Samsung DVD-R100 DVD Recorder

Samsung DVD-R100 DVD Recorder
Manufacturer: Samsung
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Multi-format recorder (RAM/-RW/-R). Time shift on DVD-RAM. Simultaneous recording and playback. Live picture pause and replay. Digital noise reduction. One-touch recording. DV input (IEEE 1394). Timer recording. Progressive scan video output.
Amazon.com Product Description
Samsung's slimline DVD-R100 stands less than 3 inches tall but offers a world of recording and playback functionality. From its write-once DVD-R, rewritable DVD-RW, and random-access DVD-RAM recording abilities to its progressive-scan video output and MP3 music and JPEG still-image playback abilities, the DVD-R100 provides affordable entry to the world of high-resolution, high-convenience digital video.

` Front-panel audio/video inputs offer easy access for connecting external devices such as camcorders, DVRs, and VCRs, and the unit offers both analog and digital DV (FireWire IEEE 1394) inputs for high quality and great flexibility. Now you can edit and share your home-video archives with your family and friends.

Samsung uses its own multi-format technology that allows the DVD-R100 to support three digital recording formats: DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD-R. DVD-RAM is the most versatile format available to DVDs and can adapt to DVD-RW status for playback on older machines. The recorder's non-contact optical pick-up ensures that each disc will be scratch-free for repeated use. The DVD-RAM format also allows for mixed storage of video, audio, and other types of data from both the PC and AV worlds. Its non-linear characteristics enable unique features like time-shifting and time-warping. This means you can start watching a program from the beginning while the middle or end is still being recorded. DVD-R is widely compatible with other DVD players and PCs.

One-touch and timer recording offers extra convenience, while digital noise reduction actually improves upon the quality of incoming interlaced video signals.

During playback, you'll also enjoy live picture pause and replay. And whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DVD-R100 stands ready to deliver the full 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. Composite- and S-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any television.

Average customer rating: 4.5

Best Monitor I've Owned ...
Designers Dream
Big Monitors require Better than Average Video Cards !!!
Blurry? You donýt need glasses. The problem is the monitor!

ViewSonic P815 21" CRT Monitor with USB Hub

Manufacturer: ViewSonic
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00004Y7LE

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Product Description

The ViewSonic P815 boasts an 1800x1440 maximum resolution with a 76Hz refresh rate. ViewSonic P815 has been designed with the most demanding imaging and CAD/CAM/CAE professionals in mind as a powerful tool for today's high-end graphics, production, science and engineering applications. This innovative monitor features OnView on-screen controls for easy adjustments including ViewMatch to match screen colors to printer output. This superior performer also has a Super Contrast Screen, Invar Shadow Mask and ARAG screen coating for crisp, well focused images from center to corner. P815 offers the highest level of compatibility. Plug & Play compatibility provides seamless configuration under Windows. ViewSonic's P815 not only exceeds MPR-II and Energy Star guidelines, but also the strict TCO '95 standards for low emissions.

Customer Reviews:

Best Monitor I've Owned ..........2006-04-04

I have a small business and have multiple montors - CRT and LCD, Digital - 19 and 21 inches. But this one is the most reliable, clearest and best one of the bunch.

Designers Dream.......2002-04-07

I own 2 of these p815 monitors and they are fantastic!!
I am a High End Graphic Designer and do about 60 hours of work
a week on these monitors. I Run both monitors on a Matrox G400
Dual head and they work like a charm for my design work, the
Colors are so clear and perfect it is amazing! I have had
Sony and NEC monitors and nothing compares to the color of
these Viewsonic P815's. I have seen people state problems
at 1600 resolution with text... All I have to say is you might
want to check your video card or your cables because it is
not the monitors. I can view text and images with out any blur
at 1600 res. it is actually crystal clear. How can you not like
this monitor.. 96hz @ 1600 res. .25 dot pitch on a 21" monitor
with a flat screen! that is just amazing for a 21" monitor.
When you buy viewsonic p815 your getting an outstanding visual
quality monitor in all aspects.

Big Monitors require Better than Average Video Cards !!!.......2001-12-11

Hi, I am a Tax & Investment Professional and Investment Advisor and I utilize the Viewsonic P815 for viewing level II split screen streaming stock quotes; tax preparation and preparing taxes on Windows-based tax preparation software. I have also used this monitor when reviewing and analyzing tax preparation software which allows you to view 2 pages of tax documents in the same viewing screen on the same page view...no problems in clarity here of the numbers or letters in any mode or pixel view.
(...)The Viewsonic is comparable with any SONY @ any resolution including 1600x1200;what is required is a better than average video card. At the time he wrote his review way back in year 2000 there were very few 64MB video cards on the market.As I recall only Diamond Viper and Nvidea had one of the retail ones and all the rest were high end professional products. Now in year 2001 every company on the market has a 64MB video card and there are even some 128 MB video cards out here too. I suggest using at least a 64MB Video Card with this product which is as it says a "professional monitor". Professional monitors do require a better than avergage video card for superior perfomance. By the way,this monitor series by Viewsonic will allow you to work 12-14 hour days without eye strain of any type. Now this monitor is very BIG in size, so if your desk space is at a premium I would suggest you opt for one of the new flat panel LCD 17" or 18" monitors. But if you seek a quality large screen monitor and don't mind it taking up at least 25 " of desk space then this IS the monitor for you.
This is my 3rd Viewsonic purchase this year; I bought my 75 year old mother a 19" one and I have one in my second office.
I am very pleased with the quality of their products. Just make sure you spend good money and get a quality video card to match your monitor purchase. (I have been using computer monitors for work in excess of 20 years now.)

Blurry? You donýt need glasses. The problem is the monitor!.......2000-10-08

I'm a software developer. I spend long, long hours in front of my computer programming and creating graphics. I have a 21" Sony GDM-500PS at work, an excellent monitor. Because I often take some work home and the resolution of my home's 17" monitor wasn't giving me too much desktop space to work with all my windows, I decided to get a new 21" to use it at 1600x1200 as I do at work with the Sony GDM-500PS. I choose the ViewSonic's P815 because it offers about the same features of the Sony's GDM-500PS for $300 bucks less and ViewSonic's name reputation. Well, I just got my new P815 and honestly I would like to return it and get my money back. The monitor has a nice set of features. You can pretty much do whatever you like with the image to get it perfectly squared from edge to edge. The monitor offers good picture quality up to resolutions of 1280x1024. At higher resolutions, 1600x1200 and above, the contrast degrades badly. This is very annoying when using applications that display dark text over bright backgrounds (browsing web pages, Word documents, and most source code editors). The white background is so bright that seems to consume the text making it blurry and hard to read. It is like having an unsolicited anti-alias filter constantly running. I have the contrast level to max, and the text still blurry and hard to read. Over time it gets you eyes really tired. I won't recommend this monitor to any PhotoShop users, CAD users or Software Developers willing to use resolutions of 1600x1200 or higher and that will be spend long hours of development time in front of the screen.

Edwin.

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