Liteon DVD Recorder £149.99 instore @ Currys

[Delh]

Saw this in an ad on tv last night, & instore @ Nuneaton.

Online too, but probably have to add postage.

May be of interest if u don't need RGB.

Delh

[effpee]

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[D'Ohnut]

Do these record in widescreen (16:9) or 4:3 only? If the input is 16:9 of course.

D

[coolsurfer]

Saw this in leeds branch of Dixons today as well.

[ramit]

Is this any good?

[deanos]

If you order from Dixons its £1 cheaper delivery, dont forget the 7.5% discount code doing the rounds :wave:

[Alan. b]

If you order from Dixons its £1 cheaper delivery, dont forget the 7.5% discount code doing the rounds :wave:

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[kcxdev]

I guess there's no chance that this plays divx/xvid?

[marnstars]

CAUTION???? Wasn't / isn't the 5001 model flawed with overheating problems? I notice they have put a "b" at the end of the product code - do you think they have been corrected for clearance? The new model is of course out as well - the 5005 (I think SVP are doing the new model - yes they are (true bob the builder sytle!))

I have everything to worry about - I'm on my 2nd Philips!!! :cry:

[the creepster]

For those that may be interested I also believe that this model has a DV terminal on it as well. Not bad for £150 odd.

[stolt]

that does seem a good price, esp since as creepster mentioned that it has a firewire port, I'll have a search online for a few reviews.

[stolt]

well just looked at a few reviews, does not bode well, so think I'll give this one a miss and go for the JVC I've been looking to get all along.

[spiderman123]

I guess there's no chance that this plays divx/xvid?
if you go for the liteon-5005 their might be a firmwire update which will allow it to read divx\xvid, hopefully soon.

[FyreWall]

if you go for the liteon-5005 their might be a firmwire update which will allow it to read divx\xvid, hopefully soon.


nothing like a bit of optimism... :D

[spiderman123]

optimism bubble burst :brickwall

Dear Madam/Sir,

Thanks for contacting LiteOn Customer Service.

The 5005 can't support the DIVX. Please don't open the case of the device, this will make your warranty void.

Best regards,

Yong Yang
FA Engineer
LiteOn IT (Europe) B.V.

This is different to their first response in which they said you could attach hard drives internally

[bigup]

just been checking the liteon forums, and may people having problems burning onto dvd+r's.

id hold on and get the 5005 model

[MrSynner]

I read the review of the 5005 in Home Cinema Choice magazine - and they commented on it's lack of RGB or SVideo input or outputs and marked it down accordingly - but the one I've just seen in my local Currys had both an SVideo input AND output, even though it's a 5001. Odd that the older model has better specs?

If someone has bought one, can they confirm Svideo input/output - as this would be right up my street, as I can partner it with a Sky+ (which has an svideo output) and my TV has trouble with RGB so I tend to use SVideo (and I have an SVHS deck).

Does it support just +R, or -R too? Does it have the audiocd recording features, and VCD and SVCD abilities of the 5005?

[spiderman123]

mrsynner
the article is wrong thr lvv 5005 does have svhs in \out
http://www.cdrlabs.com/articles/index.php?articleid=29
also dv in ( firewire)
makes u wonder when they write these articles if they even bother looking at the equipment :doh:

[MrSynner]

Spidey - the photos in the magazine clearly show no SVideo inputs or outputs - the link you've posted shows a 5005 that has no SCART sockets - the machine in my local Currys has two SCARTS, plus SVideo inputs and outputs.

Very odd - how many versions of these are there?

[richieuk]

Spidey - the photos in the magazine clearly show no SVideo inputs or outputs - the link you've posted shows a 5005 that has no SCART sockets - the machine in my local Currys has two SCARTS, plus SVideo inputs and outputs.

Very odd - how many versions of these are there?

The review site states that review model supplied by Liteon-America. US equipment doesn't have SCART sockets. Full connection details can be seen in pdf manual available from Liteon http://www.liteonit.com/DC/english/download.htm

[waggett]

As per the european model manual, 2 scarts but neither are RGB, only composite. But quite impressive at the price that it is dual format, writing to both + and - formats. Plenty of recorders several multiples of the price that don't do that.

[MrSynner]

It seems the model being sold by Dixons/Currys/Comet is the 5001 (or a version of it - the 5001 doesn't seem to have SVideo ports from what I can see on Liteon's site) - which is +R/+RW only, although, from what I've read, the 5001 and 5005 are mechanically and electronically identical - a firmware to upgrade a 5001 to 5005 could be possible (and Liteon drop hints on their forums that something may be on the way) - giving you -R/-RW and CD-R and CD-RW compatibility.

I wonder if the upgrade could also add RGB compatibility?

Also, the drive mechanism is one of their PC drives - so in theory - could be replaced with a dual layer drive.....

Which is nice :D

Am I talking myself into this, or what?

[spiderman123]

pay the extra 50quid go for the 5005 ;-) u know u wnt too

interesting article about prices dropping by 50%

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1093&e=1&u=/pcworld/116765

[the ghost]

lot of argueing going on in here about this recorder my son has one he has no prob's with his yet and it has a svideo input aswell as the usall stuff quality looked really good when recording on + r discs even when going to ep ) i thinkit is ) middle section get 4 hrs on a disc nor a lot of difference in quality to the 2 hr on higher mod e
but fro £150 what do yiou want :doh: :doh: :doh: