Samsung DVD-SH897 320GB Storage, , Upscaling DVD Recorder Reviews


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Score: 6.9/10

16 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This DVD Recorder has no outstanding positive points. It scored very poorly on ease of use. “Nice looking good sized hard drive” Kevin, Sheffield View all 16 real customer reviews

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Real customer reviews

16 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
65% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (15)
Design7.5
Ease of use5.5
Image quality7.8
Sound quality7.7
Value for money (at time of purchase)7.6
Overall rating6.9
Bargain hunter (1)
Technophobe (1)
Other (13)
 

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Score 5.0/10

Kevin, Sheffield

+ Nice looking good sized hard drive

- some of the features are not easy to use
display poor

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14 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

paul, devon

+ picture quality,ease of set up, looks hd upscaling very good
series recording from freeview

- remote control has too much on it and is quite large.
recording from other equipment is at first a complicated action until you get used to it.
instruction manual is very complex if your not good with tv/dvd/hifi equipment

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10 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Jun 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Capacity & features

- Takes a long time to start - waiting for DVD checks

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8 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Jul 2009

Score 7.0/10

derek, margate , “every day recordings.”

+ ease of installation, ease of use,

- start-up very slow, needs to store recorded title automaticaly,

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

stephen, wigtown, scotland

+ it does it all, and well, great new toy

- but in doing that, the are so many bottons that drive so many menus, a lot of OAP's have problems with it

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Jul 2009

Score 7.0/10

Brian, Lytham St Annes

+ Large storage disk, easy to edit recordings

- Takes a while to boot up when connected to the Samsung anynet system

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Aug 2009

Score 3.0/10

phil, SM4 6EY

+ Reviewer left no comment

- very slow and not east to use. definately not as good as my previous sony recorder

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Aug 2009

Score 1.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Technophobe”

+ All in one

- Maximum 12 timed recordings.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ I found the product very easy to use. Best feature is being able to record on the hard drive whilst watching a dvd or vice versa. Also quite useful editing functions available for editing recorded material.

- There is room for improvement on sound and picture quality but still not bad for the price.

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purchased 26 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

stan, congleton , “Bargain hunter”

+ Good recording.Good responce and control of recording.

- Play buttons too small.

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purchased 30 Sep 2009

kristina, Maidenhead

+ Looks great and is good value

- Not user friendly at all, instructions don't give enough detail, was very dissappointed

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Aug 2009

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- not recognising all formats (DVD disney?)

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0 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ It is the best telivision I have ever had I always bought Panasonic but these have beat them.

- Reviewer left no comment

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6 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Jul 2009

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Product Features

Hard Disk Capacity in GB 320
Integrated VCR No
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 Yes
HD-DVD Playback No
DivX Playback Yes
DVD+R Recording Yes
DVD-R Recording Yes
DVD+RW Recording Yes
DVD-RW Recording Yes
DVD-RAM Recording Yes
HD-DVD Recording No
USB Port 1
DVB-S No
Colour Black
Release Date 19 Mar 2009

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