Pioneer DVR-633H-S (160 GB) DVD Recorder
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- Number of Discs: 1
- Progressive Scan: With Progressive Scan
- TV Tuner: With TV Tuner
- Playable Disk Types: DVD Video VCD DVD-R DVD-RW CD (Audio) CD-R CD-RW Picture CD Fujicolor CD
- Playable File Formats: MP3 WMA JPEG
- DVD Type: DVD Recorder
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Chock full of features, very difficult to use
Pros
Very strong editing capabilities. Large hard drive.
Cons
Almost unbelievable difficult and unintuitive to use.
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
If you really need good editing, this machine represents a possibility. Otherwise, go elsewhere.
I primarily purchased this unit to copy old VCR tapes, and possibly edit the commercials, and to record special events, and then go back and record them to disk WITHOUT the commercials (e.g Olympic Games, Super Bowl-although you may WANT those commercials)! I have a digital Comcast Cablevision cable box, and all connected to a Panasonic 42" Plasma monitor. I have decades of experience with electronics and computers, and find this to be the most difficult and unintuitive machine I have ever tried to use.
The TV Guide feature is virtually worthless. Manual settings for recording are cryptically located within the TV Guide menus, so good luck setting up manual recordings. Then, even when you think you have the manual recordings set correctly, the DVR takes control of the cable box and changes to a different channel. If the power goes off and you have to reset the clock, you have to go through the entire setup procedure, just to change to time. Further, with the TV Guide, you only get about the first 125 channels numbers, whereas on Comcast, most of the high definition channels and movie channels are in the 200's and 300's. It is possible to record by leaving both the cable box and unit on, with the cable box set to the channel you want to record, but a simple recording mechanism similar to the old VCR's would be far preferable.
The remote control is filled with tiny buttons, and many of them do not do what you think. The instruction manual is OK for simple hookups, but certainly needs to be much more detailed with a unit this complex.
The editing features apparently work as planned, and the unit quickly copies from the large hard drive to DVD's. Although I have made few recordings, the procedure was relatively rapid and painless. The menuing system here is actually pretty good.
If this unit had a more intuitive operation, along with easier manual recording, it would be a far better buy. As it is, I am looking for a video recorder that is more intuitive and vastly easier to use. Calls to Pioneer engineers have been answered, but unfortunately, they do not seem to be of much help.
The TV Guide feature is virtually worthless. Manual settings for recording are cryptically located within the TV Guide menus, so good luck setting up manual recordings. Then, even when you think you have the manual recordings set correctly, the DVR takes control of the cable box and changes to a different channel. If the power goes off and you have to reset the clock, you have to go through the entire setup procedure, just to change to time. Further, with the TV Guide, you only get about the first 125 channels numbers, whereas on Comcast, most of the high definition channels and movie channels are in the 200's and 300's. It is possible to record by leaving both the cable box and unit on, with the cable box set to the channel you want to record, but a simple recording mechanism similar to the old VCR's would be far preferable.
The remote control is filled with tiny buttons, and many of them do not do what you think. The instruction manual is OK for simple hookups, but certainly needs to be much more detailed with a unit this complex.
The editing features apparently work as planned, and the unit quickly copies from the large hard drive to DVD's. Although I have made few recordings, the procedure was relatively rapid and painless. The menuing system here is actually pretty good.
If this unit had a more intuitive operation, along with easier manual recording, it would be a far better buy. As it is, I am looking for a video recorder that is more intuitive and vastly easier to use. Calls to Pioneer engineers have been answered, but unfortunately, they do not seem to be of much help.
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