Astar DVR-2100 Progressive Scan DVD Recorder w/ USB port

by Astar

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20 x 5 x 16.5 inches ; 10 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0009IN2B2
• Item model number: DVR-2100
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,276 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Watch your favorite DVD movies with the flicker-free, progressive scan Astar DVR-2100 DVD player, as well as record your most important home movie memories to disc with its recording functionality. You'll be able to record up to 6 hours of video footage onto DVD+R/RW discs. And with the built-in, programmable standard TV tuner (181-channel, NTSC), it's a snap to record your favorite shows when you can't be there to watch. It offers a 20-event, 1-year timer, one-touch recording functionality, editing capabilities, and four recording formats (1-hour HQ, 2-hour SP, 4-hour EP, and 6-hour SLP).

In addition to playing DVD+R/RW, the DVR-2100 can also play DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, DVCD, SVCD, VCD, and CD-DA discs, as well as digital MP3 and Kodak Picture content. It offers a front-panel composite A/V input for easy connection of digital video camcorders as well as an S-Video input and a USB jack on the back. For output, it provides composite A/V, S-Video, and component video connections as well as a Dolby/DTS optical and coaxial digital audio connection for 5.1-channel surround sound. Other features include:

• NTSC/PAL system conversion output
• Multi-angle play and multi-story selection play
• Parental lock function
• 8-grade fast or slow motion

What's in the Box
DVD player/recorder, remote control (with batteries), A/V cable, printed operating instructions

Product Description

Our DVR-2100 DVD Recorder records up to 6 hours on one DVD+R/+RW DVD disc, and offers DV inputs for easily transferring your home videos to disc from your PC or Camcorder. Other features include a Built-in TV Tuner for recording TV Broadcasts, One Touch and Timer Recording, Optical Digital Audio Outputs, and 100-240VAC, 50-60Hz Multi-Voltage power capability.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars STAY AWAY!, December 2, 2005

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veggiess (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Astar DVR-2100 Progressive Scan DVD Recorder w/ USB port (Electronics)

The ONLY good thing about this machine is its sound quality (5.1-very good). Beyond that, the machine is a piece of junk. The remote is big and clumsy and not user friendly. You must stand within 5 meters and less than 30% from the machine in order for it to work. Some menu options are written in broken English and are sometimes VERY confusing. Once you set up any timed recordings (the whole point of the machine), this power symbol pops up on the bottom right hand of the screen and STAYS there regardless of what you are doing...watching a recording, a purchased DVD, or even the TV cable through the player. It is not a warning to turn off your machine for a recording either, because it's there even if you are not due to record anything for another day or so. If you are performing an action on the player, like using zoom during a movie, the action word stays on the screen and will not go away. The machine locks up repeatedly, and you must hold down the power button in order to get it to work again. It also gets EXTREMELY hot, so much so that I worry for the equipment around it. The recording quality is very poor, looks worse than a VCR except on "HQ" mode, which only allows you 1 hour of recording time. Manual is also in broken English, and not very clear. There is a backup memory for the timed recordings if it gets unplugged, but the clock isn't saved, so nothing will record on time anyway! I must say their customer service answers quickly, but unfortunately they are unable to help with these problems, as they are part of all the machines. DO NOT BUY! I will be returning mine.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good basic dvd recorder, March 21, 2006

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JJ "Entech" (Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Astar DVR-2100 Progressive Scan DVD Recorder w/ USB port (Electronics)

This is a nice recorder for + R format. It works in the US and overseas. It plays and records in PAL and NSTC. You can record 1,2,4 or 6 hours per standard DVD disk. Excellent for converting old family VHS,Beta, DV or Mini DV tapes to DVD. It will also record directly on dvd from your video camera. The only reason I did not give it a 5 rating is that it gets stuck sometimes in the menue and you have to unplug the unit and plug it back to go back to normal operation. Excellent buy for the money. I have three units and they all work fine.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stopped working after 5 DVDS, November 28, 2005

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PR "Freddy" (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Astar DVR-2100 Progressive Scan DVD Recorder w/ USB port (Electronics)

[...] I used it to record about 5 dvds from my old VHS cassettes. The instruction manual is definitely not the most user-friendly. However, I was able to start using the unit without much delay. The problem started after day 3 when I tried to stop a disk that was being recorded upon. The display said something like "cannot stop recording". I finally unplugged the unit to make it stop. Then I realized that the unit had stopped recognizing any disk and kept saying that all disks (prerecorded ones or the ones thatI had recorded earlier) were blank. Spoke to customer service (you have to try a few times to get thru to someone) and they said the read/write haead was probably malfunctioning. They are going to email me a shipping label to send the unit back for replacement. Shall provide an update on the new unit, if and when I receive one.