Category: Video Reviews
Lite-On's first DVD/HD recorder
Probably best known for manufacturing DVD and CD drives for computers, Taiwanese company, Lite-On, has announced the launch of its first DVD/Hard Drive video recorder. The recorder is priced at around £350, making it the cheapest currently available. The…
Panasonic's first Freeview PVR
Panasonic's latest PVR has the benefit of providing a Freeview digital receiver as well as a hard drive recorder. The TU-CTH100 comes with two tuners so you can record two shows at once, or record one and watch another. There's…
Toshiba's latest DVD Recorders
We've now got more episodes of Crime Scene Investigation (Miami and Las Vegas – we don't discriminate) saved onto our Digital Video Recorder than we could ever hope to watch. Time, perhaps for us to invest in a DVD recorder…
Vieta adds DivX to its in-car DVD
In car DVD players are the perfect way to avoid ever having to communicate with members of your family. Stick on a DVD and everyone can stare slack-jawed at the TV for the entirety of the journey. What could be…
Portable DVD Player with DivX
Firebox has been stocking Shinco Portable DVD players for a while, and the company has just added a new model to the range available: the £399.95 SDP-1910. The new machine is the largest in the range, with a 9-inch widescreen…
Philips' new line up of DVD recorders
The two most interesting machines in Philips' latest batch of releases are the DVDR725H and the HDRW720. These two multi-format DVD recorders are also hard disk drives, with 160GB and 80GB of storage respectively – room for 250 hours…
Freeview Digital Video Recorders
Fusion Digital Technology has some rather nice digital video recorders in its portfolio. While Sky+ may keep the satellite viewers happy, those reluctant to fork out for the Sky subscription fee will need to look for other alternatives. Fusion Digitec…
Rent Blockbuster DVDs online
Blockbuster has launched a new online DVD rental service, with a special one month's free trial offer available to new users. The service allows subsribers unlimited film rentals for a monthly fee of £13.99 (for three DVDs at a time)…
VHS goes digital
This is a gadget that your mother would like. All those old VHS videos she's got of you in your first school play/egg and spoon race/naked in wellies in the paddling pool (at the age of 25)? Well now she…
Goodmans DVD/DTT combi
Er is it a DVD player, is it a digital terrestrial box? Well, actually it's both. Goodmans is the latest company to have gone combi crazy with a Freeview box wrapped up inside a DVD player (or is it…