Posted by Citizen Bob on 10/13/06 15:52

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:25:09 GMT, bt <bt@.com> wrote:

>It is almost two years old

That's *old* by today's standards. Most people don't get a year's
service before they have to get the unit repaired.

>I do know that I'm not interested in HD or other high end features.
>Most of the recording I've done is at SP(?) or whatever 4 hours per
>disc is called.

EP.

SP is two hour, like regular DVDs.

>thanks for any assistance, I'll be glad to add any details that might
>be helpful.

Either send it in for repair or use it for a player and get a new
unit. I recommend the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) units since you do a lot
of TV recording. Once you use a HDD Recorder, you will never be
without one.

Be sure the new one will play AVIs - DivX and especially XviD formats.

If you want to go cheap look at the Polaroid DRM-2001G (WalMart $219).
If it works for you, then be sure to get a 2-year extended warranty
for $18 online. Otherwise it's still a bit of a crap shoot even with
very expensive units. You have to get an extended warranty or you
could be stuck with junk in a year.


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