Nov 02 2005

A few weeks later and more on the ilo dvdr05 MU

Category: Insanity,Tech,Things That Get Me Maderm @ 2:14 pm

I am not pleased at all with this thing.

Let me tell you why. I recorded 1 show on a new DVD+RW disk, and *it skipped* and *skipped* and *skipped*. I can understand a dvd+rw that had been written on over and over, but this thing was fresh out of the package, and freshly formated.

For your buying dollar you are ahead to buy a VCR, and I’m not kidding. Go to a pawn shop, or ebay or somewhere and don’t even think about buying one of these things.

I still like my VCR more than my DVD+R
While I’ve upgraded the firmware twice on this thing, I have not received the dependability I get from a 5 year old vcr.

DVD+RW just isn’t as good as a VCR tape. You can get the medium just about the same price. The only nice thing, and I do mean the ONLY nice thing about this unit is if you do get a good recording you can skip its programs at the touch of a button.

It doesn’t play commercial DVDs right all the time. In fact I can’t really think of a time I have popped in a dvd movie and had it play.

Get a video card, and another hard drive for your computer. Maybe something with svideo out so you can watch movies on your tv. Because in the end a 160 GB hd and video capture card would be more useful than this dumb thing.

I just got done upgrading the firm ware on this thing again … I figure it’s working so poorly now, I might as well try it.

For the record The commercial DVDS that I’ve tried that just didn’t work were:
Starwars 3
Batman Begins

No not record these movies just *play* them.

And a few others.

This thing just isn’t working up to par at all. At the very least I would expect it to play DVDs with no hassle. I’ve never tried a CD, but I seriously wonder if it would work. Guess I’ll stop complaining, and catch you later.

Erm

One Response to “A few weeks later and more on the ilo dvdr05 MU”

  1. wil says:

    ERM, You should list the make, model, and any other info on this thing so someone doing a search would pull this blog up. Really you haven’t started this out with any info as to what it is you’re refering to, if I didn’t already know I wouldn’t know. 🙂
    -wil

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