Seven tips on buying a DVD recorder

By Reuben Lee on 26 November 2007

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User name: Paddy

Location: Canberra

Comments: To anyone thinking about buying a DVD recorder just realise that all manufacturers are currently only selling recorders with analogue tuners in Australia and these units will be obsolete when we go fully digital. Yes you can attach to a digital set top box but this won't change channels automaticly for timer set programs on different channels. The thing is, DVD recorders with digital tuners are available overseas but it would seem the manufacturers want to sell you their old stock with analogue tuners first then, in a year or so, try to sell you a model with digital tuners. Why our government allows this is hard to understand. It certainly is not in the interest of Australian consumers.

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