It's a 160gb hard drive dvd recorder (Ellion) for £155, on the internet. Would it be worth having, and what problems would I encounter with it. I am not interested in paying for top of the range stuff, and not bothered about 'perfect' quality reproduction.
2006-09-20 00:19:27 · 8 answers · asked by andrew g 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
Do your homework and find out everything you can about it - look at what chipset it has for the DA conversion (some are considerably better than others, and not always in the more expensive makes), things like that. An el-cheapo DVD Player from Tesco's will probably be perfectly OK for the average person who's not a home cinema mega-surround sound freak, so this DVD Recorder could just be the ticket for you. The quality of build and certain components will be inferior to the leading brands, but if it does you for five years then you're laughing.
PS The thing that usually goes wrong in these type of units is the hard drive, depending on manufacturer you may be able to get away with replacing it with a standard PC hard drive, but don't count on it. Check online forums to see what other people have said about it.
2006-09-20 00:30:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't be taken in by a brand name - even the biggest name in the market have their internal parts manufactured by lesser known Companies, or Companies you wouldn't associate with audio / visual products. So go for it and enjoy it.
By the way, picture quality depends on good signal strength, good connections and the recording mode of the HDD - the longer the length, the poorer the quality. And don't think you can just swap a HDD over, most are firmware driven and those that are compatable generally have to be re-initialised to that firmware.
2006-09-20 12:48:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen, it has a guarantee.. so you are ok with it for a year... Ellion? never heard of it, but i bet the insides are made by samsung, philips,sony etc, as they all make for someone else... buy it, enjoy it.. it may turn out to be excellent..Sounds a GOOD Bargain.... g' luck....
(have a look at Richer Sounds for Bargains too)
2006-09-20 07:24:22 · answer #3 · answered by paulrb8 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does it record HD?
No, that is why all this stuff is getting so cheap.
It will be useless in a couple of years. Looks like you are in the UK. I don't know about there, but in the States, everything is supposed to go HD in 2009
2006-09-20 14:13:00 · answer #4 · answered by Dennis K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your not bothered by the quality, go for it. However, spending the extra money is always worth while my dad has always said.
2006-09-20 07:27:34 · answer #5 · answered by zanzabarr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd have it! I have DVB with a HDD and it's great. But check Maplin and aria for good prices.
2006-09-21 17:59:33 · answer #6 · answered by Mike10613 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put it this way, if you`ve got 155 pounds to risk, go for it but,expect it to be rubbish and then,if its good, its a bonus.....(I hope it is good for you).
2006-09-20 07:21:42 · answer #7 · answered by Happy. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its probably the saort of difference you find between celeron and pentium.
You pay for what you get.
2006-09-20 07:21:47 · answer #8 · answered by PollyPocket 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋