Posted by All That You Touch on 04/18/06 08:23

"MS" <No.Way.Jose@No.Spam.Thank.You.com> wrote in message
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> All That You Touch emailed this:
>> "MS" <No.Way.Jose@No.Spam.Thank.You.com> wrote in message
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>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Can the gurus out there please recommend me a DVD recorder. Here is a
>>>list of what I'd _ideally_ like.
>>>
>>>1) DVD play and record all formats. PAL & NTSC (record in NTSC not
>>>important). Multiregion (not vital).
>>>
>>>2) Zoom out -- proper zoom out so that I can avoid TV overscan and see
>>>the full image from the dvd. I'm fed up with missing the edges on some
>>>widescreen aspect ratios.
>>>
>>>3) Hard disk recording from Freeview or, ideally, any av source. The
>>>bigger the hard disk size the better, built in Freeview would be good
>>>too.
>>>
>>>4) Burn to dvd anything recorded by 3).
>>>
>>>5) Play avi -- DivX and XviD formats. Upgrade to future DivX and XviD
>>>releases??
>>>
>>>Does such a machine exist?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>MS
>>>
>>>PS. I'm in the UK (in case that makes a difference).
>>
>>
>> I think the LG RH7500 covers you on all your points, you can also just
>> swap the hard drive for a larges one , its a simple swap over process , i
>> have a 300gb one in mine at he moment. It can be bought online for about
>> �180inc delivery brand new with built in 80gb hard drive.
>
> Many thanks All That You Touch, I've had a look at the machine and it
> looks excellent. I have a question or two. Are you sure about the zoom out
> facility so that you can compensate for TV overscan and view the full DVD
> movie image? The various web sites I've viewed the LG RH7500 on, including
> LG's site, just say 'zoom' and I've noticed on many DVD players that zoom
> can just mean zoom in and not, the all important, zoom out if you want to
> avoid overscan. Also which 300 GB hard disk did you replace it with? SATA
> or IDE? Does it work exactly the same as with the 80 GB disk it comes
> with? Is swapping the hard disk as easy as with a PC, IE. SATA or IDE
> cable and power cable out, swap the disk and replace the cables? Finally
> what about future versions of DivX and XviD, can you put future releases
> onto a DVD and update it?
>
> Many thanks and regards, etc.,
>
> MS


The zoom feature lets you zoom in AND out, you can even zoom out so far as
that the picture is half the original size and has black lines not only at
the top but along the sides if you know what i mean.
I replaced the hard drive with a standard maxtor IDE drive and it is as
simple as replacing a PC drive, remove the 4 screws from the machine cover,
4 more screws from the hard drive bracket, remove the IDE cable and the
power cable and replace with another drive. Enter the setup menu and select
format, thats it!! has worked flawlessly for the last 4 months.
LG release firmware quite frequently if needed, ive updated the firmware by
buring it to a CD a couple of times so far.

see here for HD replacement, it sounds a lot more complicated that it is
though!

http://www.addison-net.co.uk/dvd/



hope this helps

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