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Ok....here goes...

My faithfull video recorder has finally bitten the dust.

I'm thinking of buying a combined video/dvd recorder as I'd like to
start recording programmes on DVDs as they take up less space than VHS
tapes, but I have a number of VHS tapes that I'd still like to be able
to watch.

How good are the combined video/DVD recorders? Argos is selling a Bush
DVRHS02 for £200. Is it any good or am I better off just getting a
cheap video recorder and staying put in the 20th Century?

I would appreciate recommendations around the £200 mark.

Thanks

Duds

In article <>,
says...
> Ok....here goes...
>
> My faithfull video recorder has finally bitten the dust.
>
> I'm thinking of buying a combined video/dvd recorder as I'd like to
> start recording programmes on DVDs as they take up less space than VHS
> tapes, but I have a number of VHS tapes that I'd still like to be able
> to watch.
>
> How good are the combined video/DVD recorders? Argos is selling a Bush
> DVRHS02 for £200. Is it any good or am I better off just getting a
> cheap video recorder and staying put in the 20th Century?
>
> I would appreciate recommendations around the £200 mark.
>
> Thanks
>
> Duds
>
>
>


I would never buy a combo unit. What if the vcr fails? Then you have
half a machine. Vcrs are so cheap nowadays I'd just get a dvd recorder
with the features you want and then get a $40 vcr (you do the
conversion, I don't have a pound symbol).

--Stay away from Go Video's new unit; mine failed right out of the
box. Three of us, a software geek, an EE and I all read the manual and
*nobody* could make it work. POS, IMO.

--
"Steamboat Ed" Haas : The other night I
Hacking the Trailing Edge! : dreamed about wasabi...
http://www.nmpproducts.com/intro.htm
---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

"steamer" <> wrote in message
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> --Stay away from Go Video's new unit; mine failed right out of the
> box. Three of us, a software geek, an EE and I all read the manual and
> *nobody* could make it work. POS, IMO.

Probably just a "DOA." It happens. I have a Go Video combo and it works
better than others I've used, like Panasonic and Samsung.
--
Buford T. Justice
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