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This unit does not record on DVD16x speed. I have tried other DVD's,
By: Crisalida
May 26, 2009 @ 4:46 PM
The manual of this unit says it records on any DVD. Not true, this unit fails to record on newer DVD’s, specially the 16x speed.
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This unit must be defective.
By: Bill Cook
August 19, 2007 @ 10:15 PM
I have read other reviews that state they have had good success recording DVDs. I have not been able to record one DVD as part of my problem is finding any 2X DVD of the correct media. One year later and it will not even play a NEW DVD movie….
I have removed it from my home theater rack for repair or to use as a boat anchor.
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Good for what it is....
By: EvilJ
February 9, 2006 @ 6:32 AM
I received my DVD-R120 as a free promotion for buying a DLP TV. I would say that for the most part it is what it is. Recording is VERY easy and can be done many ways. I have a moderately large home system that includes an HD box, DVD player, LaserDisc player, this recorder and a receiver. Hooking it up was pretty simple, once I had the right components for the job, it took a total of about 5 minutes.
I recorded a show that I had saved on DVR, so there is absolutely NO problem doing that (just read the manual)…. Transporting discs? Well once they are finalized… Transport them… But remember, older DVD players, and even newer ones for that matter, do not play all DVD formats! So if it isn’t playing on your DVD player, make sure that your DVD player is supposed to read these formats (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-Ram). Notice the – and not the +. This is, to me, an unfamiliar format. I have always had to use DVD+R/RW on my computers and those discs read in almost all of my DVD players around the house.
Now on to what I do NOT like. I have HDTv and I want to be able to record the shows I watch on HD channels. For some reason the R120 takes the widescreen idea to a whole new level. It adds these really ugly gray bars across the top and bottom of your HD picture and, well, to me, blows the whole experience. This problem exists not only with recording HDTv, but with watching it through the R120 as well.
So in a nutshell, great unit, easy to use, makes DVDs so that you can save some hardrive space on your tivo or DVR, and overall is a great bargain. Does not record in HD and the picture from HD recordings is of âalrightâ quality. 7 out of 10.
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RTFM
By: orcaboy
January 12, 2006 @ 12:30 PM
I have this dvd recorder and it is good so far. One thing most people don’t seem to realize is that you have to finalize the dvd for it to be recognized on a different system. this is true of cd’s you burn on your computer ( unless you have the same software installed on the other computer). if yuou read the manual it will tell you how to finalize the dvd if you are using dvd-rw thwen after you finalize the dvd and you want ot record on it again at alater date there is an option in the menu that allows you to unfinalize it so you can continue recording on it. the only fault ihave found s that finalize button should be a button on the remote as well as an option in the menu ( in case you lose the remote).
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Incompatible WIth Other Players
By: Chris Hebe
January 8, 2006 @ 7:57 AM
Got the recorder as a Christmas present. Finally set it up yesterday and recorded two programs from my DVR box. The recordings will not play on all 4 of my other DVD players. They only play on the Samsung recorder. That makes it not very useful for recording shows to be seen on another unit.
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Chapter issues
By: Jim
December 12, 2005 @ 5:41 AM
Great unit if you only want to playback on the same deck. If your purpose is to create disks that are portable to other units, this is not the unit you want. It creates chapters at 5 minute intervals when finalizing, but when played on other players that support -R it locks and jumps from chapter to chapter. Only way to break out is to eject the DVD.
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Didn't work with Tivo
By: bigrondawg
September 8, 2005 @ 2:32 PM
I bought this product today, and am returning it tomorrow. The sole reason I bought this product was to offload video from my DirecTV Tivo, but when I record from the Tivo, it looks like it loses at least every other packet from the Tivo (the image is extremely spotty and unusable).
This product certainly did not perform “as advertised.”
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