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LG RHT599H 500GB HDD DVD Recorder with Freeview+ - LG RHT599H HDD and DVD Recorder is a digital TV recorder with built-in 500 GB hard disk and a tuner.... See more product details
Customer Reviews: LG RHT599H 500GB HDD DVD Recorder with Freeview+
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I bought this machine for a relative to replace an ageing recorder. He finds it a great way to record on the fly but also uses the built in DVD burner to archive programmes he wishes to keep, which of course is excellent if you are prone to buying DVD releases from the BBC etc. He loves it and thinks it's great.
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I bought this LG as i had bought my partner an LG for Christmas and he has nothing but praise for it. I have bought the same brand but upped the HDD storage. I have found that,from scratch,the LG has been very easy to use and the instructions are very easy to follow. The recording quality is very good but i have only used the XP setting for the quality as i have not recorded vast amounts that would require me to lengthen it to LP or more. The LG is respectably quiet and the only time that i hear it is when i switch the TV off for the night and then you can just make out the hum of the machine. It is a reasonable size but thin and very slick looking. The first set up is very easy as well as it virtually does it by itself. I have only used the HDD to record onto but i have used the DVD player to watch DVDs and that is as you would expect from any DVD player. I would recommend this item to anyone who has to buy a new recorder to replace a broken item or just needs to,as i had to,upgrade so that i they can carry on watching and recording after the Digital switchover.
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I decided to buy this machine due to one of cost and that it handled dvd ram discs, as I had a few from using a previous machine. I found it pretty simple to set up and use. The storage has proven to be more than enough for me and if I need to archive a recording then I can copy it to a dvd disc easily.
I did try the setting to get the maximum duration that can be recorded on the HD but found that obviously the quality dropped quite drastically. I found leaving it in LP mode gives me more than 400 hrs of recording time without noticable quality degradation.
Would I buy another if I needed to, yes I would!
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Received this today. Very well packaged, promptly delivered and a good price (£14 less than when I first checked it out a couple of weeks ago) - £190.
Bought to replace our vintage LG VCR/DVD player which still works fine but is hopelessly out of date now, and a bit of a brick.
Setup was very straightforward. We have Virginmedia so it was just a case of unplugging the old VCR and plugging this one in. It automatically searched for channels but once it had found the cable feed I stopped it looking further. Although it has Freeview+ built-in we won't be using it unless Virgin wacks the subs up too high! There are tons of bells and whistles so we started by just making sure we had it connected up correctly so as to see TV this evening with the recorder turned on and turned off (i.e. pass through). No problem.
We then tried a brief recording just to learn how to do it and, again, it's very straightforward as long as you read through the relevant bit in the brief but sufficient manual. Frankly, once you've set up one recording it's pretty much second nature and logical. One pleasant surprise was the lack of tape noise (obviously!). 500Gb seems loads of space (compared to our old 3 hours max) but I'm sure we'll soon be filling it with all sorts of stuff.
Next step will be burning to DVD.
A very neat, trim piece of kit.
If I can work out how to do it I will update this review as we try out all its capabilities over the next few weeks.
update 6th April, 2013
Continuing to work well. Copying (dubbing) to DVD very simple and fast - as long as you remember to set it to the 'fast' option. I set my first DVD copy to SP (standard play) so it played the recording and dubbed it in real time. My second one took about 4 minutes for a recording of about 1hr 40mins. The timeslip feature is very good. Once you start recording, if you missed the beginning then, as long as the recording is at least 15 seconds into the programme then you can get it to play it from the beginning while it continues to record the rest of the programme.
I used Amazon generic blank DVD+R disks. Formatting was straightforward, page 26 of the little manual, as was finalising. Both recorded DVDs run fine on the player and on my PC.
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I spent quite a while researching DVD recorders as they all seem to have a slightly different spec. This ticks all the boxes for me with 500GB of memory, freeview+ which allows you to pause and rewind live tv, the remote can also control the tv even though it is not an LG tv. The list of this machine's capabilities seems endless.
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This recorder is so simple to use one touch record has its own guide I cannot fault the unit. I have connected it to my LG TV both speak to each other A1 goods
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I love this recorder because its easy to use quick to set up and I use it on a outside camera to watch my car and we can still watch a DVD.
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just the job for our family. great value for money. easy to operate &set up. Need to write too many words for the review. Nothing left to say.
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A nice looking piece ot electronic equipment, but I did find the instructions difficult to implement, this was mentioned by a previous purchaser on the rating site, otherwise, excellent picture quality, sound
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