From the Manufacturer
Play DVDs and VHS tapes. Copy your existing VHS tapes to DVD to preserve and share them. Copy homemade recordings made from your camcorder, or your favorite television broadcasts, onto VHS or DVD. This Key Features ATSC/NTSC/QAM Clear Tuner Super Multi Format Recording DVD to VCR and VCR to DVD Recording USB Media Plus 1080p Upscaling via HDMI Output Digital Cable/Satellite Box Controller Digital Camcorder Input (1394) LG SimpLink SUPER MULTI FORMAT DISC RECORDING Record to all current DVD disc formats with Super Multi Format Recording: DVD±R /DVD±RW/DVD+R Double Layer/DVD-RAM USB MEDIA PLUS Digital music, photos and video with USB Media Plus. 1080p UP-SCALING Superior image quality and convenience with DVD/VCR 1080p up-scaling via HDMI output DIGITAL TUNER Watch and record digital broadcasts from antenna or cable connections DIGITAL CABLE/SATELLITE BOX CONTROLER Easy scheduled recording from most digital cable/digital satellite boxes with Set-Top Box Controller DIGITAL CAMCORDER INPUT Convenient recording and editing from digital camcorders with DV(1394) Input Recording LG SIMPLINK Allows for convenient control of other LG SimpLink products using the existing HDMI connection
Super Multi 1080p DVD Recorder+VCR Combi, D2A Tuner, LG Simple Link, USB Media Plus, STB Control
5.0 out of 5 stars
LG DVD VCR recorder
LG RC897T Multi-Format DVD Recorder and VCR Combo with Digital Tuner
The LG combo has avery good picture, It seem to be sharper than the converter box .
2.0 out of 5 stars
Elementary issues makes this a waste of money and time
This player is (by name) a multi-opportunity machine. VCR, DVD player/recorder, tuner, and etc. And at this price, one does pay for all those features…
4.0 out of 5 stars
lg dvd recorder and vcr combo w/ tuner
I love the screen display and layout of the recorder, its easy to use, and also the remote connects with the your tv.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Please do not waste your money
I bought this unit new at Amazon in Dec. 2008. The unit started shutting itself off for no reason. I worked with it and I thought the problem was took care of.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Superb Performance
We just ordered our 5th, yes 5th RC897T. While we’ve never owned a recorder with a more disjointed, hard to follow manual the performance of the equipment makes up for it.
3.0 out of 5 stars
CPRM Problem is a BIG Negative
I purchased my recorder in October of last year. To this day it still does not work correctly because of CPRM and LG wants me to pay shipping and labor to have it fixed.
2.0 out of 5 stars
LG needs to go back to the drawing board
I have purchased 2 LG DVD recorders in the past 3 months. Both have failed.
Both the 787T and the 897T take a very long time to “read” and the manual is difficult to figure…
1.0 out of 5 stars
NEVER ABLE TO POWER IT UP
This item never worked from the beginning, even after following the trouble shooting procedures. I have the very same unit in our summer home and it works great.
1.0 out of 5 stars
CPRM ! Do Not Buy
This is a review of the LG RC897T, it was mistakenly first posted as a review of the LG RC797T in error, I actually like that model]
Do Not buy this product till they…
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do not buy LG products. Defective and poor customer sevice
My RC 897 T just died after only 8 months. The tuners LG use are shoddy and last just enough to make the warranty mostly useless.