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**imkidd57** · 20-07-2008

Yea I'm not sure how good the Curry's people are. They can't be worse than Dixons staff (although still DSG retail or whatever)

Actually I'm happy with the 3480 for VM recording (and like CCR I don't have a big requirement for HDD-based editing/burning). Also not likely to get a HD display anytime soon...

I think if your important criteria are the optical disc recording compatibility, HDMI and upscaling features, then go for either the Panny or the Philips 5500.

The 6 hour buffer/HDD editing is nice, but possibly not a deal-breaker?

**CCRomeo** · 20-07-2008

XP one hour speed has excellent PQ: SP nearly as good two hours; and will fit many movies, but LP 4 hours will hold longer movies or two movies and unless you can see the difference is a prime choice. Any thing for more than than 4 hours can be worse than a recording made on a VCR at 6 hours.

**Arachne** · 20-07-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by imkidd57

I think if your important criteria are the optical disc recording compatibility, HDMI and upscaling features, then go for either the Panny or the Philips 5500.

The 6 hour buffer/HDD editing is nice, but possibly not a deal-breaker?

OK, sounds good. Now just to hope Curry's B&M have the 5500 in stock, or I'll be ordering online (and have to wait...arrrrggghhh!).

No, true, as I said HDD stuff isn't essential, with a pack of RW discs I can live without it

Thanks you guys

**CCRomeo** · 20-07-2008

Good luck

I got my EZ-27 in 5 days

But since it was my 7th DVD Recorder (4th brand) setup was EZ

**imkidd57** · 20-07-2008

Yes good luck and let us know how it goes...

**Arachne** · 21-07-2008

Got the Philips 5500, about to start setting it up now

Funnily enough, even though it wasn't on their online site, Curry's also had the Panny EZ27 in stock for the same price

**Arachne** · 23-07-2008

Thought I'd add some scans if anyone is interested

So far, this machine is a beauty. Easy to set up and use. One beef is the buttons on the remote are a bit of a pain, I believe Imkidd mentioned something smilar in his review of an earlier model Philips.

Scanned and TRT'd on two different machine, hence the different CD Speed versions. This is the second use of a Verbatim 4x DVD+R.

Burning a TYG03 now to see if it'll give me the chipset info in CD Speed

**CCRomeo** · 23-07-2008

Nice scan what was the record speed on your recorder?
Or did I missread and that is not the scan you posted.

**Arachne** · 23-07-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCRomeo

Nice scan what was the record speed on your recorder?

LOL, I have absolutely no idea. The quality setting was SP (default was SPP) if that tells you anything

**CCRomeo** · 23-07-2008

About Quality Mode = Record speed; 30 min. (XP), 1 hour (SP), 3 to 4 hour (LP), more than 4 hours (EP). The names have no standard. As a rule more than 4 hours can have worse PQ than vhs tape.

**Arachne** · 23-07-2008

Yeah, these are the modes and times listed in the manual (which is amazingly easy to follow BTW, even for a DVDR n00b like me! Easier than all the VCRs I've come across):

HQ (High Quality) = 1 hour
SP (Standard Play) = 2 hours
SPP (Standard Play Plus) = 2.5 hours
LP (Long Play) = 3 hours
EP (Extended Play) = 4 hours
SLP (Super Long Play) = 6 hours
SEP (Super Extended Play) = 8 hours

Luckily I don't think I'll be recording anything over 2 hours long

**Arachne** · 23-07-2008

One more scan, this time of a TYG03 disc

It appears the DVDR 5500 has the MT1858 chipset, which is also used in the LiteOn DH-20A3x PATA series drives. My Philips has a better drive inside than the one I have in my PC LOL!

Nice jitter (by my standards anyway)

20-07-2008	#21 (permalink)
imkidd57 Senior Moderator & Editor Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Fajara Posts: 7,958	Re: Considering 3 DVD recorders.... Yea I'm not sure how good the Curry's people are. They can't be worse than Dixons staff (although still DSG retail or whatever) Actually I'm happy with the 3480 for VM recording (and like CCR I don't have a big requirement for HDD-based editing/burning). Also not likely to get a HD display anytime soon... I think if your important criteria are the optical disc recording compatibility, HDMI and upscaling features, then go for either the Panny or the Philips 5500. The 6 hour buffer/HDD editing is nice, but possibly not a deal-breaker?

20-07-2008	#22 (permalink)
CCRomeo Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: NE Connecticut, USA Middle Earth, USA Posts: 4,231	Re: Considering 3 DVD recorders.... XP one hour speed has excellent PQ: SP nearly as good two hours; and will fit many movies, but LP 4 hours will hold longer movies or two movies and unless you can see the difference is a prime choice. Any thing for more than than 4 hours can be worse than a recording made on a VCR at 6 hours. __________________ Panasonic DMR ES25 with DiMax Grex Panasonic DMR EZ27 with Sima GoDVD CT-200 LiteOn LVW-5005A with SHW 160P6S drive SN:0102-1840-0098-P0SB Hacked LiteOn LVW-5005B with SHW 160P6S drive SN:0102--1140-0098-P0SB Hacked DVRs repalyTV 5000, Scintific Atlanta Explorer 8000 DVD Burners: Liteon:2x SHW-160P6S, SHM 165H6S, LH-20A1P, LH-18A1P; Sony DRU-120C, AWQ170A-B2 DVD Players: Panasonic 2x DVD S52, DVD S1; Philips DVP5140/37DVP642/17, RCA DRC257N, Magnavox MWD200G Others: Scintific Atlanta 3100, Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U, Toshiba VCRs W808 SVHS, W704 VHS click here to become a member of cdfreaks.com

20-07-2008	#24 (permalink)
CCRomeo Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: NE Connecticut, USA Middle Earth, USA Posts: 4,231	Good luck I got my EZ-27 in 5 days But since it was my 7th DVD Recorder (4th brand) setup was EZ __________________ Panasonic DMR ES25 with DiMax Grex Panasonic DMR EZ27 with Sima GoDVD CT-200 LiteOn LVW-5005A with SHW 160P6S drive SN:0102-1840-0098-P0SB Hacked LiteOn LVW-5005B with SHW 160P6S drive SN:0102--1140-0098-P0SB Hacked DVRs repalyTV 5000, Scintific Atlanta Explorer 8000 DVD Burners: Liteon:2x SHW-160P6S, SHM 165H6S, LH-20A1P, LH-18A1P; Sony DRU-120C, AWQ170A-B2 DVD Players: Panasonic 2x DVD S52, DVD S1; Philips DVP5140/37DVP642/17, RCA DRC257N, Magnavox MWD200G Others: Scintific Atlanta 3100, Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U, Toshiba VCRs W808 SVHS, W704 VHS click here to become a member of cdfreaks.com

20-07-2008	#25 (permalink)
imkidd57 Senior Moderator & Editor Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Fajara Posts: 7,958	Re: Considering 3 DVD recorders.... Yes good luck and let us know how it goes...

21-07-2008	#26 (permalink)
Arachne Senior Moderator & Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Keeping my media stash safe. Posts: 25,941	Re: Considering 3 DVD recorders.... Got the Philips 5500, about to start setting it up now Funnily enough, even though it wasn't on their online site, Curry's also had the Panny EZ27 in stock for the same price __________________ Current drives: Samsung SH-S203N (SB02 patched) + Pioneer DVR-115D (1.06) + Optiarc AD-5170S (1.12) + Litey LH-20A1H (LL0D) + Samsung SH-S182D (SB06 RPC1) x2 + Litey SHM-165P6S (MS0R) + LG E10N (JE07) + BenQ DW1650 (BCDC) x2 + Litey SHW-1635S (YV6P) x2 + BenQ DW1640@164B (BEFB) + LG 4167B (DL13 TDB) + Samsung SH-S162L (TS08) + NEC ND-4551A (1.Z2) + LG GCE-8520B (1.00) + LiteOn SOHR-5239S (2S0B) Retired: LiteOn LDW-851@SOHW-832 + LiteOn SOHW-1693S + LG 4163B My Review PCs How to delete your upper and lower filters : How to check/enable DMA by Womble Click here to join cdfreaks.com and be part of our friendly community! The CDFreaks Distributed Computing Teams need YOU! Join the Team(s) and help save some lives! Read more here

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23-07-2008	#28 (permalink)
CCRomeo Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: NE Connecticut, USA Middle Earth, USA Posts: 4,231	Re: Considering 3 DVD recorders.... Nice scan what was the record speed on your recorder? Or did I missread and that is not the scan you posted. __________________ Panasonic DMR ES25 with DiMax Grex Panasonic DMR EZ27 with Sima GoDVD CT-200 LiteOn LVW-5005A with SHW 160P6S drive SN:0102-1840-0098-P0SB Hacked LiteOn LVW-5005B with SHW 160P6S drive SN:0102--1140-0098-P0SB Hacked DVRs repalyTV 5000, Scintific Atlanta Explorer 8000 DVD Burners: Liteon:2x SHW-160P6S, SHM 165H6S, LH-20A1P, LH-18A1P; Sony DRU-120C, AWQ170A-B2 DVD Players: Panasonic 2x DVD S52, DVD S1; Philips DVP5140/37DVP642/17, RCA DRC257N, Magnavox MWD200G Others: Scintific Atlanta 3100, Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U, Toshiba VCRs W808 SVHS, W704 VHS click here to become a member of cdfreaks.com

23-07-2008	#30 (permalink)
CCRomeo Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: NE Connecticut, USA Middle Earth, USA Posts: 4,231	Re: Considering 3 DVD recorders.... About Quality Mode = Record speed; 30 min. (XP), 1 hour (SP), 3 to 4 hour (LP), more than 4 hours (EP). The names have no standard. As a rule more than 4 hours can have worse PQ than vhs tape. __________________ Panasonic DMR ES25 with DiMax Grex Panasonic DMR EZ27 with Sima GoDVD CT-200 LiteOn LVW-5005A with SHW 160P6S drive SN:0102-1840-0098-P0SB Hacked LiteOn LVW-5005B with SHW 160P6S drive SN:0102--1140-0098-P0SB Hacked DVRs repalyTV 5000, Scintific Atlanta Explorer 8000 DVD Burners: Liteon:2x SHW-160P6S, SHM 165H6S, LH-20A1P, LH-18A1P; Sony DRU-120C, AWQ170A-B2 DVD Players: Panasonic 2x DVD S52, DVD S1; Philips DVP5140/37DVP642/17, RCA DRC257N, Magnavox MWD200G Others: Scintific Atlanta 3100, Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U, Toshiba VCRs W808 SVHS, W704 VHS click here to become a member of cdfreaks.com

23-07-2008	#31 (permalink)
Arachne Senior Moderator & Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Keeping my media stash safe. Posts: 25,941	Re: Considering 3 DVD recorders.... Yeah, these are the modes and times listed in the manual (which is amazingly easy to follow BTW, even for a DVDR n00b like me! Easier than all the VCRs I've come across): HQ (High Quality) = 1 hour SP (Standard Play) = 2 hours SPP (Standard Play Plus) = 2.5 hours LP (Long Play) = 3 hours EP (Extended Play) = 4 hours SLP (Super Long Play) = 6 hours SEP (Super Extended Play) = 8 hours Luckily I don't think I'll be recording anything over 2 hours long __________________ Current drives: Samsung SH-S203N (SB02 patched) + Pioneer DVR-115D (1.06) + Optiarc AD-5170S (1.12) + Litey LH-20A1H (LL0D) + Samsung SH-S182D (SB06 RPC1) x2 + Litey SHM-165P6S (MS0R) + LG E10N (JE07) + BenQ DW1650 (BCDC) x2 + Litey SHW-1635S (YV6P) x2 + BenQ DW1640@164B (BEFB) + LG 4167B (DL13 TDB) + Samsung SH-S162L (TS08) + NEC ND-4551A (1.Z2) + LG GCE-8520B (1.00) + LiteOn SOHR-5239S (2S0B) Retired: LiteOn LDW-851@SOHW-832 + LiteOn SOHW-1693S + LG 4163B My Review PCs How to delete your upper and lower filters : How to check/enable DMA by Womble Click here to join cdfreaks.com and be part of our friendly community! The CDFreaks Distributed Computing Teams need YOU! Join the Team(s) and help save some lives! Read more here

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