Avion DVR100 DVD Video Recorder

by Avion

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13 x 12.1 x 22 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 18 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0007QKXZE
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #364,574 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Affordable and easy to use, Avion's AV-DVR100 puts the world of DVD recording at your fingertips--a great way to time shift your TV viewing, save your favorite programs, and archive your existing library of VHS tapes and home videos. The player/recorder's built-in NTSC broadcast tuner lets you record right off the air. Convenient front-panel audio/video inputs include S-video and i.Link (IEEE 1394/DV) connections for your camcorder and other components.

As a player, the AV-DVR100 offers compatibility with NTSC or PAL sources (with appropriate media and monitoring), MP3 CD playback for your homemade music mixes. A set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (one each of RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver.

Product Description

Record your favorite movies, TV shows, vacations, birthdays and much more with this Avion AV-DVR100 DVD+RW Recorder! This AV-DVR100 records to DVD+R and DVD+RW discs and has a built-in NTSC TV tuner so you can watch and record your favorite TV shows. It can play DVD, VCD, SVCD, Audio, CDs and MP3 discs and records up to 6 hours of video.Other key features include progressive scan, 2-channel Dolby Digital encoder and 24-bit digital to analog converter. The AV-DVR100 also lets you transfer your camcorder video to a DVD disc via the front panel i.Link FireWire, S-Video or composite video ports.With VCR Plus+ programming, you can program a timer quickly and easily. Simply enter a PlusCode number up to 8-digits, which you'll find printed in most TV guides, put a blank recordable DVD in the recorder, and it's ready to go! Order today!Please note: This TV tuner cannot receive over the air television in the United States, as all NTSC analog television broadcasting has ceased as of June 12, 2009. This TV tuner will not be able to receive digital television (DTV) broadcasts without the use of a DTV converter box.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Avion DVR 100 DVD Recorder, March 21, 2005

By 

Michael T. Gehret (Colorado Springs,CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Avion DVR100 DVD Video Recorder (Electronics)

I have owned several DVD recorder's but each one has its ups/downs.
This however, is the first to perform in many areas with success.
The Avion AV-DVR100 has both component (B/G/R/Y/W)- In & Out! By having such, it's great for even more crisper, cleaner recordings.

This unit also recognized EVERY blank media I placed into it, without "Disc ERROR", there is one tricky part when viewing...the
fast forward button and reverse button serves as both "next chapter" and when pressed multiple times..FFD X 4, 8, etc.

There are a few places besides Amazon that sell this excellentStandalone DVD recorder, Aiyamicro.com $ 174.76 total and ACTBUY.com for $ 149.00 total. (Shipping included)

For the price, the quality and no disc errors, this machine has thus far, out performed all other stand alones.
Features:
Digital to Digital Camcorder input (front)
S-Video and Composite Inputs (Front)
Full Remote with easy to find buttons (clearly marked)
Rear outputs and inputs are many (more than other models at this price by far)

The processor TV tuner is much clearer, has a choice of vivid contrast or black . There is much sharper images while recording and especially play back.

DVD+RW disc's do not always perform well on all DVDR Stand alone
systems, this does exceptionally well. After a disc is finished
recording, press the "STOP" button to eject the disc, then press
the number 2 (like Philips DVD recorders) and allow the disc to
return inside, while continuing to press "2" you have made this
RW disc playable on most other DVD players.

Hands down, this machine has the best picuture, rare component in and outputs, captures 720 lines of resolution on the 1 hour mode.
A great price for a solid machine.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent audio, four external input sets, TV tuner, likely an orphan product, November 21, 2005

By 

Robert Carroll "NewCityVegas.com" (Las Vegas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Avion DVR100 DVD Video Recorder (Electronics)

Compared to its features, the Avion DVR100 is dirt cheap. However, I believe it is also likely to be an orphan product:
The Avioncorp domain name now belongs to Maxgroup. The original Avion seems to have disappeared after the AviAn flu appeared.

For me, the DVR100 was a bargain at the lower price I paid, even if I don't expect to use the DVD recording feature that often. I can typically record things using my computer DVD recorder just as easily.

The DVR100 has both s-video and component video outputs and two sets of analog RCA phono jack audio outputs. While the description states that it has both coax and optical digital outputs, mine only had a coax digital output (which is unfortunate since my receiver only has an optical digital input.) The sound quality, however, was excellent especially for MP3 CD/DVDs - better than any other DVD player I've tried.

A key feature, the reason why I bought it, is the internal high quality TV tuner. I have a 32" Samsung TV with a tuner that simply stopped working ten days after the short 90 day Samsung warranty. I used a Toshiba VCR's tuner as a temporary fix. The Avion DVR100's TV tuner, however, is far better than both the original Samsung TV tuner or the Toshiba VCR tuner.

The other great feature is the number of video inputs - (1) component video (2) s-video/composite (3) front panel s-video/composite (4) front panel firewire/1394 4-pin (camcorder or notebook).

This greatly simplified my wiring to my TV and receiver. My Pinnacle Showcenter goes into the component video inputs. My jWin Karaoke DVD player goes into the rear s-video input. I have an X-box connect to the front s-video input. I haven't tried the firewire input yet but it is nice to have it available.

All this means I can have all my video go into a single component input set on my TV and all my audio connect from the DVR100 audio output into my receiver. The DVR100 becomes the central control unit instead of my receiver.

The DVR100 menu system is fairly basic and probably not as well organized as it should be. The manual is not indexed and also could be better. (It took quite a while trying to figure out how to view all those EXTERNAL inputs - press 0 [menu] and then cursor down. You press the "monitor" key to flip back and forth between DVD functions and TV/external functions.)

When I first hooked up my Pinnacle ShowCenter component outputs to the DVR100 component inputs, the "red" color wasn't working. I found that I had to go into the ShowCenter to switch to "component output" instead of "normal" video output. It worked fine after that. An external DVD player may also require some small menu change like this.

The DVR100 does not play AVI or DIVX discs. It will play VCD MPEG discs although "computer-made" MPEG conversions of DIVX/XVID files are hit and miss. The jWin (your best cheap DVD player) had far better success with these files.

Unlike my under $50 jWin DVD player, the DVR100 plays only MP3 sound files, not WMA. The DVR100 displays much more complete information about each MP3 file than the jWin, but navigation to find files (especially with directories) is not too good. The, sound quality, however, is truly excellent.

The remote control is laid out well and the buttons are a good size. Even so, I won't use it much. I prefer to cram as many functions as possible from the TV, DVR, DVD, Showcenter, and Receiver on my Sony VL710 "learning" remote control.

BOTTOM LINE: a likely orphaned product a little rough around the edges but with high quality output and a number of very worthwhile features. For me, the recording capability is just an added plus.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive yet serves it's purpose, July 18, 2005

By 

Colleen (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Avion DVR100 DVD Video Recorder (Electronics)

This DVR is great for the cost. It is pretty easy to set up & use. Don't set the DVR for Progressive, most TV's are not & you are stuck with sound & no picture. Tech support via e-mail is helpful but just call to get quick friendly service. I still have lots to learn.