Humax DRT800 DVD Player/Recorder

Humax DRT800 DVD Player/Recorder

Strengths: One of the few TiVo's with a built-in DVD burner.

Weakness: Quote from TiVo web site... "The TiVoToGo feature is not available on DVD Recorder with TiVo boxes from Humax, Toshiba, and Pioneer." This means you can't copy shows to your PC from your TiVo box.

The TiVo PVR itself is great, and having a built-in DVD recorder/player is a nice replacement for a stand-alone DVD set top unit. I do question the video quality at times, especially the black levels (they do seem crushed). Not having the TiVoToGo feature is a big minus. I believe TiVo is planning to make this available later this year. You cannot trim or edit recorded programs before burning...

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Humax DRT800 DVD Player/Recorder

Strengths: DVD player, DVD recording w/ respectable DVD write times, responsive DVD/CD tray, Tivo features and user interface generally, component video-out, front-side video/audio inputs.

Weakness: MPEG-2 video compression (not TyStream), cosmetically not the most appealing, interface a little slow at times, DVD single layer only recording.

I own two (2) DRT-800 units and having been using them for about 4 months. They work well, and being able to record a show to DVD on occasion is a nice feature. However, in all honesty, I'm recording fewer shows to DVD than I had originally anticipated. This may be due, in part, to the fact I’ve updated the installed 80GB hard drive w/ a Seagate 200GB hard drive, works GREAT! I'm storing more...

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Humax DRT800 DVD Player/Recorder

Strengths: Plenty of space to record shows Power/Convenience of the Tivo service Ability to easily and quickly burn shows to DVD Built-in DVD Player Easy to use

Weakness: DVD Recorder is very loud when burning DVDs Selection "rocker" button on remote inaccurate at times No support for recording Digital Optical audio

The Humax DRT800 is a wonderful device for the existing Tivo fan or a newbie to Tivo and it's power to change your TV viewing life. The DRT800 is my second Tivo unit. My first Tivo unit made me instantly became a huge fan of the DVR. When the Humax unit became available, I knew that it was the next step in being in total control of my TV viewing. I had been struggling with my obsessive collection...

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Humax DRT800 DVD Player/Recorder

Strengths: DVD burining process is seemless. Works well and easy to do. Recording programs and pausing live TV is great

Weakness: Composite video output is terrible. Black levels are terribly crushed. Encoded video is noisy even at "best" quality.

I travel a great deal on airplanes and wanted to be able to take my missed TV shows with me and watch them on my laptop. This unit seemed to fit the bill well. For this purpose, it is a fabulous unit. However, if you actually want to watch live television through it, and do not have s-video or component inputs on your TV, you will be very disappointed. The black levels are crushed so badly that...

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Good TiVo Product by Humax

Strengths: Ability to record DVD-R and DVD-RW with ease; Can use with cable (analog or digital) or satellite; Easy to use; 4 different recording quality levels

Weakness: Only USB 1.1; Only 802.11b (11Mbps) wireless network adapters work with it currently; 90-day labor warranty (why so short?)

I like pretty much everything about this unit. Along with the TiVo service, this unit has everything you need and almost everything you want in a DVR/DVD Recorder. It's easy to do the Guided Setup; just follow the instructions. It's very easy to use due to it being so menu-driven. (I still haven't figured out what each key's function is on every different menu.) It's very simple to record...

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Humax DRT800 DVD Player/Recorder

Strengths: easy to set up , combination dvd player recorder, can directly import video from digital video camera

Weakness: uses dvd-r, dvd-rw only

Overall the best choice for a Tivo if you only have one. You can get four 1 hr episodes on one dvd. It uses the same Tivo interface. It has totally changes the way I watch TV.

Humax DRT800 with TiVo

Strengths: Pretty decent amount of recording capacity, Ability to save programs to DVD, Buttons on front of unit, Now compatible with TiVo2Go for transfers to PC.

Weakness: Remote seems a little slugish, doesn't like DVD +R discs

I've had the Humax for quite some time now, it hasn't given us any significant problems. The convenience of burning to DVD is nice, but we really don't use it all that much. I planned to use it to feed my home video stuff into it and then record to DVD. (but I haven't got around to it yet......) If only someone could create more time to play with our toys!

Good buy

Strengths: Ease of use and easy set up

Weakness: a slight hiccup when the channels are changed

this is a good buy and very easy to use the wireless option is great and the burner works well with very little instruction. for some reason the tivo desktop is working off and on with occasional dificulties with the transfers. overall very satisfied with the buy

good unit

Strengths: easy set up, works as advertised except for infrequent burn malfunctions

Weakness: dvd burner malfunctioned twice in 50 tries. one of the malfunctions required a reboot which was fine. the watch tv while you record feature is a little quirky and the remote is a bit limited

the remote limitation is that is does not handle the cable box very efficiently - channel changing is extremely slow. all other functions are fine. good product it works as it is designed