HUMAX DVD-R/RW Recorder/TiVo Series2 DVR Combo DRT800

HUMAX DVD-R/RW Recorder/TiVo Series2 DVR Combo DRT800

HUMAX DVD-R/RW Recorder/TiVo Series2 DVR Combo DRT800

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
The Humax DRT800 DVD recorder with Series2 TiVo service was designed to eliminate the confusion and complexity of DVD recording with a streamlined design and seamless integration with TiVo digital video recording and an attendant 80-hour hard-drive. The integration of a full-featured DVD recorder/player means you'll have the choice of recording shows to the unit's hard disk or to a write-once DVD-R or rewritable DVD-RW.

Your commercial DVDs will always look great using the set's progressive-scan video outputs (optimized for high-definition and HD-ready televisions). Front-panel audio/video inputs include a DV (digital video) IEEE 1394 jack for your DV camcorder, making it easy to copy from camcorder tapes to long-lasting DVD--perfect for sharing footage with loved ones. You can archive from the unit's hard disk to DVD, too, and the DRT800 even saves you time by letting you burn a DVD in the background while you're still recording and watching live TV.

The TiVo service included with the ($12.95 per month for the first box and $6.95 per month for additional boxes) offers the popular service features available only from TiVo. TiVo lets you search for your favorite TV show, and with the push of a button, set the DRT800 to record it automatically every time it's on. Record up to 80 hours of television entertainment without the hassles of videotape, control live television (pause, rewind, slow-motion, instant replay any channel, anytime), and schedule recordings online.

The DVR section also offers an electronic program guide (EPG), which keeps the DVR up-to-date with 14 days of program data; Season Pass recordings, with which the DVR automatically records every episode of a favorite program all season long; WishList searches to find and record all programs that feature a favorite actor, director, team, or topic; TiVo Suggestions, which automatically records shows based on your recording preferences; and smart recording, which detects line-up changes, adjusts recording times as needed and automatically, and even skips reruns.

If you're already set up for a home network, you can use the DRT800 as an extension of your network, streaming JPEG images or MP3 music files from your PC to the DRT800 for media enjoyment in the comfort of your living room. A home network also gives you access to recorded programs on multiple TiVo DVRs, too.

The DRT800's ergonomically engineered remote control puts the power to pause, rewind, slo-mo, and record right in the palm of your hand. Plus, its varied input/output connections confer multiple configuration options and a pair of USB ports grant the option of future feature expansion.

What's in the Box
DVD recorder/TiVo DVR, a 25-foot RJ-11 phone cord, a phone-line splitter, a stereo analog audio/composite-video interconnect, an RF coaxial cable, a serial (data) control cable, an IR control cable, an AC power cord, a remote control, remote batteries, a blank recordable DVD-RW disc, a user's manual, and warranty information.

Note: TiVo service is required and is available for $12.95 per month ($6.95 per month for additional boxes) or $299 for Product Lifetime.

Product Description:
If your family's ready for TV on demand, this 3-in-1, full-feature component from Humax offers an easy-to-use place to start. Get three great technologies in one with a powerful, 80-hr. TiVo Series2 DVR, a progressive scan DVD player and an easy-to-use DVD recorder. You'll be watching your shows when your schedules allow and no one has to miss their show when someone else's is scheduled at the same time. Stay up-to-date with 14 days of program data using the electronic program guide (EPG). Thanks to 2 USB ports you can share photos and digital music from your PC. Includes phone cord, phone-line splitter, stereo analog audio/composite-video interconnect, user's manual, multiple cables and an ergonomically designed remote. TiVo service required. 3Hx16-1/2Wx12-4/5D".
Humax DRT800 DVD-R/RW Recorder/TiVo Series2 DVR Combo
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • Terrible, just awful on my fourth replacemenet.
  • You'll be lucky to get a year out of this machine
  • Tivo is great, this UNIT is not
  • Well... It has its few quirks and slight problems, but...
  • DVR functions don't work
Humax DRT800 DVD-R/RW Recorder/TiVo Series2 DVR Combo

Manufacturer: Humax
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:
  • Digitally records up to 80 hours of programming onto the 80-GB hard drive
  • Playback for DVD, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, A/V CD
  • Control live TV by pausing and rewinding it, and create slow-motion and instant replays of any channel at any time
  • Season Pass function automatically records every episode of a favorite program all season long
  • Browse up to 14 days of program data with the Electronic Program Guide

ASIN: B00065ZK7M

Product Description

Humax DVD Recorders with TiVo service - the best way to watch and record TV. This full-feature, 3- in-1 product is a powerful TiVo Series2 DVR, an advanced DVD player, and an easy-to-use DVD Recorder. Because Humax DVD Recorders integrate TiVo service, you'll never have to struggle with videotape again. Now you can search for your favorite shows and store them directly onto your hard drive. And when you're ready to get mobile or create an archive, burning a DVD is as easy as using the TiVo service. WishList searches find and record all programs that feature a favorite actor, director, team or topic TiVo Suggestions automatically records shows based on your preferences Smart Recording will detect line-up changes, adjust recording times automatically and even skip reruns Schedule recordings online Inputs - front S-video, composite and IEEE 1394 FireWire Outputs - 2 audio, 2 composite video and S-video Telephone jack, low-speed data port, 2 USB ports and IR blaster Quick, convenient 1-button recording Includes remote control Use of TIVO requires a service subscription - One-time service fee of $299 (good for the life of the recorder) or monthly service fee of $12.95 for TiVo Plus required by TiVo

Amazon.com Product Description

The Humax DRT800 DVD recorder with Series2 TiVo service was designed to eliminate the confusion and complexity of DVD recording with a streamlined design and seamless integration with TiVo digital video recording and an attendant 80-hour hard-drive. The integration of a full-featured DVD recorder/player means you'll have the choice of recording shows to the unit's hard disk or to a write-once DVD-R or rewritable DVD-RW.

Your commercial DVDs will always look great using the set's progressive-scan video outputs (optimized for high-definition and HD-ready televisions). Front-panel audio/video inputs include a DV (digital video) IEEE 1394 jack for your DV camcorder, making it easy to copy from camcorder tapes to long-lasting DVD--perfect for sharing footage with loved ones. You can archive from the unit's hard disk to DVD, too, and the DRT800 even saves you time by letting you burn a DVD in the background while you're still recording and watching live TV.

The TiVo service included with the ($12.95 per month for the first box and $6.95 per month for additional boxes) offers the popular service features available only from TiVo. TiVo lets you search for your favorite TV show, and with the push of a button, set the DRT800 to record it automatically every time it's on. Record up to 80 hours of television entertainment without the hassles of videotape, control live television (pause, rewind, slow-motion, instant replay any channel, anytime), and schedule recordings online.

The DVR section also offers an electronic program guide (EPG), which keeps the DVR up-to-date with 14 days of program data; Season Pass recordings, with which the DVR automatically records every episode of a favorite program all season long; WishList searches to find and record all programs that feature a favorite actor, director, team, or topic; TiVo Suggestions, which automatically records shows based on your recording preferences; and smart recording, which detects line-up changes, adjusts recording times as needed and automatically, and even skips reruns.

If you're already set up for a home network, you can use the DRT800 as an extension of your network, streaming JPEG images or MP3 music files from your PC to the DRT800 for media enjoyment in the comfort of your living room. A home network also gives you access to recorded programs on multiple TiVo DVRs, too.

The DRT800's ergonomically engineered remote control puts the power to pause, rewind, slo-mo, and record right in the palm of your hand. Plus, its varied input/output connections confer multiple configuration options and a pair of USB ports grant the option of future feature expansion.

What's in the Box
DVD recorder/TiVo DVR, a 25-foot RJ-11 phone cord, a phone-line splitter, a stereo analog audio/composite-video interconnect, an RF coaxial cable, a serial (data) control cable, an IR control cable, an AC power cord, a remote control, remote batteries, a blank recordable DVD-RW disc, a user's manual, and warranty information.

Note: TiVo service is required and is available for $12.95 per month ($6.95 per month for additional boxes) or $299 for Product Lifetime.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Terrible, just awful on my fourth replacemenet........2007-06-14

What a mistake! nothing but trouble. DO NOT BUY < DO NOT BUY it is a POS.

1 out of 5 stars You'll be lucky to get a year out of this machine.......2006-11-26

Well after a year of transfering lots of home video VHS onto the hard drive of this machine, the hard drive has crashed and all of my video files and about 100 hours iof work are gone. The only thing Humax will do is offer a replacement machine that is refurbished for a fee.. This unit is total crap. DO NOT BUY

1 out of 5 stars Tivo is great, this UNIT is not.......2006-11-16

I've had this unit about a year and have been having the same issues with "remote lagtime" and loud dvd tray...but I was put off so many times by Humax support that now I'm out of warranty. I too wonder if it is the box or the remote, as now the picture quality has been getting worse and worse. At the highest image settings, shows are recorded WAY too dark. : (
Checked all connections...tv...cable...etc. Even compared a VCR taped version of the same exact show tivoed in the other room...the tivoed one was dark and murky. Live tv is fine...it seems to be the way the Humax records now.
It's a shame, because having a integrated DVD recorder is a great idea...one I was willing to pay $300+ for and now regret.

4 out of 5 stars Well... It has its few quirks and slight problems, but..........2006-07-26

I had the same problem that alot of people here had/have, where the remote works fine and then after 2-4 weeks suddenly gets sluggish and makes you want to throw it and the tivo through a window. I even called Humax to get a replacement remote, and they were supposed to send one out but never did...

That didn't matter to me since the day after I had called, I took a nice pair of AA batteries (cheap walgreens ones) and stuck them into the remote and voila! Everything was back to normal, no more lagging, no more having to be right in front of the box and pressing the button a million times for it to respond.

I had taken out the batteries and re-inserted them and tried the batteries from our previous tivo remote, but hadn't actually tried any others by the time I called Humax (and they asked if I had replaced the batteries which I had done, but just not with another fresh pair from where I buy them).

So I am guessing that while the remotes and IR sensors may be a little bad, the main problem (or at least it was for me) was the batteries that they had sent with the unit itself...

As for burning DVDs and such, I have had a few failed burnings...

It doesn't like burning things in Basic mode for me, and sometimes the recording just got some kind of glitch/error while recording and no matter what you try to burn it on it won't do it (or will on a DVD-rw as the only episode to then move it to a computer).

We have had ours for a year and a half and I have burned many things (movies, and easily over a dozen tv series) and have only had problems with 2 Alias episodes, and 2 other failed to burn movies. But in normal circumstances, these DVDs would not only play back perfectly in the tivo DVD player, but on any of our other 7 dvd player items in the apartment (2 desktop computers, one laptop, one portable dvd player, 2 Xboxes, and our old standalone DVD player from before we had the Humax). We have used Memorex DVD's and even the nice and cheap Office Depot Brand DVD-R/DVD-RW's... which work great and are priced to afford plus have a Office Depot quarantee to work (can bring back to them if it doesn't).

1 out of 5 stars DVR functions don't work.......2006-06-12

This works fine as a TiVO and integrated DVD player, but the DVR functions do not work correctly on my unit. DVDs recorded on this unit won't always play back on other DVD players. When I asked customer support what brand players are compatible, they said "I don't know."

Not all brand disks are compatible. When I try to record on DV-R disks, it won't work on Memorex brand disks. On Sony disks, it worked one time out of three. Disks from failed attempts are ruined and need to be thrown out. When I went out and bought some DV-RW disks, that recorded but then wouldn't play back on my other DVD player downstairs. Even playing the disk back on the Humax unit itself, the fast forward and rewind don't work correctly.

Yuck.

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