GoVideo R6640 DVD Recorder and Player

GoVideo R6640 DVD Recorder and Player
Manufacturer: GoVideo
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Experience the advantages of DVD Recording - Consistent playback quality, virtually indestructible discs, quick access to any part of the recording, easy sharing and storage. All in one full featured, easy to use player/recorder.Sleek, slimline design - Fits easily into an entertainment center.Digital Video input (DV/IEEE1394) on front panel - control your digital camcorder and create DVDs from your home movies.DoMiNoFX - create better looking DVDs by digitally improving the input signal. Uses 3 patented processes: TrueScan Pro, TrueView Pro & PerfectView Pro.YourDVD personalizes your DVD audio and video playback settings, overriding disc defaults automatically.Record TV broadcasts on DVD - Built-in tuner connects directly to your cable or antenna (RF).Record to DVD+R & DVD+RW discs - 5 record-quality settings: 1 hour, 2 hour, 3 hour, 4 hour, and 6 hour.Connect your camcorder, VCR, or other A/V source and create DVDs.Versatile Entertainment - plays DVDs, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, Music CDs, MP3 audio and JPEG image files on CD-R/RW.
Amazon.com Product Description
The R6640's high-quality recording ability and easy operation make it a great replacement for your VCR. The slender, high-styled component makes a great as a DVD player, too, especially when used with today's high-definition and HD-ready TVs. As a recorder, the R6640 lets you capture your favorite television shows and archive your treasured home videos to long-lasting DVD+R (write-once) and DVD+RW (rewriteable) discs. The recorder's built-in NTSC TV tuner and onscreen user interface permits up to 8 timer recordings over a period of a month, with 5 recording speeds providing between 1 and 6 hours of content on each DVD disc. It includes DoMiNoFX, too: a patented video-processing technology that digitally enhances and refines the picture quality during recording. This results in visibly superior recordings, and a dramatic improvement when recording from noisy source material, such as VHS tapes or weak TV signals.

The R6640's versatile playback features include progressive-scan video outputs and support for recordable CDs filled with MP3 audio files and JPEG images. A variety of video and audio inputs--including front-panel connections for fast, temporary hookups--grant connection to virtually all televisions and home theater components. An easy-to-use full-function remote control commands all the action.

The R6640 comes with GoVideo's innovative AutoPlay feature, designed to skips ads, trailers, and menus, jumping right to the start of your movie. Simply place the disc in the tray, press the play key, and the movie starts without interruption. Further, an innovative feature called YourDVD automatically searches for your preferences every time you load a DVD. The player will find and select your preferred audio, subtitle, and surround sound settings (if available) so you don't have to wade through menus to set them up yourself.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the R6640 stands ready to deliver the full playback potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

Connections include a pair of composite- and S-video inputs, an RF antenna input, and an IEEE 1394 DV (digital video) input for a direct, high-quality connection with a digital camcorder.

DVD+RW discs require no finalizing: you can record, eject, and play them with minimal fuss, thanks to "background formatting." This feature, which lowers total burning time, is an advantage over the "dash" formats. Other DVD+RW advantages include on-disc content editing and multisession writing. And, through DVD+RW and DVD+R's compatibility with most existing DVD players, they're a great way for you to share your special memories with family and friends.

To help you navigate the transition from VCR to DVD recording, GoVideo's "white-glove customer care" includes free telephone assistance in making your first recording, should you need it.

What's in the Box
DVD player/recorder, a blank recordable DVD, a full-function remote control, remote batteries, an RF coaxial audio/video cable (5 feet), a stereo analog audio/composite-video interconnect (5 feet), and a user's manual.

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Samsung SCH8500 Phone, Charcoal Black (Sprint) Manufacturer: Samsung Product Group: Wireless Binding: Wireless Phone ASIN: B00004W4BH

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The SCH-8500 is a clamshell flip phone that measures 3.3 by 2.1 by 1 inches (length by width by depth) with the cover closed, and the antenna measures 1-inch when collapsed. With battery, the phone weighs a light 5 ounces. This 800 MHz analog/1900 MHz CDMA digital phone has a rugged case with two-tone gray styling highlights. A dual-slot desktop charger is included, which is fine if you don't travel. But if you're on the road for more than a couple of days, you might consider springing for the optional and more portable travel charger.

The flip cover contains the display and rubberized earpiece. When closed, it hides all the controls, except for a volume control toggle and voice memo start/stop button on the left side. The flip screen measures only 1.5 by 1 inches (width by height), but it does a fine job of displaying status icons, menus, and text. You navigate menus and text with four cursor buttons. Other control keys are labeled Menu, Talk, End, CLR and OK (with a envelope icon for checking messages). The rubberized keys are nearly flush with the phone's surface, so, while your fingers won't slide around, you do have to pay attention when hitting the keys. There are 13 ringer choices--nine tones and four melodies--plus a vibration mode for courtesy or discretion. Of the 229 possible phonebook entries, six can be set for speed-dial. The rest can be dialed with two-, three-, or four-touch dialing (you enter any four digits that appear consecutively in a phone number).

If supported by your plan and carrier, the Samsung SCH-8500 supports caller ID, call waiting, call forwarding, one-way SMS text messaging, e-mail, voicemail alerts, and mobile Internet access (our Sprint PCS test phone included all these features). A minibrowser is also included, as well as a calendar, to-do list, calculator, and alarm clock with countdown feature.

You can voice dial up to 20 phone-book numbers book just by hitting a hot key to access the carrier's voice-dialing support. This worked well, although it is technically a carrier feature rather than a feature of this phone. You can record four separate memos of 60 seconds each--just remember, since the microphone is covered by the cover, you need to flip it up to record a voice note or make a voice call.

Security features in the SCH-8500 include phone and outgoing call locking. There's also a feature to completely erase your phone book and other personal information entries. While there is no infrared port, the serial port can be used with an optional data cable and software to transfer data to a PC, and to use the phone as a wireless modem.

We were surprised and pleased when the SCH-8500 exceeded Samsung's rated maximum talk time. The lithium-ion battery is rated for a maximum 180 minutes, but in our connection test it ran for 220 minutes. Standby time, rated at 120 hours, tested for 102 hours. A dual-slot desktop charger is included with the phone.

The compact Samsung SCH-8500 is packed with features for voice call management and messaging. Better-than-average battery talk time and wireless Web access and an impressive display make it a good choice for busy professionals. --Testing and evaluation by Brown Consulting Associates, edited by Thom Arno

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