LG RH177 (80 GB) DVD Recorder / HDD Recorder

It's hard to say what this recorder is like because of a few stupid problems which i can't believe LG have not addressed.

First the good points, 80 HDD, recording is so simple, push a button and off you go, timeshift again is a single button push, programing to recorder is easy, i think you know where this is going, it's very easy to use for both recording, editing and playback, and if you look around on the net there are ways for updating the system to record in mpeg4 divx filing and for ram disc recording, which is really cool to be honest. DIVX playback thru dvd or on the harddrive, timeshift, split edit, one touch recorded, videoplus, a hole host of input and outputs on the back of the unit and behind the flip down panel at the front, very versitile. A retro looking unit, quite deep in the scale of the newer models, but still a nice looking unit that performs well.

The bad points are only 2, but these 2 are important, the first is when you tune the recorder to your analogue channels, for some bizarre reason, there is flicking on the screen when watching or recording, which can only be put down to the recorder having some kind of brightness control built in (not overidable sadly), it can get very annoying and then sometimes it's hardly noticable, and with the lack of a freeview tuner built in, this kinda make this machine obsolete, the second problem and by far the worst is the dvd drive itself, they are shockingly poorly made, i had a drive fail after 8 months of use and if you look around you will see alot of them with failed dvd drives, and for this i can't forgive LG, they will charge you around £108 inc postage and vat to replace the drive which is absolute madness, you can buy a new recorder for that.

Ok, so why have i bought a second unit of this make, well, first, it was second hand, and second it had just had a new dvd drive fitted and knowing what i know and not burning many discs atm and having a seperate dvd player to play my discs, this makes perfect sense, why, because i dropped a 250Gb seagate drive into it and now get 130 hours of recording, and whats really good is that if you want to record a film from your freeview box thru the av2 input, the picture quality is superb, even on sp mode which is the second best recording bitrate, xp being the first which is a waste because there isn't much differenc between the two to be honest, you can even timeshift your freeview box thru av2 socket if needed, and guess what, no bright flashing like thru the analogue aerial.

This recorder/player is a good one, would have been excellent for the 2 problems i addressed above which i can't understand why they were not sort, ah well, corperate companies.

I got this product myself around 2 months ago, it is amazing, i was considering purchaising Sky+, but i do not really need it now as the unit does everything which that does and much much more! You can program it to record all of your favorite shows, copy films, play music, watch pics! ITs great and i would highly recommend

I bought this recorder to replace my VHS recorder and its associated mountain of tapes. I've had it for about a month now and it seems to work quite well. Good quality picture and a relatively easy on-screen interface. The remote is also a decent size, although the layout of the buttons could have been better and there's plenty of inputs and outputs. It's only got an 80 gig disc but this seems to be big enough in practise - you can always archive programs onto DVD's should space be an issue. There is little or no noise from the fan, which can be an issue with HDD recorders, so all in all - nice one!

LG RH177 (80 GB) DVD Recorder / HDD Recorder, I have just brought this i wanted it to record my cctv 24 hours aday 7 days a week. It is just great for this no more video tapes to bother with any more and it will not miss a minute recording time and should anything happen i will have it right there for the police, courts and so on, will be able to see and hear everything for themselves all i have to do is record the part i want onto a disc and hand it over. I GOT YOU.
The other reason why i brought this is because of all the features it as and what you can do with it. The pictures or crisp i can not say anything wrong about the LG RH177 (80 GB) DVD Recorder / HDD Recorder. well worth every pennie and i dont know what i would do without it now i have got it.
The other thing i love about it is it is easy to use and understand it must be because i got it up and running in minutes normally things like this go above my head and i end up at a total loss.
If you are thinking of buying one one these i do fully recommend you do.
LG have done a good job with this one in all the ways that they could of done.
I LOVE IT xxx

LG RH177 DVD Recorder with 80GB HDD is genearlly a graet product but LG have poor service. I had athis item previously and bought the 2nd one for spares as my recorder gave up after only a year in service. Ubfortuenatly after the 1 year guarantee. However the concept of this is great as you can record from TV on oth HDD and DVD and vice versa and manymore functions. Poor quality of manufacture compared to other high profile makes.

Top class unit, well made and very easy to use. Good looker as well. Uses DVD-R AND RW as well as DVD+R and RW. Easy to record straight off of TV straight onto a disc or the built in 80gb hard drive. Excellent remote with clear buttons, even has Video plus button.