Category: Video Reviews
LG RH200MH HDD DVD recorder
LG has unveiled the RH200MH, a 250GB HDD DVD recorder that the company claims is one of the easiest to use on the market. Functionality is pretty basic – you can record, edit and store TV content, and with…
Sony's latest HDD recorders reach the UK
Sony is adding two more models to it's range of HDD DVD recorders. The RDR-HX525 and RDR-HX725 feature 80GB and 160GB of drive space respectively, which for the HX725 means up to 249 hours of recording time. The models…
Maplin Electronics 250GB HDD DVD recorder
It's fairly obvious that hard disk DVD recorders are rapidly falling in price – Aldi brought out an 80GB model for less than £100 before Christmas. And a 250GB recorder is now available from Maplins just short of £230….
CES 2006: Is HD DVD coming to the UK in 2006?
Might HD DVD make it to Europe this year after all? The Register is reporting that Studio Canal, part of the Canal Plus media Empire, has lined up 30 HD DVD discs for a launch sometime during 2006. Whether…
CES 2006: Sanyo debuts HD DVD player
Toshiba isn't the only company backing the HD DVD format. Its partner Sanyo is also snubbing Blu-ray and has announced March launch for its debut HD DVD player the HD-S100. It has all the usual bells and whistles including 1080i…
CES 2006: Tosh's HD DVD players set for March launch
You've got to give Toshiba top marks for perseverance, for in spite of the fact that CES 2006 is very much a Blu-ray show the Japanese giant went ahead and confirmed a March launch for its pair of HD…
CES 2006: Sony to debut Blu-ray player in early summer
Sony finally nailed its Blu-ray colours to the mast today by announcing an early summer US launch for its BDP-S1 Blu-ray player. It'll be high def compatible and able to output signals at the top level of the format…
Best of 2005: Telewest TVDrive
Until we get to see the new HD-friendly Sky+ the Telewest TVDrive is our favourite hard disk video recorder. It has all you'd expect including a 160 Gigabyte hard drive and trick play facilities, plus a few bonuses such…
Aldi's sub £100 80GB recorder
As cost-conscious mothers never get tired of saying, you can certainly bag a bargain at your local Aldi. But I'll bet they never mentioned this Technosonic 80GB recorder with Freeview at the absolute giveaway price of £99.99 – probably…
Philips adds a trio of DVD recorders
Philips has been giving its DVD recorder range the once over adding three new models two of which feature hard disks. The top-end DVDR7300H (£500) and DVDR3300H (£330) are equipped with 250GB and 80GB Hard Disk Drives respectively, each…
