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RE: Help on LG DR4912 for £150 at John Lewis

Me again.....It seams the LG website doesn`t know it`s own products.

The DR4912 does have an optical out AND component out. Amongst other things.

RE: Help on LG DR4912 for £150 at John Lewis

The LG DR4912 won`t record onto DVD RAM, only DVD +/- R/RW. I too thought about a Panasonic DRM-E55 when I bought the LG, the thing that swung it was the multi-standard (and the looks). I couldn`t be sure if + or - discs would become the standard so went for the LG. Since using the different discs, I`m of the opinion the + ones will be the future as I`ve found them to be far better. DVD-R are crap, DVD-RW are only good if recorded in VR mode which makes them incompatible with other players (maybe not ALL). DVD+R/RW are a great all-rounder. If I remember correctly, the Panasonic ones are only DVD RAM and DVD-R/RW. Remember; you wouldn`t have wanted to get stuck with a betamax would you?

RE: Recording formats

I bought a dual format recorder, an LG DR4912 and also have an old Technics player built into my hi-fi. The Technics one is an old model underneath and so doesn`t play copied CDs and I didn`t think it would play recorded DVDs. I tried all the formats recorded on the LG and was suprised to find the DVD+R, when finalised, played without a hitch in the Technics. If these discs play on that then they`ll play on anything.

RE: Help on LG DR4912 for £150 at John Lewis

I bought one of these just before Christmas for £159.99 inc P&P. It was extremely good value and probably the best looking DVD recorder you can buy at any price. I`ve seen lots of sites selling these for anything up to £330+!
Anyway, recording quality is very good, there are 4 modes giving aprox 60min,120min,240min and 360min depending on quality chosen. The first two (called HQ and SQ) are virtually indestinguishable from the original source. The third (LQ) is perfectly watchable and I think is comparable to a very good VHS (maybe S-VHS). The lowest quality (EQ) is again watchable but is clearly lower quality, giving a grainyness and slightly pixelated look especially with fast moving images.This is probably comparable to normal VHS although it`s difficult to compare. Any DVD recorder at any price will be similar as the quality is determined by the bitrate required to fit it onto a DVD. Sound is good in any mode. I too have heard that it can be easily turned to multi-region but I`ve never tried. All in all I am very happy with it and at £150, you can`t go wrong. :)