Samsung’s stylishly black DVD-R130 puts the power, quality, and convenience of digital video recording and playback at your fingertips. The stylish, slender component stands less than 2.5 inches tall but delivers everything from convenient DVD recording (write-once DVD-R and rewritable DVD-RW) to progressive-scan video and playback of MP3 music and JPEG digital-photo files. A front-panel DV (FireWire IEEE 1394) input enables you to connect the family video camcorder and edit and record footage directly to a DVD disc–all via a single cable and without losing image quality. The EVQ (Enhanced Video Quality) feature provides sharper images and truer color reproduction for both movies and home videos. EVQ reduces pixel noise produced during digital signal processing, mitigates the cross color phenomenon occasionally produced by separation of Y & C signal. You can program recording via the timer, or choose easy one-touch recording (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). Chapters are created when you record your favorite TV show or video clips from a camcorder onto a DVD disc. The chapters are automatically created, which eliminates wasted time searching the whole DVD to find the right spot. Up to 99 titles can be recorded onto one disc. With the simple and easy edit function menu, you can delete, copy, rename, and lock, among other things. You can also create a playlist and edit video in a specific sequence. It offers the following connection options: Composite video: 1 out S-Video: 1 out Component video: 1 out Firewire: 1 in RF: 1 in, 1 out Analog audio: 2 in, 2 out Coaxial digital audio: 1 out Optical digital audio: 1 out Tech TalkComponent video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results i (more…)
1.0 out of 5 stars
See my review under the R-120 recorder-this is a piece of trash, STAY AWAY FROM IT AT ALL COSTS!!!
Since I reviewed this under the R-120 (which I don’t have, I didn’t realize this unit was reviewed and it was the closest thing) reviews, I’ll refrain from repeating the long…
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Worked fine for first few months, then started failing…
First — to those people who can’t play their recorded DVDs in other players, you have to Finalize the DVD first, read the manual.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worked while under warranty…
I bought the Samsung R130 DVD Recorder in August 2006 for $150 so I could record shows that I was unable to watch.
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Avoid This Recorder
Have had this recorder for over a year and had nothing but problems. The lips are out of sync with the audio and is very tempermental when recording.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good product
this is a very good DVD player, it has a lot of options for almost anything you need…
2.0 out of 5 stars
Unimpressive
The DVD-R130 is a DVD recorder designed to record standard NTSC video. It can take S-Video, composite, antenna/cable, or Firewire feeds. It has multiple levels of quality.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Highly Problematic DVD Player/Recorder
We actually got this player bundled with a purchase of a Samsung LCD display. The display is great; the DVD player isn’t.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Extremely disappointed
I just wished I had looked at the Amazon reviews before buying this stupid thing. I paid for it little; it was on clearance at Target, but now wouldn’t want it for free.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Several problems, buy at risk
After owning the product for over six months, I have had several of the problems experienced by other reviewers, most notably:
Problem 1: It can’t play many rented…
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If I could write a review giving the Samsung R-130 no stars, I would
Don’t make the mistake of buying this DVD recorder unless you have money and just need to get rid of it. Problems started with this item right out of the box.