Page 1 of Help on LG DR4912 for £150 at John Lewis

As stated, I`ve seen this at the price, with +/- recording ability

It`s MR able according to the hack site I use.

Do owners rate the machine, does it play discs well, and are its recordings reasonable at lower levels?

Advice please, as it offers good features, and price seems very good.

I bought one of these just before Christmas for £159.99 inc P&P. It was extremely good value and probably the best looking DVD recorder you can buy at any price. I`ve seen lots of sites selling these for anything up to £330+!
Anyway, recording quality is very good, there are 4 modes giving aprox 60min,120min,240min and 360min depending on quality chosen. The first two (called HQ and SQ) are virtually indestinguishable from the original source. The third (LQ) is perfectly watchable and I think is comparable to a very good VHS (maybe S-VHS). The lowest quality (EQ) is again watchable but is clearly lower quality, giving a grainyness and slightly pixelated look especially with fast moving images.This is probably comparable to normal VHS although it`s difficult to compare. Any DVD recorder at any price will be similar as the quality is determined by the bitrate required to fit it onto a DVD. Sound is good in any mode. I too have heard that it can be easily turned to multi-region but I`ve never tried. All in all I am very happy with it and at £150, you can`t go wrong. :)

this unit will record in ram or dvd-r -rw wont write to +r/w according to john lewis site

According to the LG web page at the below address, it is muti format ( -R/RW, +R/RW )
It says nothing about RAM.
The somewhat limited listing of it`s Spec. is

Optical out No

Component out No

Scart Yes

Progressive Scan Yes

Playback format

DVD ± R/RW Yes

WMA No

DVD Audio No

DviX No

I think you could do better at the price.

http://uk.lge.com/prodmodeldetail.do?actType=search&page=1&modelCategoryId=030202&categoryId=030202&parentId=0302&modelCodeDisplay=DR4912&model=NOTHING

This item was edited on Sunday, 5th June 2005, 19:25

Thanks for the info guys. LG are quite good giving the manuals on their website.

Only issue I had with LG was that I had a LG3200E player 4 years ago which had problems with some discs (Ultimate Toy Story) but have sites say that LG components can be found in Sony machines.

Anyway prices are falling. Did consider the Cyberhome at £100 at Asda but have a player from WH Smith (the 400) which I read as having a faulty board which they never recalled. So that made me rule them out. I know if I wait a few months the Panasonic will have come down to £170 ish (the E55 is doing the rounds in a few local shops at this price now as they try to get rid).

The LG DR4912 won`t record onto DVD RAM, only DVD +/- R/RW. I too thought about a Panasonic DRM-E55 when I bought the LG, the thing that swung it was the multi-standard (and the looks). I couldn`t be sure if + or - discs would become the standard so went for the LG. Since using the different discs, I`m of the opinion the + ones will be the future as I`ve found them to be far better. DVD-R are crap, DVD-RW are only good if recorded in VR mode which makes them incompatible with other players (maybe not ALL). DVD+R/RW are a great all-rounder. If I remember correctly, the Panasonic ones are only DVD RAM and DVD-R/RW. Remember; you wouldn`t have wanted to get stuck with a betamax would you?

Me again.....It seams the LG website doesn`t know it`s own products.

The DR4912 does have an optical out AND component out. Amongst other things.

Does any one know the hack to make thsi multi region as I cant find it in the hack section




ok ignore this I have found it

Thanks

This item was edited on Saturday, 25th June 2005, 16:20

1. Power on
2. Open DVD tray
3. Press 7 times 0 on the remote control
4. You will see a "Now zonefree" confirmation message on the screen


There are various bits and pieces you can get from

www.videohelp.com

Hacks, DVD compatibility with discs etc