GoVideo’s R6530 DVD recorder lets you easily record your favorite television shows and treasured home videos to high-quality, long-lasting DVD+R (write-once) and DVD+RW (rewriteable) discs. The recorder’s built-in NTSC TV tuner and onscreen user interface permits up to eight timer recordings over a single month, with five recording speeds providing between one and six hours of content on each DVD disc. The R6530’s high-quality recordings and easy operation make it a perfect replacement for the traditional VCR. The R6530’s versatile playback features include progressive-scan video outputs and support of MP3, JPEG, and Kodak Picture CDs. A variety of video and audio inputs–including front-panel connections for fast, temporary hookups–grant connection to virtually all televisions and home theater components. An easy-to-use full-function remote control commands all the action. Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you’re merely thinking of “someday,” the R6530 stands ready to deliver the full playback potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. When recording, the unit automatically creates a new disc title every time you start a new recording. You can then add chapters to these recordings manually or have them automatically inserted at five-minute intervals. DVD+RW discs require no finalizing: you can record, eject, and play them with minimal fuss, thanks to background formatting. This feature, which lowers total burning time, is an advantage over the “dash” formats. Other DVD+RW advantages include on-disc content editing and multisession writing. And, through DVD+RW and DVD+R’s compatibility with most existing DVD players, they’re a great way for you to share your special mem (more…)
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don’t buy this masterpiece piece of junk
Sometimes works only with DVD+RW, never reuse the same DVD+RW are only for one use
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very pleased!
GoVideo was a pioneer in the DVD Recorder industry and I’ve owned other GoVideo equipment that have worked well for years.
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Buyer Beware
I purchased the R6530 a year and a half ago. I was happy at first. The unit made fewer coasters than my computer dvd burner did.
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POOR WORKMANSHIP
I AGREE WITH ALL THE REVIEWS PREVIOUS SAID OF THIS PRODUCT. POOR PRODUCT. I BOUGHT ONE UNIT SEND IT BACK AFTER 3DAYS WAS REPLACE WITH A REFURBISH ( FRONT PANEL WAS BANG UP)…
1.0 out of 5 stars
Wish there was a zero-star rating
6 months old and I have an over-priced dvd player only.
Yeah, sure… I technically could record with it, but it’s so cranky and annoying that I don’t bother.
1.0 out of 5 stars
piece of crap
About the worse designed electronic component I’ve bought in many years.
The programming features are about as advanced as a 1985 VCR.
5.0 out of 5 stars
I am so lucky
I bought this item, refurbished, a month ago, from a local vendor here at El Salvador, they gave me a 1 year warranty and the system was very cheap.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Rotten deck — rotten customer service.
Same symptoms as other reviewers. Bought the extended warranty for $95. GoVido apparently loves to sell you this extended warranty, but hates to honor it.
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I should have checked Amazon reviews first
I did not purchase the recorder from Amazon. It was an impulse buy from another on-line merchant due to the low price: $169.
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Waste of money – no support either
I bought this 10 months ago. Spent $300. Wasted $300.
The purpose was to dump videos off the TiVo onto disc.