RCA DPH-1000R HDTV Recorder - Page 2

?? I have recorded from my sony via comp, and hdmi, to my pc then to blu-ray discs.. or dvd discs. for some reason the HDMI is not protected .

It's just phrasing. Recording "from" my Sony could sound like recording "by" my Sony. It's not important.

Wasn't so much protection in 2005 anyhow. Political jokes omitted.

Unlike the owners of that CM, open that thing up and photo the main board with a major chipset list.

Without an internet connection, it will be a .ts file creator with low mass appeal.

I hope I am wrong.

We are all digital, have not recvd item yet, due Tuesday 4/3/. will let you know.

If it is cheap enough it will have appeal no matter how limited the function set may be. The main question is how does it set and maintain the clock. If it depends on PSIP for clock its recording reliability will be in question.

The recorder arrived today ,GOING BACK TOMMOROW, for those who want to no, what it has and what it does not. 1. CLock, -NO, USB- YES, COMPONENT OUT -YES, S-VIDEO OUT, -NO,. VIDEO INPUT FOR VCR YES. OPTICAL DIG OUT, YES. COAX DIG OUT NO. The clock internally only in 24hr time.

What do you mean "CLOCK -NO"

The front has no clock display. just a light.

Can you take a picture or two of the back panel to post here?

Unit has western dig hdd 2.5 . has picture control setting , volume control,

working on it

back of unit

Why are you returning it? Did you hook up to antenna for OTA reception, and how good is the tuner?

remote

It was hooked up to cable full digital. tuner seems ok for the 1hr I had it running, picture quality looked good on a samsung 1080p 2330 lcd tv

WHY the military 24 hr clock?? THE unit seems to have a problem with the audio cutting in and out every 7 or so seconds . that is why it's going back.

It also lets you transfer titles to a external usb drive. analog video is stored mpg. and digital is .ts .

Sounds like the BV-980H.

No one has brought this up yet, so let me thank you for being so brave. Testing a new unit, especially with cable, is above and beyond. Thanks.

Your all welcome. mike

Why is that a problem?? To me, it's an advantage. One less clock to look at.
Could be just that unit. Try another.
Could also be the source for who knows what.

Did you try OTA?? If not, why not?

the audio was from hdmi, did not try OTA,the 24hr clock was the killer for me. pic quality so so. let's see if anyone else takes a chance on this.THE MAIN PROBLEM WAS WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT IT SHUT OFF WHEN I CHANGED THE CHANNEL....THEN IT HAD TO REBOOT ETC........

I would take the chance, but without internet interface I would be at the mercy of the manual clock. I don't get PSIP or SCTE-127 data on my cable feed. Well, I do get some bad data. I guess another one bites the dust.

I can hope Funai comes out with a next gen model especially since it should be a Wallmart item. The future of a decent cable fee-free DVR doesn't look so good right now. Even the TiVo could have a problem if Tribune has a bad bankruptcy.

I would like to have one if it won't have audio problems or autoshutoff/lockup problems. It soulds like a much better machine than the Channel Master 7400. Half the price, has an analog tuner, and the ability to connect an external hard drive. I don;t need an internet interface for a DVR. I don't stream internet video and I don't need a guide service, paid or free. I am currently using a Magnavox 513. I am building a library of music videos from The Cool Tv. After 1 year I have the hard drive a little less than 1/2 full. Sometime in mid 2013 I will have it filled up. The DPH-1000R sounds like it would be a good machine for me to get, especially if I can connect an external hard drive when the built-in one fills up. Stuttering audio or autoshutoff/lockup problems would be a deal killer.

All,

I just had an opportunity to test one of these out. I was using antenna and for what it is, it is not a bad unit, but not a great unit. Face it, this thing makes my DTVPal DVR seem like a TiVO.

One thing I noticed right away was the lack of time shifting. No pausing/rewinding during watching live television. Not a deal breaker, but definitely a nice feature to have.

The device has dual tuners, but not dual recording. Only one program can be recorded at a time. While one program is recording, you can watch another channel or a recording.

The guide data was picked up just fine. If you select a program from the guide and tell it to record, it will show up with the program name in your recorded list. If you just change to a channel and hit the record button it will show up in your list as just the channel name and date/time recorded.

The scheduling is pretty decent. You can select a recording for once, specific day, or Mon-Fri/Mon-Sat. Not bad.

I had it set to 1080i and the HD channels looked great picture quality-wise. The unit stays fairly cool (cooler than my DTVPal DVR). It is really light weight as well (I've had cable receivers heavier than this thing). Peeking through the slits in the cover, I can see it is using a 2.5" Western Digital 320GB hard drive.

As said before, the times are in 24 hour, but its not that big of deal. The correct date/time was picked up from the antenna feed without issue. Once you get used to the remote, its not that bad either.

While it is not quite the replacement to the DTVPal DVR, it considerably cheaper than the "fry-an-egg-on-it" hot Channel Master CM7400 DVR. From the time I had with testing the unit, it seemed to work reliably with no random reboot/shutdowns or audio drop outs. Perhaps the cable side of the unit is a bit flaky?

No problem at all. Glad to do it.

The hard drive label did say say 320GB. Perhaps they ran out of 250GBs?

I should have taken pictures of the interface. All I can say about it is: it does the job. Nothing overly fancy or confusing, but a bit sparse compared to the DTVPal DVR. Why in the world did Channel Master have to discountinue the CM-7000PAL?

Unfortunately, the DVR is/was a co-workers and he is sending it back. Apparently the lack of time shifting was a deal breaker.