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Samsung DVD-SH855M - DVD Recorder 250Gb Hard Drive - With Freeview & HDMI | 
 enlarge | Brand: Samsung
Category: CE
Buy New: £259.99
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 30267
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 13.5
Dimensions (in): 20.1 x 17 x 5.8
MPN: DVD-SH855M/XEU
Model: DVD-SH855M/XEU
EAN: 8808987183981
ASIN: B000O14E9S
Release Date: June 25, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | DVD recorder | | • | Audio Dolby Digital / Dts Surround | | • | Scaling Option Up To:Y | | • | Recording format DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW/DVDRAM | | • | 250gb Gb hard disk capacity |
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Product Description
Access all your digital TV channels and record up to 425 hours of programmes with the DVD-SH855 DVD player/recorder.Samsung has equipped this device with a Freeview tuner and a 250 GB hard drive, so you?ll never run out of memory to record. You can programme this player to record your favourite programmes, which you can watch later without having to rewind or fast forward through adverts!The DVD-SH855 has an HDMi connection to preserve sound and image quality during transmission, so your DVD and DivX films appear perfectly restored on your TV screen.The DVD-SH855 player from Samsung is also equipped with 2 SCART sockets and a DV input to connect to and transfer data from your camcorder.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 Good product at a good price October 28, 2008
R. Staziker (England)
I took a chance and bought this item after reading all the negative reviews because I was finding it hard to find a similar product that actually had good reviews. I am not disappointed, it does everything that it is supposed to. The only reason I haven't given it 5 stars is that the manual is very comprehensive & complicated. If you want to be able to use it to do everything it can then it will take you some time to learn. If you want to play dvd's and record tv then it is easy to use. The picture quality through the hdmi link is second to none. Good product at a good price.
Are the others bonkers??!! October 18, 2008
J. M. Roberts (Herts)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Had this a while now (2 months). No problems, works a treat. Everything I need in a dvd, HD, freeview player. Reliable, quiet machine and lots of features. Perhaps the other reviews didnt read the manual or havent had a similar device before. Lots of features means you have to learn to properly use it dummies! Invest a few hours to learn how to use it and it will pay you back with an excellently priced, functional and complete unit. I have discarded a separate DVD, freeview and cinema sound for this, and am not disappointed. less cables, less remotes and 1 neat tidy unit. if you decide upon this you will have a great machine. Dont pre-judge or look for fault as others seem to have....
 Possibly the most frustrating device yet invented. June 19, 2008
Mr. Andrew Cole (England)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This machine appears to have been designed to be counter-intuitive. I have yet to find a single redeeming factor. It is expensive, difficult, frustrating and useless.
 Sometimes so slow it stops June 13, 2008
J. Maskill (Yorkshire)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've had this machine for about 9 months and it really is the pits when it comes to user friendliness. This is a shame because the picture quality is very good and the features are comprehensive. A list of woes:
Complicated remote control
Programme guide takes forever to load the information it requires.
Defaults to analogue TV (not digital)
PCM and bitstream must be manually selected every time you switch from TV to 5.1 DVDs - unless you like listening to a buzzing noise. Keep it on pcm if you don't mind missing out on 5.1 surround sound.
Frequently freezes requiring the machine to be switched off at the mains.
Response time is so slow you occasionally push the remote buttons more than once. This results in two or more responses from the machine (it's easy to jump from BBC1 straight to Channel 5 having missed out BBC2 ITV and Channel 4 if you see what I mean).
Recording TV onto HDD should be straight forward but it's definitely not. I'm the only person in the house who can do this reliably which means the kids can only record what they're watching when I'm around. No, they're not retarded, they just sometimes miss out one of the 7 steps required.
Boot up time is extremely slow. I wondered what happened to all the ZX81 processors when the Sinclair Spectrum came out - I guess Samsung are using them in this machine.....
If you are very patient (and lets face it, we blokes are not) then you might like this machine. Such a shame Samsung are selling this - it's put me off them for life.
Avoid this poduct at all costs May 3, 2008
Phoenix (Newcastle, UK)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The spec of this prouct sounds fantastic... However it just doesn't live up to its own hype.
As mentioned by the other reviewers, the remote is not at all intuitive and the manual is not helpful. The EPG is extremely slow, much slower than the cheapo Freeview box I used previously.
Videoplus recording only works on analogue channels and the timer record function only works with the unit is switched off. Worst of all, the playback quality is extremely poor, as the sound goes off frequently for several seconds and the picture freezes repeatedly, to the point where it's impossible to watch a recording.
This is an extremely poor quality product that just doesn't do what it's supposed to. Avoid at all costs.
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