Posted by All That You Touch on 11/16/51 11:45

"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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>>>All That You Touch emailed this:
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>>>>"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
>
> It does help! Many thanks for the info. and for the HDD web link which
> looks easy enough especially as the DVD recorder will format the HDD.
>
> Do you think the firmware will update XviD and DivX for future releases?
>
> Have you had any problems with your LG RH7500? Several people on web
> forums have had faulty machines.
>
> Many thanks and regards,
>
> MS

Ive no idea about firmware for Xvid and Divx i dont think anyway can predict
the future! it plays Divx and Xvid as they are at the moment thats all i can
say.

Havent had a single glitch with the dvd recorder, everythign performs as it
should

cheers

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