DVD Recorder recommendation for elderly lady
 

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On 3 Dec, 10:24, "Max Demian" wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message

om...

Is there any DVD recorder that does not have an interface obviously
designed by a dyslexic parrot and Stanley unwin then?

Panasonic DMR-EZ28. 180 in Argos and elsewhere.

If a user is accustomed to using a VCR and mostly watches live TV with
occasional time-shifting and occasionally wanting to save a programme on
the
shelf (archiving), and may want to watch commercial recordings as well, a
pure DVDR plus an IDTV would be the way to convert from analogue to
digital.

Combined DVR/DVDRs are usually complicated to use due to all the
different
functionalities.

A pure DVR (PVR) would require a DVD player as well and can't archive
programmes.

A pure DVR could be added to the DVDR later if more timeshifting is
required, and could be a twin tuner model (allowing two programmes to be
recorded at once), which is rare in combination DVR/DVDRs.

So people who refuse to believe a DVR is actually easier to use than
what they're used to, can avoid the "fright" of new technology by
moving the difficult-to-use paradigm they're used to with VHS onto DVD-
R.

Genius. It's spotting gaps in the market like that, that make people
millionaires. Never mind logic and reason - spot what people's
irrational fears will make them want, and deliver it!


btw, "If a user ... mostly watches live TV with occasional time-
shifting..."

For those who have embraced the 21st century: "live TV" - Why?!
For those born in the 21st century: "live TV" - What?!

:-)

I watch very little 'live', I record practically everything I want to watch,
then if it is a commercial station, I can skip through 5 minutes of adverts
in about 20 seconds.

Alan


Cheers,
David.