Samsung DVD SR275M

As you will have realised if you have read some of my reviews, I am on a quest to get a good, reasonably priced DVD Recorder so that I can archive some of the programmes I have recorded on my Virgin V+ box as well as transfer to DVD some of my home videos that I have shot over the years on Hi8 video tape and on standard VHS tape. This should be quite straight-forward but is turning out to be something of a challenge that I hadn't expected. My first approach was to try one of the combi VHS/DVD machines but my one and only trial of a machine of this design was of a Daewoo. It turned out to be something of a lemon. Despite trying two of the same model it simply ...  Read the complete review

Ive been using my rather old video recorder to tape tv programmes for donkeys years, and never really thought anything of these new dvd recorders. Then last christmas, i was given this dvd recorder by my grandfather. Its been sitting in my spare bedroom for over 2 months, as i really didnt think i would use it. Then comic relief was on tv, and so i decided it would be handy to record it. So i decided to set this machine up. I got it out of the box, and after looking at the quick start up guide, i decided to give it a try. I have to say it wasnt as simple as it looked, and the instructions were rubbish. I sat for over an hour trying to get it to find the ...  Read the complete review