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Posted by GMAN on 10/03/06 17:29
In article <45224ef1.223479281@news-server.houston.rr.com>, spam@uce.gov wrote:
>On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:18:47 -0400, tnom@mucks.net wrote:
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>>Get rid of it. It also has video to sound synch problems.
>>It doesn't copy VHS tapes with near the quality of other
>>recorders.
>
>Can you give some references.
>
>I read all the posts to two forums
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>http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=179557&highlight=polaroid+drm-2001g
>http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=675487
>
>regarding this unit and the comments in general were quite favorable.
>The Polaroid unit is based on a Philips DVDR3455/37 which also has
>gotten favorable reviews.
>
>As one poster said, we can sit around and complain about the flawed
>products we have to put up with or we can buy them and get as much out
>fo them as we can.
>
>If there are sync problems, no one on the forums said anything about
>it. Many earlier units from various manufacturers suffered such
>problems but my impression is that they have the problems fixed now.
>Even the small time of one year can make a huge difference in the
>quality of a DVDR.
>
>If the Polaroid unit has sync problems, I will return it immediately.
>I am going to pay cash so I am not tied to redeeming the refund at a
>WalMart store or waiting for a chargeback.
>
>As far as copying VHS tapes, I don't have anything worth copying.
>Everything I have on VHS is available on DVD from Netflix, Blockbuster
>or Interlibrary Loan.
>
>What I have found in reading numerous posts on the big forums is that
>most fo the problems people report are caused by operator error or
>ignorance. For example someone was bitching about not being able to
>capture a TV show directly to DVD disc. DUH! You can't do that - you
>have to capture it to hard disk first and then make a copy to DVD.
>
>
Actually, on many units you can go straight to disk
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