LG LRY-517 - DVD recorder/ VCR combo
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Features
• DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM Recording
• DivX / MPEG4 Playback
• Double Layer Recording: +R/ 8.5GB
• 9-in-2 Multi Memory Card Reader |
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LG LRY-517 - DVD recorder/ VCR combo Customer Reviews
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Functions ok.... BUT has problems
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It plays fine on both DVD and VCR. I have only recorded VHS and it does fine on that but tracking problems when swapping tapes between the LG and the Samsung and the LG is difficult to correct tracking. It is probably the Samsung... yet, the only time I have tracking problems on the Samsung is when I play a tape recorded on the LG.
Worst problem is NO BACKUP Battery for clock and programming. Just a tiny power glitch and you lose the clock and everything else and have to reprogram it. It did this when it was brand new. This failure is inexcusable since every electronic device and computer have had backup batteries for more than 15 years. Perhaps it is just my unit which has no battery backup... but it could be a generic issue.
It is also noisy on rewind... it is not a glitch... rather a very fast, powerful rewind motor... but definitely an issue if your spouse is a light sleeper. And the power of the motor can be an issue when you are simply trying to get past the commercial. It runs so fast, you always go past your intended stopping point.
I will give it credit that it was the only DVD unit that would play 3 oddball DVD's which no other unit would play. This will play virtually anything including non-US regions, homemade videos of any format... even poorly made copies from some Amazon seller that sold homemade pirated copies (bad ones at that) and passed them off on some unsuspecting customers as new original DVD's. Beware of those Northern Texas DVD dealers....
So, if you don't mind reprogramming your clock and memory every time you have a power hit and you are not having tracking issues from poor tapes.... it is actually a very good DVD-VHS player and VHS recorder. It might be a good DVD recorder too, but since I have not used that function, I cannot pass judgement.
Some pointers:
If you want to see what time it is on the panel display, don't use the power saver mode. You'll also have to manually change the daylight savings times due to the new dates, otherwise, it will do it on the original dates. Be sure to slide open the hidden panel on the bottom of the remote for additional button features. It was a few weeks before I noticed the panel. It also keeps coming up displayed as mono even though I keep resetting it to stereo and it promptly says mono whether you have any stereo movies in it or none at all nor whether you have a stereo feed or not through the video & stereo audio jacks or Coax from a stereo source.
The menus are also funky. Be sure to hit OK to set the recorder timer or it will lose your programming. Other menus are even more dysfunctional.... but I still can't knock the quality of the basic functions. (I was an electrical and electronic technology engineer for 30 years and have had video recording equipment for 24 years....so none of these issues are operator error related, so be forewarned on these minor problems).
I would buy another one of these units, considering the quality of the recorders and players left on the market for those of us who have no intention of giving up our thousands of DVD's and VHS tapes for the ever changing formats. I'll buy a lifetime supply of equipment to maintain the viability of my 6000+ DVD & VHS movie collection rather than succumb to the 10 year format changes designed to keep you rebuying your videos and music over and over again or those RAM recorders designed to keep you from collecting TV taped movies instead of buying the DVD set, etc. I could buy a warehouse full of recorders & video equipment for the money it would cost to keep changing formats.... not to mention inflation. Once you are trapped in a format, watch the prices double on all of the movies. Eventually, you will no longer be able to buy a tangible media for your video and music. You will all be relagated to downloads which are only viable for a preset time period and you will be forced to pay more to expand the viewing time on each download. The entire entertainment industry is moving toward the day when your only option for movies, music and TV shows will become a perpetual pay-per-view, intangible download with an expiration. You will see this in the very near future.
It is a 10 year preplanned obsolescence for any recorded media you will ever buy and each time you will be besieged with how the next technology is better than the last. Remember how music went from records, reel to reel, 8 track, cassette, metallic tape, CD's (and those many formats) DVD's (and all of those formats), wav, Mpeg 1-3, Ipod, downloads, mp3 players, blueray...how many sets of the same songs do you really want to buy?
Same with video. Started with kinescope, a vast assortment of filmstrip types, reel to reel video recording tape, Laser disks, Beta, VHS, DVD, DVR, HD-DVD, Blueray, IMAX, dozens of different regions and formats, analog, digital, quicktime, realone, avi, NTSC, online movie downloads, etc.... how many times do you plan to buy the same movies?
Just remember when you think you have to have the latest and greatest and look at previous technologies with disdain... one day, your collections will be out of date because at least once every 10 years, the preplanned obsolescence will catch up with you. It is an intentional ploy used for entertainment, computers (although their obsolescence rate is annual), phone systems, cell phones, air conditioning, vehicles, etc.) And as new software emerges... have you ever noticed how it always requires more and more computer memory so you have to keep upgrading to the next model of computer to accommodate the software which you "must have" like the Vista fiasco and watch out for those "checking for recent updates" to eat up some memory in the name of protecting the security of your system... but the computers only increase memory in small stages... just barely enough for the previous software requirements? And now your cell phone features are the same. More features, more capabilities... need newer cell phones and higher usage fees.
Welcome to the industry-planned merry-go-round of marketing ploys, propaganda and perpetual format & media design changes to force new surges of sales & revenue boosts and to set up all entertainment media like a never-ending vending machine you will never stop pumping money into. You'll catch on when you reach your mid-40's and wish you had purchased spare equipment to accommodate supporting your entertainment media collection.
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LG LRY-517 - DVD recorder/ VCR combo home electronics.