Compacks dvd model 101 (UK)

Has anyone brought this Dvd Recorder apparently Woolworths are selling them
for around £175.

I really heard mixed reviews regarding this so any advice re this recorder
much appreciated.

Nick

If you are going to buy this, then I recommend that you get it from
ebay. They are going for anywhere between £50-£70. Not a bad recorder
and there is a firmware update on the website which will also make the
machine multi-region.

The only issue I have found with it is that it does not recognise
DVD+RDL discs. Plays everything else fine.

Also, do not use the SVid leads from Sky/Cable. Instead use the yellow
plug

Aunty James

Aunty James wrote:
> If you are going to buy this, then I recommend that you get it from
> ebay. They are going for anywhere between £50-£70. Not a bad recorder
> and there is a firmware update on the website which will also make the
> machine multi-region.

I bought mine for £129.99 from Woolworths about 2 months back. Since then
they have upped the price back to £179.95. I was stunned to learn that they
are going for between £50 - £70 on Ebay but then I realised that the units
in question were refurbished - Phew!
>
> The only issue I have found with it is that it does not recognise
> DVD+RDL discs. Plays everything else fine.
>
For the money I paid (129.99) I thought it good value at the time.

Notable pros are:

Built in 5.1 decoder - this is probably why the unit is so heavy
Progressive output
3 sets of audio/video inputs ( includes SVideo but unfortunately no SCART)
Built in TV tuner

Notable cons:

Limited to recording on DVD +R/RW only
No scart input (an RGB capable scart input would be useful)
No capability of pausing recording (this is a _massive_ drawback to me)
Extremely tortuous TV channel setup procedure (no easy way of swapping
channels)
Somewhat picky about media - it doesn't seem to like the cheap Bulkpaq DVD
+R media

The inability to pause recording was too much of a drawback for me and I've
upgraded to a slightly more expensive Liteon 5005. As the Liteon 5005 is
only £189.99 from SVP and does both DVD +R/RW and DVD -R/RW, it is certainly
better value for money now than the Compacks at £179.99.

hth

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