Samsung DVD AR650

Excellent recording quality on XP and SP modes; ATSC tuner for receiving over-the-air digital TV broadcasts; EPG for digital over-the-air channels; IR blaster can control cable or satellite box for timer recordings; HDMI output upscales up to 1080i;...

Its ATSC tuner cannot deliver full HDTV resolution; no chasing playback on DVD-RAM discs; doesn't record to +R/+RW discs.

The Samsung DVD-AR650 is a solid DVD recorder with a nice collection of features for digital video archivists.

I bought this DVD recording because I canceled cable and gave up the DVR. I needed an ATSC tuner for my old Sony Trinitron, so this would get me OTA broadcasts and allow me to occasionally record programs ; Pros ; 1.) The recorder was easy to setup and...

1.) Even though there is an ATSC tuner, the tuner output only goes through the Composite/Component out. It does not output the signal through the antenna coaxial cable to the TV. It does pass the antenna signal through to the TV so I was able to watch...

Record at once, built in HD tuner, PRICE. Records digitally at 480i. Looks good at playback in progressive scan (480p) even when recording in SP mode. Auto chapter creater is nice, but you might wanna do that yourself

only records to -r media. good luck trying to get a Dual Layer dvd-r. Really. No one sells them except here on newegg, and the selection is quite thin. So if you want to record a movie longer than 2hrs just don't. The quality at 4hrs is really bad on a...

Easy DVD recording , reasonably quick digital channel changing. This Samsung does a good job receiveing digital and analog OTA TV. Plays DVD's well even DiVX DVD's and CD's. Video output quality is better than my analog TV can show, recording quality...

Only records to -R media, Sometimes the unit looses digital tv sound and has to be un-plugged to reset. Digital and analog channels are not on the same channel list like my Samsung TV

Recording TV shows and movies, the timer record is handy, fast forwarding through commercials

Owned item 2 months, occasionally hangs, sometimes won't read a disc that was just recorded, will randomly stop playing a DVD, Long time to load a disc, Clock is slightly off so it won't keep correct time, somewhat confusing choice of formats and options

Price ; Features

Quality ; Reliability

works great with Samsung HD TV, pretty esty setup for recording programs. Upconverts all media formats (or trys) with good results

fairly complicated setup for use with digital cable box/DVR

I bought this because I snapped off the coax input to my 42" Vizio when I tried to move the TV and it was still hooked to the coax cable to the wall. (I wonder how many people have done this). Rather than carting the whole TV to get the coax input...

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Easy to set up and use. Flexible enough to handle my basic needs. I will use it for recording from TV, transfering home movies from VHS, and transfering DV tapes from my current camera to DVD

My only complaint is that the default for the tuner is "antennae: so it only sees broadcast channels until you go in to set up and chose "cable" so it can see more than a few channels. It's 2007, everyone has cable or satelite by now