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Samsung DVD-HR733/XEU Multi-region Capable DVD Recorder With 80Gb Hard Drive and USB 2.0 Conn
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Misleading features
(3 out of 5) by Dr. J. Evans on Oct 29, 2006 (Isle of Man)First the good news: quiet in operation; good quality reproduction at LP speed (4 hours can be saved to DVD-R); attractive; RGB output.
Minor bad news: cannot splice two programmes together; editing commands slow to respond; difficult to load MP3 files onto HDD.
However, it has a major fault: several features such as automatic chaptering, watching a programme currently recording, or watching one previously recorded programme while recording another -- will not work during timer recordings. As most recordings are based on the timer, this is such a significant failing (not mentioned in the promotional information) that in essence these features are unavailable. I am returning it to Amazon.
Minor bad news: cannot splice two programmes together; editing commands slow to respond; difficult to load MP3 files onto HDD.
However, it has a major fault: several features such as automatic chaptering, watching a programme currently recording, or watching one previously recorded programme while recording another -- will not work during timer recordings. As most recordings are based on the timer, this is such a significant failing (not mentioned in the promotional information) that in essence these features are unavailable. I am returning it to Amazon.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
THE CORRECT MULTIREGION HACK IS...
(5 out of 5) by Mr. T. J. Bacon on Jan 2, 2007 (London UK)Amazon list an incorrect multiregion hack for this machine. The correct way I have discovered after trial and error is:
1.Machine powered on, no disc in tray
2.Press 0 five times at approx 1 second intervals
3.Press the "REPEAT" button (NOT the "repeat a-b")
4.Enter the following sequence - 5,7,5,3,8,9
[2 flashes on screen when you press 8 - pressing 9 makes this multiregion].
5. Now open and close the disc tray TWICE.
6. Power the machine on & off and it is now multiregion.
Enjoy!
1.Machine powered on, no disc in tray
2.Press 0 five times at approx 1 second intervals
3.Press the "REPEAT" button (NOT the "repeat a-b")
4.Enter the following sequence - 5,7,5,3,8,9
[2 flashes on screen when you press 8 - pressing 9 makes this multiregion].
5. Now open and close the disc tray TWICE.
6. Power the machine on & off and it is now multiregion.
Enjoy!