my husband bought me a wharfedale dvd recorder plus freeview. it was brilliant i recorded all the films i wanted to watch and keep. i couldnt have asked for a better christmas box. we had it about 4 years then i turned it on one friday night and it wouldnt work, it just said it was preparing. yopu can imagine my dissapointment when my husband rang the hotline and was told it was the hard drive, all those films i had recorded lost. now i think what a waste of money i now have to buy the films i have lost. i have an old desktop computer an its had some stick with the grandchildren an that hard drive is still going strong. my husband an i were the only ones to use the dvd. .  Read the complete review

This dvd recorder is worth is money and then some! I've had this machine since christmas and I am more than pleased with it. Its and dvd player / recorder with upscale and its got built in freeview to boot! Looking at it, its asthetically pleasing, its black (would've been even better in silver but hey ho, can't have everything) and has silver buttons. The stand by button when its on has a bright blue glow to signify that it is actually on stand by. Next to that sre the control buttons, small round record button in the centre and four other ones that form an outer circle. They are the play / pause, stop, forward/skip and ...  Read the complete review