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| Go Video R6540 DVD Recorder | 
 enlarge | Brand: Go Video
Category: CE
List Price: $299.99
Buy Refurbished: $56.99
You Save: $243.00 (81%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 93664
Color: silver
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12.1
Dimensions (in): 19.9 x 15.2 x 5.7
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: R 6540
Model: R 6540
UPC: 098226065408
EAN: 0098226065408
ASIN: B0002GOJBS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | RECORD TO DVD+R&DVD+RW | | • | Record TV on DVD | | • | Connect camcorder,VCR to DVD | | • | DigitalVideoInput on front panel | | • | Built-in tuner |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Experience the advantages of DVD Recording - consistent playback quality, virtually indestructible discs, quick access to any part of the recording, easy sharing and storage. All in one full featured, easy to use player/recorder.Digital Video input (DV/IEEE1394) on front panel - control your digital camcorder and create DVDs from your home movies.Record TV broadcasts on DVD - built-in tuner connects directly to your cable or antenna (RF).Connect your camcorder, VCR, or other A/V source and create DVDs.Versatile Entertainment - plays DVDs, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, Music CDs, Kodak Picture CDs, MP3 audio, WMA audio, and JPEG image files on CD-R/RW.Edit and re-record - add titles and chapters, hide commercials, and record over unwanted or old material.Record to DVD+R & DVD+RW discs - 5 record-quality settings: 1 hour, 2 hour, 3 hour, 4 hour, and 6 hour.Schedule as many as 8 recordings up to a month in advance with Timer Record.
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| Customer Reviews:
 DO NOT BUY THIS!!! July 12, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this product through a company I work for. To say the least I was surprised that they would carry something of such low quality. To put it bluntly, this product is not worth the plastic it took to assemble it. As I write this, we have gone through 2 units already. The first one would not recognize its own discs. The second one locked up and the tray would not open up. If a company has faulty product, that's one thing. This company also has horrible customer service. It took at least 2 weeks of waiting on hold over many phone calls for a least 20 minutes just to talk to a real person so we could get warranty service. After we got the unit returned to GOVideo, we are still waiting 2 weeks later to receive the the replacement. I know when we finally get our 3rd unit that it will probably only last a couple of months before something goes wrong again. I have tried e-mailing which is just as worthless. They send out generic e-mails which have nothing to do with what you e-mailed them about. The bottom line is this company has no interest in customer service and standing behind their products. I would not recommend this product or any other product from this company.
 good but die after 6 months May 12, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had a good time with it. However, it die after
6 months. And I need to pay $70 to get a replaced one.
 You can do better, even for the money November 8, 2004
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Never mind that the thing broke down after 4 months and couldn't even read its own discs, because GoVideo support was nice about it and would have repaired or replaced it (I brought it back to the store for a refund instead). On the plus side? It does (when it was working) what it says it does, and the video is high-quality. The minus side? Huge. A user interface that looks like it was created by apes, for apes. Examples: You're watching a show, you decide you want to record it, so you put in a disc. From the moment you hit the "Open" button, the program you're watching disappears, and is replaced by the GoVideo logo screen, which cheerfully takes about a minute to figure out that you've just put a blank DVD into the machine, and give you back to a screen where you can go back to watching TV. That doesn't sound like a big deal unless it's the World Series you were watching. You can't let the machine record to the end of a disc, because that disc will become unreadable. If, at 11:05, you give it instructions to time-record from 11:00 to 12:00 (because you want to leave the house), it starts up, but records for a completely random period of time, and stops well before 12. My replacement is the LiteOn LVW-5005. Even cheaper than the GoVideo, and while I can't yet swear to its reliability, the software and the general usability is 10 times better. And I can do things like add chapter stops and give titles to my tracks, something the GoVideo interface wouldn't let me do! And I can record to the end of a disc, and leave the house with it recording! All in all, the LiteOn people seem to have expended far more effort in making this machine feel like a VCR replacement, and I think they succeeded. Oh, one more thing: the GoVideo had an annoying 60hz buzz on the audio coming from the RF (Tuner) input. I had to use the A/V input instead to get rid of it.
 Nice for the Price October 15, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I chose between 3 DVDR's and mainly chose this one because I had no DVD Compatibility issues. One of the other recorders had to be unplugged when it licked up reading certain DVDs.
I have not updated the firmware and am content thus far.
Recorded DVD's play fine on any of my players. DVD+R's need to be stopped before they run out of space or htey don't close the session properly, but DVD+RW's you can hit record and let it run til it is out of space...the longest is around 6.5 hours. Most modes will record 10-30 minutes past their 1/2/3/4/6 hour specs.
Not many reviews on this DVDR, and if you read the R6530 reviews it is unsettling. I was going for the name and got lucky with this model...
I wish this price range afforded for Component input and Decoded Dolby 5.1, and had a USB for cameras and storage devices, but for the price I am content. There is a contender out there (probably a *****) that I think would satisfy all the above in the same range, but I'll let you find it. I have it's little brother player (*****) and am quite happy with every aspect of its performance.
Do your homework - compatibility issues September 28, 2004
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I don't actually own this particular model but I do own a GoVideo R6740 DVD recorder. Here's the major thing potential customers interested in getting their first DVD recorder should be aware of (I bought one not knowing the following): the GoVideo units (as well as other lower-cost brands) only record on DVD+R/RW media, as opposed to DVD-R (notice the dash instead of the plus symbol). The DVD+R media will NOT play on any other machine besides the unit it was recorded on, even when finalized. However, the DVD+RW's (rewritables) will play on other machines but the unit is quite fussy about the brand of media you use, as I've had some problems with recording DVD+RW's giving me the "Write Fail" error message. The DVD-R/RW media is much more compatible with other players, so be forewarned. Otherwise, it's a fairly decent unit as a DVD player and as a recorder if you can live with the limitations I've mentioned.
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