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Product Description
- Product Description: Samsung DVD SH893M - DVD recorder / HDD recorder with digital TV tuner
- Product Type: DVD recorder / HDD recorder with digital TV tuner
- Dimensions (WxDxH): 43 cm x 30 cm x 5.5 cm
- Weight: 3.8 kg
- Colour: Black gloss
- DVD: DVD recorder
- TV Tuner: Standard
- Digital Storage Media: Hard disc drive - 160 GB
- Audio: Stereo
- Remote Control: Universal remote control - infrared
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54 of 54 people found the following review helpful
This product was purchased as I have a Samsung TV and wanted a HDD Recorder from the same manufacturer.
Also, Samsung HDD Recorders are cheaper than Sony and Panasonic.
I have used this product for 3 weeks and have finally decided today to return it.
It's very slow flicking through the channels when you want to record.
When it does record a programme and you want to view it, the title is not shown.
Generally the product is very slow and cumbersome to use all over.
I have to agree with all the negative comments that have been said by those that have reviewed this product prior to me.
I will probably spend a bit more on a Sony or Panasonic HDD Recorder!
Also, Samsung HDD Recorders are cheaper than Sony and Panasonic.
I have used this product for 3 weeks and have finally decided today to return it.
It's very slow flicking through the channels when you want to record.
When it does record a programme and you want to view it, the title is not shown.
Generally the product is very slow and cumbersome to use all over.
I have to agree with all the negative comments that have been said by those that have reviewed this product prior to me.
I will probably spend a bit more on a Sony or Panasonic HDD Recorder!
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Well I really don`t know where to start! This is quite possibly the worst piece of equipment I have ever purchased. Lets put it this way, I`ve never felt the urge to leave a review before, but I really do feel that people should be warned away from this monstrosity! Don`t get me wrong, it is a beautiful looking machine, the soft touch controls on the front panel are a great feature and the picture quality is superb! None of that is of course relevant if the damn thing is un-usable, and that is exacly what it is.
The response from the remote control is to say the least slow, to be more acurate, painful!!
The timer record function will not engage whilst the machine is on, it has to be in standby. If it`s not in standby, an insignificant red light flashes on the recorder to tell you it`s doing absolutely nothing and there is about nill you can do to recover your lost recording! A very useful feature, about as useful as replacing novocaine with anadin for dental extractions!
Fortunately for me, this machine was horribly unreliable and it came to an abrupt hardware demise after only 4 weeks. I hence replaced it with a Panasonic machine costing me an extra £60.00. Having used the Panasonic, I would have gladly paid an extra £150.00, that should give an indication of how absolutely terrible the Samsung is. Save your sanity and don`t buy one!
The response from the remote control is to say the least slow, to be more acurate, painful!!
The timer record function will not engage whilst the machine is on, it has to be in standby. If it`s not in standby, an insignificant red light flashes on the recorder to tell you it`s doing absolutely nothing and there is about nill you can do to recover your lost recording! A very useful feature, about as useful as replacing novocaine with anadin for dental extractions!
Fortunately for me, this machine was horribly unreliable and it came to an abrupt hardware demise after only 4 weeks. I hence replaced it with a Panasonic machine costing me an extra £60.00. Having used the Panasonic, I would have gladly paid an extra £150.00, that should give an indication of how absolutely terrible the Samsung is. Save your sanity and don`t buy one!
122 of 126 people found the following review helpful
This has to be the worst piece of electronics I have ever bought.
The user manual is awful, without even a contents page to flick to the correct page. The system is very slow to load, the tv-guide often only shows some of the programmes available.
When you scroll through different channels on the tv-guide, it has to refresh the page every time you scroll down to further channels, and if you try pressing "down" too many times, it will keep shifting down outwith your control until it catches up with itself.
What is not explained clearly at all is that in order to set a programme to record (from the tv-guide) you then have to turn the machine to stand-by in order for it to work (so you can't watch another programme). If you are recording a live programme, you can't access the Tv-guide any more.
If you pause a recorded programme, after a short period of time (approx 5mins) it will auto-stop, go back to live tv, allowing no option of going back to the same point in your recording, just using the painfully slow manual fast-forward feature to try and find your same place in the programme again.
I cannot believe a manufacturer as established as Samsung can release such an awful piece of merchandise, they should be disgraced with themselves. I have a degree in media/IT so lack of user ability is not the problem!!
Please please if you read this, take my advice and never buy this awful machine. (I returned mine straight back to Amazon within 3days of receipt).
The user manual is awful, without even a contents page to flick to the correct page. The system is very slow to load, the tv-guide often only shows some of the programmes available.
When you scroll through different channels on the tv-guide, it has to refresh the page every time you scroll down to further channels, and if you try pressing "down" too many times, it will keep shifting down outwith your control until it catches up with itself.
What is not explained clearly at all is that in order to set a programme to record (from the tv-guide) you then have to turn the machine to stand-by in order for it to work (so you can't watch another programme). If you are recording a live programme, you can't access the Tv-guide any more.
If you pause a recorded programme, after a short period of time (approx 5mins) it will auto-stop, go back to live tv, allowing no option of going back to the same point in your recording, just using the painfully slow manual fast-forward feature to try and find your same place in the programme again.
I cannot believe a manufacturer as established as Samsung can release such an awful piece of merchandise, they should be disgraced with themselves. I have a degree in media/IT so lack of user ability is not the problem!!
Please please if you read this, take my advice and never buy this awful machine. (I returned mine straight back to Amazon within 3days of receipt).
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Don't buy it it's rubbish.
We've had this for a year only because we were not allowed to return it in the first week of use.
There are no saving graces to it. Read more
There are no saving graces to it. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Rebecca Byass
Choose Something Else...
This device is completely useless, do not under any circumstances buy. There are three main points on each of its functions to explain why:
Firstly, the machine only... Read more
Firstly, the machine only... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Dan
Good DVD player
I didn't buy this DVD Recorder from Amazon but recently bought it else where.... I bought this to replace the VCR we have. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Captain Lobster
Doesnt do what it says on the tin...
The machine takes 2-3 mins to boot up, the software UI is tricky, once you work out the different modes though it records fine, but when I tried to export a movie I had recorded I... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Siolis
WHY CAN'T I COPY TV PROGS. TO AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE ?!?
This machine is NOWHERE NEAR AS POOR as many above 'reviewers' have suggested...
Having said that, I bought the comparable model out here in Spain about 18 moths... Read more
Having said that, I bought the comparable model out here in Spain about 18 moths... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Peter John Brown
Not fit for purpose
A girlfriend of mine who had purchased a DVD/HD recorder model DVD-SH893M was having difficulty finding the actual name of the program she had recorded. Read more
Published 14 months ago by sykedelic
Great Samsung Product
Looked at a number of DVD recorders, but with having Samsung, 3D tv, blu-ray surround unit, this was the only way to go. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. M. Cooke
Such a good looking unit let down by technical faults - very poor for...
I suspect a lot of problems people are experiencing with this DVD recorder locking up/freezing when recording something is an overheating issue and not necessarily always a bad... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Andy Robus
Video player technology!!!
Being technology minded, I was asked by an old lady to sort her machine out as she had given up on it! And after I'd worked on it for several hours I can understand why! Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mikey from Machen
awfull
i bought a new samsung tv last weekend and along with it i bought this dvd/hd freeveiw recorder thing. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Wimpy
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