DSE R100A

It's cheap and it's multizone (able). I liked the 30sec skip button and the mechanical on/off switch on the front panel. Scart in, scart out, RCA video in, RCA video out, RCA video in on front, S-video in/out (ie. multiple inputs/outputs). The remote...

From a user friendliness perspective, it's one of the recorders that doesn't switch automatically to TV/AV when you press stop. There's a button to do this on the remote control but not on the front panel. Ergo, without the remote, you're stuffed if...

It still plays DVDs. I have Dick Smith's extended warranty on this product - thank goodness!!

New intermittent fault: the drawer refuses to open, it doesn't even bother to attempt to open or twitch. Have to power off/on to knock some sense into its logic circuits.

It's consistent - consistently poor. Will be buying another VCR so that we can be sure of being able to watch programs after we have recorded them. With a DVD it only takes one error on the disk and the whole file becomes unreadable.

After getting a replacement some months ago (luckily I had bought Extended Warranty) the second unit is now having problems too: 1. At first the unit was noisy when spinning a DVD, now it is louder still. It is so noisy that it makes the thin metal...

"Cheap and cheerful." (you get what you pay for). Playback is good, with none of the freezing I have noticed on the cheap DVD players.

The unit is quite noisy when the disc is spinning. Remote control Very weak transmitter. Manual says it should work 30 degrees either side of the unit (ie. 60 degrees total range). In reality this means you have to aim the remote very carefully at the...

It works! Had a problem with a rolling scan when placing a recordable DVD in the drive but put it down to interference between the drive and tuner. Connected SCART in to my SCART out on the Foxtel digital box - result - brilliant!!!!

The manual is beyond useless - I have a knowledge of electronics anyone who has not could be in trouble.