dvd recorders

[souldriver]

Hi, as its sale time again i want to upgrade my dvd player and buy a dvd recorder. My current player is a sony that I have had since the dawn of dvd's and has never let me down, but its time to move to a recorder.

Can anybody recommend a good dvd recorder that has a hard drive built in. Any suggestions will be appreciated, thanks.

[Postdog]

Best check the electrical websites, but I am wondering why you would want DVD recorder which also has a built in hard drive. Sort of defeats the object.

[Ethel]

postdog - not at all! I have had a philips hard drive dvd recorder for over 2 years. It is excellent.

It has all the functions of a pvr - pause live tv, rewind and so on, but I can archive programmes to disk if I want to keep them or just play them on another dvd player. I can also edit out adverts and unwanted bits.

I have also been able to copy my home video tapes to dvd disk with this machine, simply by hooking it up to my video player.
I can also play dvd disks - so that is one less piece of equipment.

I suggest you buy a good review magazine, such as Home Cinema, and read the reviews. List the functions you must have and spend time researching the market.

I would recommend a twin tuner though, so you can record two different programmes at the same time.

I would be interested to know your final choice.