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Magnavox HDD and DVD Recorder - H2160MW9
 
Manufacturer: Funai
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Product Description
DVD Recorder with Hard Drive with MP3 player.Single-Disc Player.Virtual Surround Sound For Movie Sound Experience

Product Details
  • DVD Recorder with Hard Drive
  • Single-Disc Player
  • It Plays DVDs
  • ATSC/NTSC/clear QAM
  • Dolby Digital via digital audio out or HDMI

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Awesome DVD & HDD DVR
 
Review Date: August 13, 2009
Reviewer: D. Melendez, Colton, CA
Pros:
+ Record 1 show to HDD and watch a recorded show or a DVD
+ Digital tuner gets most, if not all, channels available
+ Dubbing from HDD to DVD, vice versa, is easy to do
+ You can edit recordings (i.e. delete commercials) before you backup to a DVD
+ Pays for itself (no more renting DVR from cable/satellite)

Cons:
- Doesn't record in HD (only SD)
- Single tuner only (CANNOT record 2 shows at same time)
- annoying auto clock problem (set to manual to avoid this)
- No channel guide to help you set timers

I paid [...] for my unit and even though it is not a perfect device, you cannot beat what it does for the price. You will have to read the manual to get the most out of your unit.

Check out [....] for a great thread if you run into any issues with this DVR...though I doubt you will.
Excellent DVR
 
Review Date: September 28, 2009
Reviewer: Sky King.,
Excellent unit. By far the best recorder of any type that I have ever owned. It's very intuitive and easy to use. It has all the inputs that I could have hoped for using my sophisticated system. You can watch a previously recorded program even while recording another. If you are recording digital TV without buying Cable TV (I'm using free antenna) this is the unit for you. My only complaint is that the remote control must be used almost directly in front of the unit (the angles far from center just don't work)and less than 16 feet distant. Well worth the money.
Very similar to Philips DVDR3576H DVD Recorder
 
Review Date: September 2, 2009
Reviewer: shep, Princeton, NJ, USA
The only game in town (for recording SD on HDD with no monthly fees) until recently was the Philips DVDR3576H DVD Recorder with 160GB Hard Disc and Built-In Tuner, a very good unit (see Amazon's listing for informative detailed reviews, including my own). The Philips has become hard to find and is now usually overpriced. This Magnavox is essentially the same unit, and is very well priced. Go for it!
Great unit, yes some limitations, but...
 
Review Date: January 31, 2010
Reviewer: Anthony Close, Chicago, USA
The Magnavox H2160 is the only game in town. After having a DVR with DVD read/write as the storage mechanism (which recently gave up the ghost), it is so much better to have 160MB of HDD storage without having to mess with discs in and out. We use it to record programs that are not convenient for us to watch, then play them back - after which we usually just erase the program.

If we do want to save a program for posterity, we can easily dump it (oops, I mean dub it) onto a DVD+-R or +-RW. Works flawlessly.

Performance of the unit is very good - not HD of course, but still a good quality picture. Setting up recording time is straight forward and works well. Good flexibility in configuration with the built-in Tuner - I hook this up to cable box plus raw cable to be able to watch 1 show while recording another. The DVD player works very well with commercial DVDs. Some problems matching the Aspect Ratio to fit the screen on my TV, haven't yet figured out how to solve this.

A limitation is the User Guide - hard for the uninitiated user to get a feel for how to use the separate HDD and DVD features - the AVS Forum "thread" on this unit is a great resource to figure out how to use this unit's great capabilities:

[...]

No other maker has an HDD anywhere near the price, or without requiring a monthly fee for usage (e.g. TiVo). I'm giving this unit 5 stars in spite of limitations noted because there is no one else with a product that comes close to what this unit can do for the price.
Great dvr.
 
Review Date: November 1, 2009
Reviewer: W. A. W, Leeds, Alabama
This is a great unit. No media is necessary. Just record to the hard drive or dvds. Pause, rewind and fast forward past commercials during live TV. I have an antenna and the tuner picks up all channels near me. My only concern is how long will it operate problem free? Hopefully a long time. It is cheaper at [...]. where I bought mine.

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