Aspire Digital AD-8091 Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder

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I use to love it, but now i don't!

Aspire DVD Player/Recorder

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DEFECTIVE PRODUCT - ZERO CUSTOMER SERVICE

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Aspire Digital AD-8091 Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder

Manufacturer: Aspire Digital
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

DVD player/recorder with DVD+R/+RW recording abilities and front-panel AV inputs for easy hookup with a camcorder or VCR

Plays DVD-Video, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CD, CD-R/RW, SVCD, MP3, JPEG, Kodak Picture CD; records up to 6 hours per single-sided 4.76 GB disc

Progressive-scan video output renders seamless, flicker-free video on compatible TVs and displays (525p)

Built-in Dolby Digital decoder; Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 passthrough to a compatible AV receiver

Measures 17.6 x 2.2 x 13 inches (W x H x D)

ASIN: B0002I6M8Y

Product Description

The AD-8091 is a progressive scan DVD Recorder. The recording provides you the ability to create your own DVD discs from your home movies, favorite TV programs and more. Because of the outstanding compatibility of DVD+R/RW discs, the discs you create will be suitable for playback in most DVD Recorders. You can record from the unit's built-in TV Tuner or an external video source like a video camera. And when you're ready to watch your recordings or commercial DVDs, you can enjoy them in the highest quality with the unit's Progressive Scan Video Out and Digital Audio Out.PRODUCT FEATURES:ESS encode and decode solution;Real-time recording function;Intelligent Timing Recording, i.e., supports Recording programs by presetting time, channel, times of channel and the quality level;Continue recording function, and support auto-searching the free space for recording;Progressive Scan;TV programs receiving: Support automatic channel search and memorize;Support playing DVD, CD, MP3, CD-R/RW, and DVD+R/RW discs;Built-in Dolby Digital decoder;Video (2 group), S-Video, RF TV signal, stereo audio input jacks;Component video, S-Video, YPbPr, SCART, Optical, Coaxial, 5.1 CH output jacks.

Amazon.com Product Description

Aspire Digital's AD-8091 component DVD player/recorder is both affordable and versatile. The unit records to blank DVD+R or DVD+RW discs--both of which are compatible with most DVD players sold today--and it plays a range of optical media and produces pristine, progressive-scan video playback images for viewing on a high-definition or HD-ready TV or monitor (525p/NTSC, 625p/PAL, which may be incompatible with some displays).

Five recording modes (HQ, SP, LP, EP, and EP+) let you scale your disc space to maximize either recording time (up to 6 hours) or recording quality. DVD+RW discs 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.

The recorder is ideal for time shifting your TV viewing or for archiving footage from your library of camcorder and/or VHS tapes. Recording features include pause record, auto-insert chapter, index screen navigator, and multi record modes, while editing features include erase disc, show chapter, and edit title name. Program the recorder to capture television shows (up to 8 programmed timer events simultaneously) or use its real-time recording function on the fly.

Inputs include front- and rear-panel jacks for hookup convenience, with one set of composite- and S-video inputs and 1 stereo analog (left/right) RCA audio inputs in each locale.

The unit delivers high-quality playback from virtually all audio or video disc formats, including DVD, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, CD+G, JPEG image CD, Kodak Picture CD, and MP3 music CD.

The AD-8091 performs 4:3/16:9 display conversion and offers parental lock settings. A choice of NTSC and PAL output formatting provides worldwide compatibility. When selected for interlaced output (480i), the rear-panel component-video outputs help minimize digital and line-scan artifacts on compatible televisions, while composite- and S-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any television.

Optical and coaxial outputs provide direct-digital connections with an audio/video surround receiver for enveloping Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround. The unit also decodes Dolby Digital 5.1 for use with non-decoding multichannel receivers. Online firmware updates are available from www.aspiredigital.com.

What's in the Box
DVD player, remote control, remote batteries, user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, a user's manual, a quick-start guide, and a warranty card.

Note: The AD-8091 will not record Macrovision-protected material such as the signals found on most commercial DVDs.

Customer Reviews:

I use to love it, but now i don't!.......2007-12-16

So much to say but where will I start I bought this in 2005 from Walmart brand new I currently have my third and final dvd recorder, not because this one is a keeper but because my one year warranty is up and has been for a while. This I will be throwing in the street just to watch it crash!!! It was good when I got it I loved it, but now not only will it no longer timer recorder(atleast a year), it will not OTR it will not play a disc without begging and pleading from me and when it does pLAY A DISC IT WONT GIVE IT BACK!!! Yeah it keeps the dvds I have to pry them out and be careful not to scratch the dvd's! So I say absolutely positively DO NOT BUY THIS RECORDER don't think you'll be the lucky one with this recorder your just not gonna be.

Aspire DVD Player/Recorder.......2007-05-13

I was fortunate to get this product on sale and am very satisfied with it.
It includes the option to record and play DVDs in PAL format (used in
Europe) and it is great. I would recommend to anyone, especially to
users of multiple formats. It creates up to 6 hrs of very good quality DVDs.
The product was delivered in a timely manner in excellent condition.

Don't take a risk.......2007-01-02

I saw many bad reviews for this recorder but for the price of $76, the cheapest I could find at this time so I purchased it. The remote was not working and could not set up or program. I could open and close the tray from the recorder without the try but nothing else. Had to return to amazon. No wonder the price is getting cheaper but it will not be worth to try this recorder.

DEFECTIVE PRODUCT - ZERO CUSTOMER SERVICE.......2006-05-05

In less that 3 weeks after I received this item it became defective by having only audio - no picture. I wrote them an e-mail using the address that was in the owner's manual. There was no response to my e-mail. There was no way that I was going to use the phone number listed in the manual and have to be on hold indefinately, all the while paying for the phone call myself.

An e-mail to Amazon was returned in less than 24 hours saying they would give me a refund and pay for the postage to return it. My thanks to Amazon for standing behind their sales even when the manufacturer won't.

Too many bugs to mention.......2006-04-11

I shelved this piece of junk moonths ago. It doesn't always record as scheduled; the machine sometimes doesn't turn itself on to do a scheduled recording. If you have weekly recordings for the same day, only the first one will be recorded. If you set the machine to record once a week at, say, 8pm it will turn itself on everyday at 8pm. If you try to play a blank DVD, the machine will freeze. The clock is faster by one minute each month. In its first year, the tuner stopped working. I got a new unit with the manufacturer's warranty. A year later it froze every time I tried to record. Needless to say, that's game over. This piece of junk is useful only as a player, not as a recorder.

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Manufacturer: IBM
ProductGroup: CE

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Product Features:

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ASIN: B000MREPDY

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