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| Brand: Samsung
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 23025
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 13.2
Dimensions (in): 20.2 x 17.1 x 5.8
MPN: DVD-SH853M/XEU
Model: DVD-SH853M/XEU
EAN: 8808987185572
ASIN: B000O15FZU
Release Date: May 25, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 27
 Great piece of kit..... except March 22, 2008
In Glorious Black And White (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Note that it apparently does not record one Freeview channel while you watch another. This point could be made clear in advertising. Not everyone is a 'techie'. br / br /The handbook is vague in some areas and complicated in others, so usually getting back to the shop or speaking to SAMSUNG via the customer service number is recommended. I found them very helpful and the phone was answered quickly on the 3 occasions I rang. br / br /Inviting people to comment is asking for certain folk to criticise only. For some reason some cannot bring themselves to praise, but find it easy to nit-pick. br / br /I still find this a great piece of kit, with the above reservations. Kit 5-stars, handbook '1' would be , for me a fair appraisal. br / br /The problems I thought I had were badly articulated in the handbook and simple to overcome. br / br /The machine does have lots of services and is bound to involve a little thought and experimentation. I suppose this being the case the handbook has to appear complex. But simple needs I found hard to satisfy. I found a problem recording but found out that the STANDBY BUTTON had to pressed to switch the unit off. The flashing red recording light means it is not recording for example. I am still trying to find out the use of the TV/STANDBY button. I thought that it meant TV on, record any channel! WRONG. Still I have Freeview integrated in my TV, so no problem. br / br /For me the picture quality is outstanding. Those with problems might check their connectivity, or signal. It has always been exemplary for me.
Not great, but does enough for me March 18, 2008
Doktor Futtocks
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've read the other reviews, and I can see why some people are frustrated with this unit. But I am only using the very basic DTV, DVD player and HDD record/replay functions and for that, I'm having few problems, mainly due to my needing to use the machine a bit more before I learn the operational differences between this and my old machine. br / br /The main grouch I have is the short pause-time before a DVD is stopped, as mentioned earlier. My old DVD recorder (a staggeringly unreliable LG) had such a clunky interface that, perhaps, I have never got used to expecting anything better. On the other hand, it played a DVD that neither my old recorder, my multiregion player or my PC would even recognise as a disc, which was a positive. br / br /What I'd like to have had is a card or CAM slot, so I could ditch my old set-top box for recording from Setanta. Otherwise, the picture quality's excellent (lousy reception where I live permitting) and the sound is good (once you de-select the default sound compression). I even managed to get the HDMI (referred to often as the Highly Disappointing Much-hyped Interface) connection to work!
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