end up with an excellent recorder with warranty.
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I think that people recording less to archivable media (tape or disc) is due to the availibilty of TV season dvd box sets. Back in the day, if you wanted a copy of your favorite show, you would have to tape it yourself. It was not available any other way. Now people don't bother and can just go buy it from the store or rent it from Netflix.
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Originally Posted by wabjxo
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Originally Posted by ViddWant my help? Ask here! (not via PM!)
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When you buy one they give recording time based on lowest resolution. So, 80 hours is low resolution. More like 20 hours at a decent resolution. My Panasonic is listed at around 768 hours. Lol
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If you want the Philips recorder, you can get a new one on ebay for $150 right now. Go to bensbargains.net and look for the Ebay listing, follow the instructions there to get 35% off of the $225 with free shipping price. The total is a little less than $150.
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Being in Europe (sort of) I was of the opinion that I needed an all-singing all-dancing dvd recording machine, but I have recently purchased from my Tv provider a hard disk recorder 160gb for £50 (very tivo like)no ongoing extra payment, which is pretty cheap.. And now I realise that my need for anything more is much less, many others would be satisfied with just this box. I still would like to archive/record Discovery channel, NaTGEOG but if I cant WTH? I now have to starting thinking about a Dvd recorder.
So maybe the Tv providers over here are also getting the message from america and copying the same ideas.Corned beef is now made to a higher standard than at any time in history.
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Wal-Mart Canada now has Magnavox H2080MW8 (80 Gig) for $199. Looks like more crappy Funai product. I managed to snag 2 more Daytek 950-S recorders (160 Gig HDDs) for $1.25 and $0.99 respectively as the E-Bay seller thought they were DOA. One has a bad burner. The other only likes Verbatim 16X +Rs (my standard disc). Both these problems are minor. So for about $25 (that included the shipping cost) I got 2 more HDD recorders....
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Interesting. That philips, $299, dropped to $244 at Circuit city, but today is just $223.96! Use a $40 off $199 coupon & it's only $184.00 New.
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And by the way, nobody who posts to these forums can claim to have "a life".
I resent this commentary... Mainly because I resemble that remark. :PYeah, I'm probably nuts... But what the hell. Nobody's perfect.
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