Go Video R6540 DVD Recorder

by Go Video

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 13 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0002GOJBS
• Item model number: R 6540
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,710 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Do your homework - compatibility issues, September 28, 2004

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Rick H (NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Go Video R6540 DVD Recorder (Electronics)

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.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars You can do better, even for the money, November 7, 2004

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W. Zettler "gadget freak" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Go Video R6540 DVD Recorder (Electronics)

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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY THIS!!!, July 11, 2005

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J. Bernhardt (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Go Video R6540 DVD Recorder (Electronics)

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.