Page 1 of The Matsui DVDR100

Two weeks ago I bought the Liteon LVW5002 DVD recorder and have had problems with the jerky picture that I know others appear to have had. I have rung up Dixons and they said it`s fine to take it back. But what to get instead? I can`t afford anything more, and they have the MATSUI DVDR100 for sale at £99! I have searched the web and not seen anything really against it (except for a problem with the clock, which I can cope with).

Has anybody out there got one? Is it reliable? Picture quality good? etc

Any comments before I take my LITEON back tomorrow (Thursday) would be much appreciated!

Shane Brown, Norwich

Hi,
I have recently purchased this model from Dixons (for £119) in Lakeside Thurrock
and so far have had no problems with it, its is easy to use and has a handy zoom feature.
Although the box says, up to 5 hours recording, you can actually have up to six hours, depending on the quality of recording you want to use.

I was going to buy the other model the one that you mentioned, but it appears that I have made the right choice!!

I also have had no problems - and have had it a month or so now. The only little niggle is some little white "teeth" at the top left of the picture sometimes - but that may be something to do with how it`s set up - not too good at these things!

Shane Brown, Norwich

White teeth and lines - I had a white line in the bottom of the screen with a Phil 610 DVD recorder, slight adjustment of the scart cable and it was fine. Maybe that simple.

Glad Matsui is working well, does it do 4X and 8X discs? Reason I ask is I had a Currys own brand and the firmware was set up to 2.4X so I took it back. Just invested heavily in Tesco 8x jobs without complaint.

Also, been watching the Alba at £99 in Argos. Waiting to see a review for this. Pity Argos can`t consistently put out in literature whether it has 1 scart or 2 - what hope for the rest of us.

I`m recording on 1-4x discs at the moment. What di dyou do with the scart lead to get read of the teeth?

Shane Brown, Norwich

God stop being so tight and pay the extra for a Sony,Pioneer, or Panny with all the extras and build quality plus reliability they work out a lot,lot,cheaper in the long run then these "funny " named players,people who say you pay for the name are talking bollox.

This item was edited on Thursday, 5th May 2005, 11:43

If I could afford a better recorder I would have got one. Should I have felt the need. However, my Matsui is just fine for me. Works fine, is reliable and saved me pennies. And what`s more it doesn`t make me turn my nose up at other people who can`t get or don`t want the named brand and therefore make me sound like a jumped up idiot.

There, I feel much better now. Someone always has to come along and spoil things, don`t they!

Shane Brown, Norwich

Re picture, try simply taking the scart out of the recorder and all sources (TV, digiboxes) and reinsert. Don`t push it too hard in. I`m presuming you have an ordinary scart lead - not a Dixons one for £30 nor a freeby with the machine.

Worked on mine.

And why a cheap box - good as a reserve player/recorder, multiregion etc etc. And how many of us had more than 1 VCR and who bought the JVC SVHS machines. Exactly.

My Philips is wonderful (now) but as a DVD player the menu structure is quite poor!!

You missed the point and thats why you are on your second recorder. :)
You will be back on here within six months saying you have had enough of rubbish recorders can somebody tell me which is the best recorder to buy Sony,Pioneer,or Panasonic. :) :)

This item was edited on Thursday, 5th May 2005, 23:35

I`m on my first recorder from a payment point of view as I took the first one back. And I won`t be back in 6 monhts as it will still be under guarantee. And, in a years time, when the guarantee runs out the so-called better makes will be considerably cheaper anyway.

However, to be honest, I`m not sure that you had a point. As far as I am aware this is a place to discuss problems etc, and not to make comments about something which has nothing to do with the thread in the first place. You seem to forget that everyone has their own criteria for which recorder they buy - and for me the criteria was to find the best budget recorder that i could. I think I have succeeded there.

As the more expensive players have extras that I`m not needing, I can see nothing wrong with that. I don`t intend to pay an extra 100 pounds for something which suits me better than one for £99. And if I did, that was my business and not yours. And, finally, if you weren`t interested in the cheaper recorders, why did you view this thread in the first place?

Shane Brown, Norwich