Go Video VR2940 DVD Recorder/VCR Combo

Go Video VR2940 DVD Recorder/VCR Combo
Manufacturer: GoVideo
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Making DVD recordings from your VHS tapes has just reached a new milestone in simplicity with the introduction of YesDVD technology in the GoVideo VR2940. GoVideo has developed and mastered the technology of designing easy-to-use recording duplication devices and engineered many principles to make it as easy as possible and completely legal. GoVideo VR2940 DVD Recorder + VCR is the World's First Product combining YesDVD technology with a high performance DVD recorder and a hi-fi VCR, all in one! Automatically turn your home movies into professional quality, Hollywood-style DVDs at the touch of a button, complete with menus and chapters with picture thumbnails, as well as music videos based on home movie content, all with one easy-to-use unit. Uses 3 patented processes - TrueScan Pro, TrueView Pro & PerfectView ProGoVideo White Glove Customer Care personally guides you through operation. GoVideo White Glove team ensures you a great DVD recording first time, every time Digital Video input (DV/IEEE1394) on front panel - Control your digital camcorder and create DVDs from your home movies Playback VHS tape, DVD Video, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, Audio CDs, MP3 audio CD, and JPEG image files on CD-R/RW, and Kodak Picture CDs This Dual-Deck will not make copies of Macrovision encoded source materials
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Whether you're recording or playing back, GoVideo's VR2940 dual-format DVD recorder and VCR has convenience written all over it. The deck is capable of copying VHS tapes to DVD and DVDs to VHS at the touch of a button (except where prohibited by copy-protection technology). For camcorder owners, transferring home movies to DVD has never been easier. A front-panel IEEE 1394 DV input accepts feeds from digital camcorders for easy recording to DVD and for playback on your TV. You get 8-event, 1-month timer recording and you can choose whether to record to tape or disc for each program item.

Record your favorite television shows and treasured home videos to high-quality, 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 eight timer recordings over a single month, with five recording speeds providing between 1 and 6 hours of content on each 4.7 GB DVD. DVD+RW media 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.

When recording, the unit automatically creates a new disc title for every new recording. You can then add chapters to these recordings manually or have them automatically inserted at 5-minute intervals.

DoMiNoFX helps you create better-looking DVDs by digitally improving the input signal using 3 patented processes: TrueScan Pro, TrueView Pro, and PerfectView Pro. A technology called CleanCopy offers one-touch improvement and archiving of your VHS tapes to long-lasting DVDs. CleanCopy automatically enhances picture and sound quality for keeping your memories vivid.

The VR2940 is a first-rate DVD player, too. Movie fans will love GoVideo's AutoPlay DVD feature, which automatically skips ads, movie trailers, and disc menus, jumping right to the start of the main attraction. Simply place the disc in the tray, press the play key, and the movie will start without interruption. YourDVD, another GoVideo exclusive, simplifies your DVD player use by permanently storing the set-up preferences that--on most DVD players--need to be checked or unchecked every time you load a new DVD.

Other versatile playback features include progressive-scan video outputs and support MP3, JPEG, and Kodak Picture CDs. 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.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the VR2940's DVD player 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.

And, unlike all other DVD/VCR combination products, the VR2940 will connect to your television and deliver DVD or VHS signals using any of its available video connections, including S-video and component-/progressive-scan video outputs. Now you can view both DVD and VHS content without having to change connections or switch TV inputs.

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 DVD+RW disc, a remote control, remote batteries, an RF coaxial audio/video cable (3 feet), a stereo analog audio/composite-video interconnect (3 feet), and a user's manual.

Average customer rating: 3.5

if you don't use your phone a lot, it's perfect
Easyspeak
voicestream.com

T-Mobile to Go Prepaid Plan

Manufacturer:
Product Group: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Plan
ASIN: B000056K65

Related Categories:

Emergency Use: Under 100 min

| Service Plans | Cell Phones & Service

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Calling Range: national (roaming not included)

This cell phone service plan lets you call throughout T-Mobile's nationwide network, with no additional fees for long distance service.

Included Minutes: n/a

Free minutes for long distance or roaming are not part of this pre-paid plan. However, a prepaid airtime card worth $15 is included for service activation.

Mobile-to-Mobile minutes: no

This plan offers no reduced fee for calls made between two T-Mobile cell phone plan subscribers.

Calling Range: national (roaming not included)

This cell phone service plan lets you call throughout T-Mobile's nationwide network, with no additional fees for long distance service.

Included Minutes: n/a

Free minutes for long distance or roaming are not part of this pre-paid plan. However, a prepaid airtime card worth $15 is included for service activation.

Mobile-to-Mobile minutes: no

This plan offers no reduced fee for calls made between two T-Mobile cell phone plan subscribers.

Services included at no additional fee

Access to the T-Mobile nationwide long distance network is available at no additional cost to the by-minute rate (see Services Available, below) when you purchase individual phone cards. Customers can also listen to voice messages for free (voice mail service sold separately). There is no monthly fee, deposit, or credit check with this program. For more information call 1-888-STREAMS.

Services Available for an additional, per-use fee

Calls cost between $0.20 and $0.33 per minute depending on the type of pre-paid phone card you use. Cards are purchased separately.

Upgrade Highlights: n/a

No upgrades are available for these plans.

Plan Duration: n/a

Calls are paid for with prepaid phone cards, sold separately and refillable by T-Mobile and most cell phone retail outlets.

Customer Reviews:

if you don't use your phone a lot, it's perfect.......2005-05-17

I was spending $70/month for a plan I barely used. For $150 for a nice phone and $100 for 1,000 minutes, I'm set for an entire year. With this plan, you do get t-zones, which is pretty handy, but you can't download games or access some of the other T-Mobile perks. I've had no problems with coverage in central Florida. And I love that there's no commitment. Plus, all the taxes and fees are rolled into the minutes you buy--you pay for nothing extra, which can really add up with a postpaid plan.

If you buy $100 worth of minutes, they (plus any others that you still have) don't expire for a whole year. So you can talk for almost an hour and a half a month for less than $10 per month. If you want a phone for emergencies and occasional conversations, this is a great deal--the best I could find of the prepaids.

Easyspeak.......2003-07-25

i have had t-mobile prepaid for 5 years now, i liked the service when i first purchased it when they where still vocie stream, then the sale took place and the service and customer support lacked, i belive that the charge per min is unheard of as compared to verizon who is cheaper moile to mobile and anytime with thier free nights and weekends, t-mobile offers no info to thier prepaid customers on the new site nor do they allow you to create an account, they need to relay thier plan ecasue i am spending more money on pre paid then with post paid!

voicestream.com.......2001-08-13

voicestream prepaid wireless is a excellent way for me to keep in touch with friends and loved ones. I most like the prepaid, because I can use it when I want without worring about a monthly bill. I can add time anytime I wish by visiting my local cell phone dealer just a few blocks from my house. It is convient for me because I do not have to commit to a contract. I am fully aware that there is a time limit for the prepaid minutes to be used, and that's not a problem for me because I keep my receipts for the prepaid card right in the little pouch of the phone cover. The clear connection with voicestream is a relief after listening to all that static or missing words in a conversation that I have experienced with other providers. Because I have always been a fan of Jamie Lee Curtis and her dad Tony Curtis, was the main reason why I deceided to try voice stream. Jamie's commercial for voice stream and her sense of humor conviced me to try voicestream, and I very glad that I did. One very satisfied customer,

Theresa Chambers Bradenton, Florida

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