Samsung DVD-SH873 DVD recorder reviews and price comparison

Samsung DVD-SH873 DVD recorder reviews and price comparison reviews

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+ This DVD recorder has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on ease of use.

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7.7 out of 10 based on 89 reviews.

Samsung DVD-SH873: See full product description

Ease of use	6.8
Image quality	8.4
Sound quality	8.3
Design	7.8
Value for money	8.1
Overall rating	7.7

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Confirmed purchaser

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Neat design, does what it says it does
Bad points:: Appalling User Manual - needs rewriting - needs a focus on 'How to?' rather than a function feature list

Not clear at time of purchase that the device memory is easily used up by variations in image quality

Ease of use	6.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 28 Dec 2008

M, Haverfordwest

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Good looking, good value for money, easy set-up
Bad points:: Disappointed at the number of actions required to record programmes on to the hard disk - also slow to change channels and screens

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	8.0

Was this review helpful? 2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 20 Dec 2008

shaun, borehamwood best look and organise

Score 6.0/10

Good points:: good going with samsnug tv and home theater
Bad points:: complicated with recording want to record with subtitle.it does'nt show optional with recording list(want to record movie you can't select subtitle)

Ease of use	5.0
Image quality	7.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	6.0
Value for money	4.0
Overall rating	6.0

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Confirmed purchase: 18 Feb 2009

Victor , Bedford Retired

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Good picture quality
Bad points:: Not user friendly, cant recorde and watch another programm as you have to switch to standby power to rec.

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	7.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

Was this review helpful? 3 of 4 people found this review helpful

Confirmed purchase: 16 Dec 2008

Alan , London I like watching TV

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: It is fit for puropose, I have also a Samsung Blu-Ray Player, which slightly undermines this product
Bad points:: I think the writting on the remote control is rather small

Ease of use	6.0
Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	6.0
Value for money	5.0
Overall rating	7.0

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Confirmed purchase: 11 Feb 2009

Confirmed purchaser

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: intructions not very clear in booklet

Ease of use	5.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 07 Feb 2009

Beverley , Bridgwater

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Great value and easy to use. Also picture quality is amazing.
Bad points:: None

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 03 Jan 2009

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Product Features

Hard disk capacity (Gigabytes)	160
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Playback formats	DVD-RAM
As well as playing your DVDs or Blu-Rays, some devices can also play video in a variety of formats (DivX, WMA etc.) and audio in a variety of formats.
Playback formats	DVD Plus R
As well as playing your DVDs or Blu-Rays, some devices can also play video in a variety of formats (DivX, WMA etc.) and audio in a variety of formats.
Playback formats	DVD Plus RW
As well as playing your DVDs or Blu-Rays, some devices can also play video in a variety of formats (DivX, WMA etc.) and audio in a variety of formats.
Playback formats	DivX
As well as playing your DVDs or Blu-Rays, some devices can also play video in a variety of formats (DivX, WMA etc.) and audio in a variety of formats.
Playback formats	Super Video CD
As well as playing your DVDs or Blu-Rays, some devices can also play video in a variety of formats (DivX, WMA etc.) and audio in a variety of formats.
Playback formats	DVD-R
As well as playing your DVDs or Blu-Rays, some devices can also play video in a variety of formats (DivX, WMA etc.) and audio in a variety of formats.
Recording format	Double layer

Recording format	DVD Plus RW

Recording format	DVD Plus R

Recording format	DVD-RAM

Recording format	DVD-RW

Recording format	DVD-R

Audio technology	Dolby Digital

Audio technology	DTS

Upscaling	No
Upscaling DVD players use video processing techniques to improve the quality of a standard definition image from a DVD to a near high definition (HD) image.
Connections	Firewire

Connections	USB

Connections	HDMI

3D	No

Freeview or Freesat tuner	FreeSat
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Number of scart ports	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Weight (g)	3800
The weight of the product in grams.
Release date	2008-05-13
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: SAMSUNG DVDSH873

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