Funai WD5 DVD/VCR Combi , Integrated VCR, Upscaling DVD Recorder Reviews

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Score: 8.8/10

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This DVD recorder is a good all rounder. “Ideal for transfering tapes to dvd have now completed 25 transfers. unit works very well” Roy, Bedworth View all 62 real customer reviews

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62 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
87% of people recommend it.

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Design8.4
Ease of use8.2
Image quality8.6
Sound quality8.7
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.2
Overall rating8.8
 

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Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great price, very easy to use

- Looks at bit naff, but at that price, who cares!!!?

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19 of 19 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Jan 2009

Score 9.0/10

Roy, Bedworth , “Pensioner just retired”

+ Ideal for transfering tapes to DVD have now completed 25 transfers. Unit works very well

- Non

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20 of 21 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Jan 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Discerning customer!”

+ Very easy to use. Clear instructions. Good appearance. So good - bought a second unit!

- None.

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18 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Jan 2009

Score 10.0/10

elizabeth , crawley west sussex uk

+ easy to use looks great thanks a lot

- none so far

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Jan 2009

Score 10.0/10

ellen, Watford

+ I can put all my home video's on dvd by just pressing 1 button, I love it.

- Apart from sometimes the controls dont work and the channels freeze I cant think of any other bad points.

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13 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Jan 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Instructions fairly easy to follow. A couple of times had to guess where to go next.

- Reviewer left no comment

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ The machine is easy to use and quality of the finished product is brilliant. I have been up grading very old family VCRs to DVDs. The difference is outstanding. Picture quality looks better now than the original.

- I can only say I cannot find any.

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7 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

janet, hertfordshire

+ it looks sleek.

- Reviewer left no comment

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Sarah, Norwich , “Female, fiesty and fiftys'”

+ Looks really great and the picture, sound are excellent.

- The instruction book was terrifying. It assumes a knowledge which not everyone has.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Elaine, Port Glasgow , “a mum 3 kids”

+ getting my tapes on to dvd is great !! Im still learning but we are enjoy all the fun of seeing all the kids early years and parties weddings.

- none at this time

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Trevor, Atherstone , “67-year-old non-techie male”

+ Operation is fairly intuitive, and, after the first trials I was able almost to dispense with the manual. This said, the manual is comprehensive and well laid out. The picture and sound quality are both excellent, and I would recommend this to anyone wanting to transfer VHS recordings to DVD (I suppose it's possible to do the reverse, but that seems a bit pointless these days.) Using it as a set-top box with my analogue TV, I found the programme guide very helpful.

- Front panel displays could be clearer. They're OK, but you need to be very near the set to read them. It's a pity there isn't a volume control on the machine or the remote - it means that you have to have two remotes handy all the time you're viewing. These are minor grumbles, though, and shouldn't put anyone off buying this excellent machine.

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

Susan , Birmingham , “busy mom of two”

+ easy to use,videos can be transfered onto dvd, simple to follow on screen instructions a piece of cake

- nothing bad to say about it

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Parent of happy children!”

+ Needed video and DVD and was really pleased to get Freeview facility as well. Brilliant that we can now copy all the children's favourite videos!

- Didn't find the freeview too easy to use at first but soon got used to it. No real bad points at all.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to use

- Reviewer left no comment

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Apr 2009

Score 6.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ price and ease of use

- would have spent more for better product had it been for me

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Mar 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “70 plus retired”

+ Does what it says on the box!

- Setting up can be a bit fiddly and some of the instructions in the manual can be difficult to follow

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Mar 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “normal working male ”

+ Easy to use great product

- None that I have found could be a little cheaper

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Mar 2009

Score 8.0/10

Len, Stowmarket

+ Looks good and more importantly easy to use

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Apr 2009

david, Leicester

+ cheap!

- rubbish picture!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Rob, Swindon

+ ability to transfer dvd to video and visa versa

- bit on the large size

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purchased 15 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

George, London

+ I can not find fault with this product,

- None

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purchased 21 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Ian, Rochdale , “Technolagy thick pensioner”

+ Very easy and straight forward to record from all sources, also quick & easy playback.

- Havn't found any yet!

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purchased 28 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ once working great product easy to use and switch between vcr and dvd for recording

- instructions are very complicated initially when trying to work out what to do etc...

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purchased 30 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

alison, doncaster

+ It's a good size, and much less bulky than I'd expected a dvd/vcr combi to be.
I just plugged it in & it plays immediately, no faffing about with instructions, I'd recommend it to anyone.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 01 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

JERRY, BRIDPORT , “TECHNOPHILE SILVER SERFER ”

+ EXCELLENT FOR DUBBING VCR TO DVD. EASY TO USE. VERY GOOD FOR THOSE WHO PREFER DVD RATHER THAN RECORDING TO A HARD DRIVE.

- NONE AT ALL.

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purchased 06 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

mary, airdrie , “81 year old female”

+ very easy to install and to use one click and the job is done

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 07 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Linda, Canvey Island/Essex

+ The product was very easy to set up

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 07 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to use when set up

- Instructions could be clearer

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purchased 17 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ easy to use so far, but haven't explored all it's functions yet, quite a large machine but that's to be expected given the number of features. on screen settig of record functions very clear and easy

- handbook a bit full of jargon for me, and like many has some eccentric english. however, am figuring out many functions by simply pressing buttons on the remote so not really a problem

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purchased 11 May 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ instructions up to now have been easy to understand. as yet I have not used it for the purpose for which I bought it which is to record off a video onto a dvd

- size only just squeezed into space in the video cupboard

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purchased 14 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

John, Redcar

+ easy to use

- instructions not very clear

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Apr 2009

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Product Features

Integrated VCR Yes
Blu Ray Playback No
Upscaling Yes
Multi region No
Blu Ray Recording No
HDMI Interface 1
Number of Scart Interfaces 2
Number of Discs 1
DVD+R Playback Yes
DVD-R Playback Yes
DVD+RW Playback Yes
DVD-RW Playback Yes
DVD-RAM Playback No
HD-DVD Playback No
DivX Playback No
DVD+R Recording No
DVD-R Recording Yes
DVD+RW Recording No
DVD-RW Recording Yes
DVD-RAM Recording No
HD-DVD Recording No
USB Port No
DVB-S No
Colour Black
Release Date 29 Jul 2008
Progressive Scan Yes
 

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