Samsung’s two-tone silver/black DVD-R120 puts the power, quality, and convenience of digital video recording and playback at your fingertips. The stylish, slender component stands less than 3 inches tall but delivers everything from triple-format DVD recording (write-once DVD-R, rewritable DVD-RW, and random-access DVD-RAM) to progressive-scan video and playback of MP3 music and JPEG digital-photo files. Front-panel audio/video inputs offer easy access for connecting external devices such as camcorders, DVRs, and VCRs, and the unit offers both analog and digital DV (FireWire IEEE 1394) inputs for high quality and great flexibility. Now you can edit and share your home-video archives with your family and friends. Samsung uses its own multi-format technology that allows the DVD-R120 to support three digital recording formats: DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD-R. DVD-RAM is the most versatile format available to DVDs and can adapt to DVD-RW status for playback on older machines. The recorder’s non-contact optical pick-up ensures that each disc will be scratch-free for repeated use. The DVD-RAM format also allows for mixed storage of video, audio, and other types of data from both the PC and AV worlds. The format’s non-linear characteristics enable unique features like time-shifting and time-warping. This means you can start watching a program from the beginning while the middle or end is still being recorded. Write-once DVD-R media is widely compatible with other DVD players and PCs. One-touch and timer recording offers extra convenience (initiating playback at 30 minutes and adding 30 minutes with each additional press of the button, up to the available disc time or 240 minutes, whichever is sooner), while digital noise reduction actually improves upon the quality of incoming interlaced video signals. During playback, you’ll also enjoy live picture pause and replay. And whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you’re merely thinking of “somed (more…)
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(Samsung DVD-R130) ABSOLUTE GARBAGE!!! STAY AWAY FROM THIS THING LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!
This is actually about the Samsung DVD-R130, which is, I believe, an “Upgrade” of the R-120 (and if THIS is an “upgrade”, I SHUDDER to think how the UNUPGRADED unit must perform)…
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awful
Cutting to the chase, this is the worst consumer electronic product I have ever owned. It refuses to play even brand new dvds, randomly decides what it can and cannot play, and…
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Out of sync!
I bought one of these about 18 months ago. I *think* the first coupla dubs I made were OK, but then I noticed audio and video were out of sync.
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DVD -R’s should not be disposable
We have had this unit for a little over a year – and we have to spend over $100 to have it repaired for its “system error” It has always been a little quirky to use and now it is…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great DVD Burner!
I have bought two of these. I first bought one for myself and loved it so much I purchased on for my church to record the services.
1.0 out of 5 stars
The worst ever! Please don’t buy this!
I’ve had this Samsung DVD recorder over a year and it’s been nothing but trouble. The power button on the remote wouldn’t work out of the box, it’s SUPER SLOW in opening &…
2.0 out of 5 stars
2006 date issue and no fix for 2007 DST change
I bought this unit in Nov. 2005 and at first I liked it, however, once 2006 came around I noticed that it recorded scheduled weekly shows on the wrong day.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good performance
I have near six months with it and I do not have claims.
If you want to use it as a recording device is good.
1.0 out of 5 stars
cheap and poorly made
I have had this recorder less than six monthsand used this dvd it less than 50 times, and now get an error message almost every time I try to record on it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
great for casual use
bought this a little over a year ago, to record off TV, copy VHS tapes, record off camcorder – lightweight stuff, mostly.