Argos - 250gb dvd recorder 120 euros

HOB-it

Was in Argos in Athlone today and the have a wharfedale (possibly spelt incorrect) 250gb with hdmi out and upscaling ability for 120 euros. Its marked in their catelog for 199 euros but when typing in code it comes to 119.99.

alastair_doom

must be this one? catalogue number 533/6683in the uk book, i assume same here

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5336683/c_1/1|category_root|Sound+and+vision|9555142/c_2/2|cat_9555142|DVD%2C+Blu-ray+and+video|9555197/c_3/3|cat_9555197|HDD+DVD+recorders|9555214.htm

£79 sterling

Oracle

That's a good price for a 250Gb recorder. The price sounds correct, Argos making easy money on the currency conversion as usual. (ie. £80 is equivalent to about €100, not €120) :rolleyes:

CH3OH

Oracle . It will be interesting to see the prices in the new Irish catalogue on the 26th

Ghost Train

doesnt look good if it only does mono sound, but havn't seen a harddisk recorder this cheap yet

slave1

whist the Argos blurg does state mono sound, I doubt a 1080i HDMI connection is transmitting mono sound

HOB-it

id agree with slave1 - even the cheapo dvd players that you can buy for spare change come with some sort of 5.1 output.

also - with sky now plugging their sky+ for 50 yo yos for new customers - could this be the some of the reason for dvd recorders plumeting in price. afterall - why spend good money on a dvd recorder when sky is selling their pvr for substantially less

Ghost Train

i'd say the mono sound must be for the analog tuner, but it could also be for the mpeg2 encoder/recorder... Would mean any recordings/time shifting would be mono

HOB-it

good call - id say your spot on

coldfire1x

Its a brillinat price, defo a bargain.

prodigal_son

Would this thing upscale the tv input, or just a dvd you put in it? and anyone know how good it would be at upscaling something like ntl digital signal?

HOB-it

i have an LG that is much the same spec. It wont upscale normal tv signal in my experience - i had it hooked up to chorus and the signal was as crap as it normally was.

Zonda999

Back in january, i bought one of these except it didnt have a hard drive.It was a record to disc only version.It was useless.It had a fault for starters.I would set it recording and it would stop recording randomly.I returned it and got a no hdmi phlips one thats excellent.The wharfedale did have hdmi though it was an absolutely hopeless upscaler.Sky looked horribly smeared when i tried upscaling it.Dvds looked terrible as well, a world away from the ps3 for upscaling.I wouldnt call it a bargain and wouldnt touch it with a bargepole myself

TM

HOB-it wrote: »

Was in Argos in Athlone today and the have a wharfedale (possibly spelt incorrect) 250gb with hdmi out and upscaling ability for 120 euros. Its marked in their catelog for 199 euros but when typing in code it comes to 119.99.

It's in their latest in store end of catalog/clearance brochure at €119 so it's not a pricing mistake.

TM

None in stock in any of their Dublin stores according to their Ring & Reserve service...

Boggles

Has this got RF out, can't see it in the specs?