November 8th, 2010
Samsung DVD-SH893 160GB HDD Recorder – Black
- SAMSUNG DVD PLAYER AND RECORDER WITH HARD DRIVE
- 1 x HDMI CONNECTION AND 1 X SCART CONNECTION
- IN BLACK
- 160GB HARD DRIVE CAPACITY
The Samsung DVD-SH893 is a DVD and 160GB Hard Disc Recorder with integrated Freeview tuner supporting the pausing and rewinding of live TV, HDMI connectivity with full 1080p HD upscaling, recording to virtually any type of recordable DVD and playback of DivX movies, MP3 music and JPEG photo files from USB devices or disc.
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Review by Ben Machell for Samsung DVD-SH893 160GB HDD Recorder – Black
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This has to be the worst piece of electronics I have ever bought.
The user manual is awful, without even a contents page to flick to the correct page. The system is very slow to load, the tv-guide often only shows some of the programmes available.
When you scroll through different channels on the tv-guide, it has to refresh the page every time you scroll down to further channels, and if you try pressing “down” too many times, it will keep shifting down outwith your control until it catches up with itself.
What is not explained clearly at all is that in order to set a programme to record (from the tv-guide) you then have to turn the machine to stand-by in order for it to work (so you can’t watch another programme). If you are recording a live programme, you can’t access the Tv-guide any more.
If you pause a recorded programme, after a short period of time (approx 5mins) it will auto-stop, go back to live tv, allowing no option of going back to the same point in your recording, just using the painfully slow manual fast-forward feature to try and find your same place in the programme again.
I cannot believe a manufacturer as established as Samsung can release such an awful piece of merchandise, they should be disgraced with themselves. I have a degree in media/IT so lack of user ability is not the problem!!
Please please if you read this, take my advice and never buy this awful machine. (I returned mine straight back to Amazon within 3days of receipt).
Review by V. J. Wager for Samsung DVD-SH893 160GB HDD Recorder – Black
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Thought it was me at first, after trying to work everything out my wife and I booked in for therapy!
Never had a worse piece of equipment, felt like throwing it out of the window.
Other reviews say it all, cannot add anything else, certainly nothing positive.
DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BUY THIS MACHINE IF YOU VALUE YOUR SANITY!!
Review by R. Patel for Samsung DVD-SH893 160GB HDD Recorder – Black
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This product was purchased as I have a Samsung TV and wanted a HDD Recorder from the same manufacturer.
Also, Samsung HDD Recorders are cheaper than Sony and Panasonic.
I have used this product for 3 weeks and have finally decided today to return it.
It’s very slow flicking through the channels when you want to record.
When it does record a programme and you want to view it, the title is not shown.
Generally the product is very slow and cumbersome to use all over.
I have to agree with all the negative comments that have been said by those that have reviewed this product prior to me.
I will probably spend a bit more on a Sony or Panasonic HDD Recorder!
Review by J. R. S. Donson for Samsung DVD-SH893 160GB HDD Recorder – Black
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Well I really don`t know where to start! This is quite possibly the worst piece of equipment I have ever purchased. Lets put it this way, I`ve never felt the urge to leave a review before, but I really do feel that people should be warned away from this monstrosity! Don`t get me wrong, it is a beautiful looking machine, the soft touch controls on the front panel are a great feature and the picture quality is superb! None of that is of course relevant if the damn thing is un-usable, and that is exacly what it is.
The response from the remote control is to say the least slow, to be more acurate, painful!!
The timer record function will not engage whilst the machine is on, it has to be in standby. If it`s not in standby, an insignificant red light flashes on the recorder to tell you it`s doing absolutely nothing and there is about nill you can do to recover your lost recording! A very useful feature, about as useful as replacing novocaine with anadin for dental extractions!
Fortunately for me, this machine was horribly unreliable and it came to an abrupt hardware demise after only 4 weeks. I hence replaced it with a Panasonic machine costing me an extra £60.00. Having used the Panasonic, I would have gladly paid an extra £150.00, that should give an indication of how absolutely terrible the Samsung is. Save your sanity and don`t buy one!
Review by M. Ferry for Samsung DVD-SH893 160GB HDD Recorder – Black
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I will have to start off by saying that I do not have a clue what any of the negative reviewers were doing to have all the problems they described. Even BEFORE the firmware upgrade, I did not have any of the problems that are being described. I have since upgraded to see if there was any difference, but there does not appear to be any benefit from it. I should also add that I am experienced in the field of electronics, but even my Mother who really isn’t, is having no issues with this recorder after I have shown her the basics on how to work it.
@ the people that say you cannot change the recording quality, this is WRONG, you can.
@ the people that say that the unit is sluggish, well, it’s really not. Ok it has to seal the sectors of the disc and the end of each recording, but all optical recorders have to do this and it always takes a few seconds. The EPG is also pretty responsive, infact, I cannot think on a feature I have used on the machine that is not snappy to respond. Oh, and I am very impatient when it comes to response times of devices.
The only reasons that I have chosen not to give this 5 stars, is due to 2 minor issues:
1) the unit has hung (frozen) on me ONCE, to which the only remedy was to unplug it at the wall and switch back on. This has not happened again so it should not be an issue
2) the remote occasionally decides to not allow you to use the number buttons to change the channel. This is not really an issue however, as if you hit the OK button it presents you with a menu of all the channels that you can quickly (as opposed to sluggishly…) flick through to choose your channel. There is also of course the 3rd option of using the EPG to choose your channel.
One other noticeable point is that if you have another DVD recorder in your home and will maybe record on one unit and watch on another, this machine appears to use a different formatting method for the discs, and there are slight issues in that if I erase/format the disc on this machine it will not work on my other (Sanyo) machine. This works in reverse as well though, and upon inserting a formatted disc from the Sanyo into this machine, it simply states that it needs reformatted to use it. For watching recorded content however, cross platform usage is not an issue.
But hey, nothings perfect. If you want to get closer to that fantasy value of perfection though, then go and spend the extra on as said by others, a Sony or Panasonic. Considering that I picked this unit up for £80, I really cant fault it for the array of features and functionality it offers.
On the whole, if you aren’t willing to spend that bit extra on a dearer unit, and you are either technically minded or can spend half an hour or so going through the menus to familiarise with the machine as most people will with anything new, then this machine doesn’t (in my opinion) have any major faults that should make it a “must avoid” unit.