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Samsung DVD-SH893M
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Easily store all your favourite programmes and have them ready to watch thanks to the spacious 160GB hard Drive. With a built in digital tuner and freeview playback you'll have access to a wide range of freeview channels. As well as a host of free-to-air channels at your finger tips the DVD-SH893M also includes a multi format DVD recorder. easy to use menu's makes recording your favourite programmes extremely simple, and your DVD movies will also look great thanks to HDMI connectivity and Full HD upscaling.
Features of the Samsung DVD-SH893M include:
- HDD DVD Recorder (160GB)
- 720P / 1080I / 1080P Up-scaling
- Playback Media: DVD-VIDEO / DVD-RAM / DVD-R / DVD-RW / DVD+R / DVD+RW / HDD
- Playback Formats: MPEG2 / MPEG4 / DIVX (DIVX3.1 ~ DIVX6) / AUDIO CD / JPEG
- CD Ripping
- HDMI out
- HDMI CEC (Anynet+)
Samsung DVD-SH893M Consumer Reviews
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Reviewed by bill on 09/02/2010
This recorder truly is awful ! BEWARE !..anyone thinking of purchasing this model - it has only 1 tuner !! if you dont know what that means[like i did'nt when i bought it for £200 a couple of months ago].. it means YOU CANNOT WATCH A PROGRAM AND RECORD ANOTHER ! it CANNOT carry out the most basic function. its continually freezing and if anyone doe'snt know what that means..its the same as watching a picture on your wall. there is no way around this as its inherant in its technolgy. also, the picture quality on my £14 simz digibox is superior to this piece of junk and the picture flickers as well with this samsung model which is most annoying. The user manual is indiscernable and shoddy and will cause you stress.. the diagrams are all blurred, I have spent countless hours studying it but cannot comprehend most of it. I kid you not..if you purchase this model it WILL cause your blood pressure WILL go up ! 5 weeks ago I tried contacting samsung U.K. head office in Ed inburgh but they have not responded. Last week the picture froze again, then disappeared..I mean no picture at all ! I checked all connections,turned the power off, retuning, etc. but the only thing it could do was tell the time ! ..so back to the store with it and now i'm waiting to get it back...how long will it be before it packs in again ? Purchase this model at your own peril.
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Reviewed by MH on 30/01/2010
My dad brought one of these and couldn't get it to work so I've had a go and still cannot record any prgrammes. I think he's also had problems with freezing pictures. The user manual is useless. I'm going to tell him to take it back.
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Reviewed by Dean Gillies on 29/01/2010
Bought one of these along with a Samsung TV from Curry's for my mother's birthday back in September 09. The TV is fine but this SH893M is a disgrace to Samsung. They should be ashamed of themselves for putting this product onto the market in such a half-baked standard. I agree with the other posts about the poor quality of the documentation, the lack of proper remote integration and the difficulty in operating it. However, all of that aside, it hangs-up randomly when playing DVD's and when recording digital TV. It is truly a heap of junk.
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Reviewed by Andy Oppenheimer on 26/01/2010
I bought my Samsung HDD recorder in Comet in October 09, same prob as below, the screen started freezing during a DVD and while watching TV on the HDMI. Called Samsung, they said there's a FIRMWARE upgrade on their site to rectify the prob, told me to d/load it onto a pen stick, and upload onto the HDD thru the USB port at the front. Tried that, it didn't recognise the file. Tried to do it with file unzipped, and with nothing on the pen stick. Still nothing. Rang Samsung again, they said they would send me a disc with the upgrade on. Got impatient and downloaded FIRMWARE file onto my own DVD blank disc, put uit into the DVD tray. It uploaded Flash something, but not the bloody FIRMWARE. Now tray jammed and machine won't boot up. Samsung siad I have to send it back for repair by courier, which could take a month. Trying local Comet tomorrow to get the DVD tray open. Recommend you ALL contact your dealer + Samsung and complain, and demand the upgrade, or a replacement . My friend recommended this machine, but it seems no one else does!
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Reviewed by Roy on 12/01/2010
I agree with previous comments regarding the extremely poor User manual which concentrates too much on the minutae , which most people will hardly ever use ,and not enough on the basics. What is needed is an initial chapter showing which buttons to press for the required operation. {an'idiot's' guide for people like me) I cannot comment on the 'freeze' on playback - as I have not experienced this - but the recording issues can be overcome. I found it helpful to ring the Samsung helpline. I have previously had 4 Panasonics and with each of them I experienced difficulties in setting up before I got the hang of it. Now I have worked out the Samsung I see no problem with it. I would suggest a little patience is required - although I appreciate this is frustrating. One thing worth noting is that the up-scaling greatly improves the quality of the TV picture.
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Reviewed by Will on 01/01/2010
Pretty awful. Previously had a Panasonic which was 500 times better.
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Reviewed by Tim C on 20/12/2009
Got this to go with Samsung TV as well. User manual is terrible. Managed to record 40 seconds of current programme as a test but then couldn't even do that a 2nd time. Couldn't use TV guide to record programme or complete any further set up
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Reviewed by Daniel & Debby Pattenden on 26/11/2009
Dont buy one of these! It freezes on DVD play back and has to be shut down to make it work, it is very slow on start up.. and like the others say you think its recording but when you sit down later to watch your fave movie... nothing, well sometimes i recorded to adds for 2 min then nothing. free view quality is poor to say the least and the EPG is jumpy and annoying. Dont waste your money even if its £40 on ebay...
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Reviewed by A Beare on 20/11/2009
We bought this from Comet and tried for hours to make it record using the guide. Every time it appeared to be set up to record. At record time the light would come on and it would appear to be recording. But there was never anything on the hard disk! We took it back and Comet tested it in store and agreed there was a fault. They gave us a replacement. We have set up the replacement and it's exactly the same as the original! We are taking it back again and will NOT be getting another! We have a brand new Samsung TV which is ok. But this machine is a joke and the manual in nothing short of a disgrace. I've never read a worse user manual for anything. Utter gibberish.
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Reviewed by L Bennett on 09/11/2009
AVOID AT ALL COSTS! yes the manual is a nightmare, and it takes more pure luck than judgement to get it right. But the main problem was that it started to freeze during playback. It needed a power on/off to get it going again. Then it started freezing during dvd playback then the finally straw was it freezing during recording. Took it back to comet after less than two months and with reluctance they gave us a new one. We had the new one 4hours and it froze during recording, needless to say its going back too!
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Reviewed by Bruce R on 19/10/2009
I agree with Paul. MY model is linked to a samsung flat screen. Manual is full of technical gibberish but no easy instruction. Recording TV programs is hell I stll cannot record by program rather than by time. It is very slow to boot up. It also freezes from time to time and requires a power off/on to reboot. Definitley not a good buy.
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Reviewed by Paul on 18/10/2009
I purchased this unit thinking it would go well with my samsung tv! how wrong was i! For a start the instructions are not clear, the recording side of things are very poor it doesnt label the recording with the title of the programme. when your playing a dvd the whole unit is very noisy. i'm heading back to argos to see if i can change it.
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