Magnavox 80GB DVD Recorder w/ Digital Tuner

I really love this product. I didn't know what to expect since magnavox isn't a huge name but I am really glad I bought it. The built in tuner doesn't work for me because I have satelitte and my channels go higher than the recorder but everything else is great. I love being able to record to disc or the actual unit. I record almost everything now and hate watching live tv. It it nice that I can record and watch something I have previously recorded at the same time. Editing titles is super easy and I have the ability to record to the unit and then dub on to a dvd. I record my daughters favorite shows to hdd then dub to disc without all of the commercials and it works out great. The only con is that it is kind of slow to load dvds but with a little bit of patience that can be overlooked. I would definately recommend this product to others.

I am very pleased with this Magnavox DVD recorder. It is relatively easy to use and every thing, so far, is working just fine.
The one thing that I did not like was the very small remote control that is tedious to use because of the small buttons that are too close together and poorly labled.
Also, there is no tv volume control at all built into the remote control..

Very happy so far with this product the only drawback seems to be the timer. The built in tuner is a very nice option and was one of the big draws in purchasing this particular unit.

I have had dvd recorders in the past, and this is the best one so far. The best feature, is you can edit out the commercials on the hard drive before burning to DVD. You can also pause live TV like my DVR. I would definitely recommend this item.

This is one of the neatest pieces of technology that I own. I simply love it! I read the reviews and looked into other units before deciding on this one and have been so happy with it that I'm sorry I didn't buy it sooner. I only have a couple of complaints. One being the remote. (Surprise, surprise!) Tiny buttons with small words. I keep a penlight flashlight close by to help with that. The other complaint is that if something is recording, I am not able to watch a program on another channel. (Although there is the capability to watch another recorded program.) I have yet to record from HDD to DVD but the instructions look fairly simple. I also like the editing feature so you can edit out commercials from HDD recorded programs then save them. If it's something you want to keep indefinitely, just recored to DVD...commercial free!I'm anxious to check into other features that the unit has. All in all, I am very pleased with this DVD recorder.

Its alot more complicated to set up and use than u would think!

I bought this before the holidays and was able to record all the holiday specials I wanted. I did however have to split my cable signal to be able to watch one channel and record from another. There aren't many DVR/DVD recorders on the market for this price so I figured I'd try it out. Glad I did.

The DVD recorder was a Christmas gift for my wife. It was easy to connect and easy to follow the setup instructions. We are still learning all the functions of this recorder. The only problem I had was that it was delivered promptly to my home, as promised, in the original box. My wife found it on our porch and my Christmas surprise for her was ruined. You need to send items at Christmastime with packaging that does not reveal its contents.

I wanted a DVR with a hard drive so I would never have to worry about having a spare tape or DVD disc for a half hour or hour recording or a 3-4 hour recording. There aren't very many and this one was fairly cheap so I was wary. I also wanted something to receive OTA HDTV signals since this particular TV is old SD. It works great!

No problem with disappearing scheduled recordings as others mentioned. Maybe they fixed the problem, don't know, but I've only scheduled a day ahead once and it worked with the autoclock set. Funny how as soon as I plugged it in it found the PBS signal immediately and set the time. OTR works pretty easy. Setting scheduled recordings is easy. Buttons on the remote are not to be worked in the dark though.

OTA reception is good for HDTV, receiver even picks up stations that my other Panasonic HDTV didn't. One annoyance is that the coax-out connection is pass through only meaning signals from other sources than the antenna couldn't be routed to the TV, meaning I had to hook up the TV via component cables. I had to find the old remote to switch between TV and AUX. The advantage was I was able to hook up the old VCR via the coax.

A big annoyance is with deleting channels from the rotation. The manual talks about major and minor channels but I could not find a way to delete some minor channels with out deleting the entire, major, channel. Really annoying since PBS has 6 minor channels to zip by but each has to be pulled in before the remote goes to the next.

Another disappointment is, according to the manual, this machine only records in standard 4/3 format. Okay for now since it is hooked to a 4/3 TV but someday that 20 old Zenith will die and I planned to hook it up to the Panasonic 16/9 widescreen. maybe this is why it is cheap.

Otherwise, Magnavox meets my expectations and needs.