DVD Recorder €89

fisab

Dunnes Stores has a DVD Recorder for €89 : Aurex DVD Recorder .

Anyone know where I could find out more info about it?
I'm looking for a really cheap way of converting old VHS tapes to DVD (and then edit them on a PC).

Many thanks in advance for any info.

okidoki987

Saw the poster last night but couldn't find any of them.
Great price for a recorder.

esmonde

Got the last one in Dunnes Rathmines this morning. They were assigned three last night. Seems like an okay machine with a paper manual and quickstart guide. Doesn't say region free but it seemed to play a US NTSC DVD I tried. Haven't tried recording anything yet. Sturdily built and slim with lots of features. I presume it's a rebadged something-or-other. Anyone have any more info?

esmonde

Quick reply to my own post.

Pretty sure it's the same as Crown CDVDRW300. Ebuyer info below.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=101351

unklerosco

I deliver to dunnes every day, might pick one up... I know there's a few in Rathdowney and considering that no one ever shops there they should be there when i go down on thurs ;-)

walshki

Supervalu appear to have a similar deal. Its a HCL DVD +R/+RW recorder. It claims to have progressive scan capability. I only saw it in passing so I didn't get a great look at the detail. Its advertised as 89.99 but if you look closely you see there's an additional 10 euro PRF so its 99.99.

I'm not sure of HCLs background although from some internet articles they appear to be linked to Toshiba. If anyone knows anymore about it I'd be happy to hear.

BTW I saw them in Supervalu in Glanmire in Cork. They had I would say approx. 10-12 in stock.

wideangle

Dunnes stores in Douglas Cork got six of those dvd recorders in yesterday and sold a grand total of zero;) so if you are around that way there should'nt be any trouble getting one.

wideangle

They stock alot of crown dvd players,but not sure if they are rebadged crown.

kaisersose77

the dunnes one doesnt play any xvid I try to play on it anyways so doesnt seem like a repackaged crown CDVDRW300 anyways

oxygen_old

In fairness you wont get a DVD recorder that plays xvids for less than €200

stevejazzx

oxygen wrote:

In fairness you wont get a DVD recorder that plays xvids for less than €200

think the yamada one does! its 150euro
the lite on in argos does also i think about 170euro

Chopper

oxygen wrote:

In fairness you wont get a DVD recorder that plays xvids for less than €200

Powercity have a POWERPOINT DVD RECORDER for €159.00

DVD/VCD/SVCD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/

WMA/MPEG4/JPEG/DVD+R/RW PLAY

(I've been told it plays xvids also but have not confirmed this)

I have one of the older POWERPOINT DVD players which lasted me 6 years without any problems only to stop completly last week. Can't even switch the damn thing on now; I don't think they like being moved around. But I would still consider buying the dvd recorder.

oxygen_old

I stand corrected. That powerpoint one sounds pretty good,I would buy that if it played x-vids.

oleras

Anybody buy one of these ? I got one a few days ago and the player wont even come out of standby when its pluged in !..... going to bring it back at the weekend, anyone else have trouble with theirs ?

MisterAnarchy

Originally Posted by oxygen
In fairness you wont get a DVD recorder that plays xvids for less than €200

I bought one from SVP last week for £80 ;that under €120.

oxygen_old

MisterAnarchy wrote:

I bought one from SVP last week for £80 ;that under €120.

All right, all right. I all ready said I stand corrected.

Am I right in saying that while these DVD players do play x-vids, its only for a limited time until the x-vid codec changes.

oleras

OK...I brought it back today, to a different store then purchased, it was exchanged without asking any questions( could have had 2 red bricks in the box....lol).... set it up this evening and must say, is working a charm....... will even play stuff copied off the tv on my sons xbox..... good bargain at 90 bucks !!!!

oleras wrote:

Anybody buy one of these ? I got one a few days ago and the player wont even come out of standby when its pluged in !..... going to bring it back at the weekend, anyone else have trouble with theirs ?

TempestSabre

Can you use rewritables in these. Wipe them and the reuse them again?

oleras

yes, but only DVD+

Scruff

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=12624

dvd+ r\w recorder that plays divx. ~€90. dunno if they deliver to ireland though.

Anchises

Supervalu HCL DVD Recorder... 89.99 .... euro 5.00 PRF so its 94.99.

BTW I saw them in Supervalu in Glanmire in Cork. .

they still have about 5....
Anybody comment on them ?

What's the deal with DVD recorder's and USB ports ? I saw some excitement a while ago about the possibility of modding a DVD recorder to add a USB port....
Is this to enable recording to a HardDrive ? or to facilitate reading from the HardDrive ? or both ....

Andis this one likely to have a similar PCB capable of being modded ?

TempestSabre

Anchises wrote:

they still have about 5....
Anybody comment on them ?

What's the deal with DVD recorder's and USB ports ? I saw some excitement a while ago about the possibility of modding a DVD recorder to add a USB port....
Is this to enable recording to a HardDrive ? or to facilitate reading from the HardDrive ? or both ....

Andis this one likely to have a similar PCB capable of being modded ?

From what I read some of these have a media card reader which has a USB header so they use that. I assume just to read from the drive.

pchead

Anyone know of any Dunnes with some of these left?