LG RC897T Multi-Format DVD Recorder and VCR Combo with Digital Tuner

by LG

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.1 x 16.9 x 10.2 inches ; 9.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12 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: B00195IURA
• Item model number: RC897T
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,031 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #24 in Electronics > Televisions & Video > DVD Players & Recorders > DVD Recorders

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

If your old entertainment devices are piling up, get ready to clean house. The versatile LG Super-Multi DVD Recorder/VCR with Digital Tuner is the ultimate entertainment multi-tasker. It's a DVD recorder, a VCR, and a digital TV tuner—all in one space-saving unit. Record from DVD to videotape, and videotape to recordable DVD. Enjoy superior image quality with 1080p up-scaling via HDMI output.

Features and Technology Here's Your Hook up Want to view photos of your family vacation in the comfort of your living room or to listen to an mp3 file? You can with USB Media Plus. (Learn more) All in One Having a hard time keeping track of your remotes? With SimpLink, all your LG devices can be controlled with just one remote. (Learn more) You're All Set Don't worry about missing your favorite TV programs or movies. The Digital Cable/Satellite Box Controller has you covered. (Learn more) It's Flexible Don't worry about your player's ability to read certain DVDs. This versatile device boasts compatibility with most Standard DVD Formats. (Learn more) Making Old Just Like New No need to go out and replace your old DVD collection. Even your standard DVDs look better with 1080p Up-Scaling via HDMI Output. (Learn more)

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USB Media Host Bring your digital library to life on your television with our USB 2.0 Media Host. View family photos, watch videos and listen to music from USB storage devices.

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SimpLink Are your remote controls taking over the living room? Now with SimpLink, you can easily set up and control all of your HDMI connected LG devices with just one remote.

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Digital Cable/Satellite Box Controller Make the most of your programming and never worry about missing out. The Digital Cable/Satellite Box Controller allows you to record from most digital-cable and digital-satellite boxes.

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Compatibility with All Standard Disc Formats There's nothing more frustrating than realizing that your player won't read a certain DVD format. Because it has compatibility with most Standard DVD Formats, you can record any standard-format DVD with Super Multi-Format Recording: DVD±R, DVD±RW, DVD+R Double Layer, and DVD-RAM.

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1080p Up-Scaling via HDMI Output Make your old DVD collection look brand new. 1080p Up-Scaling via HDMI Output offers exceptional image-quality from standard DVDs, delivering nearly full HD picture quality.

Product Description

Super Multi 1080p DVD Recorder+VCR Combi, D2A Tuner, LG Simple Link, USB Media Plus, STB Control

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

101 of 107 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Image quality downright poor, sorry to report, January 4, 2009

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Iconophoric - See all my reviews

This review is from: LG RC897T Multi-Format DVD Recorder and VCR Combo with Digital Tuner (Electronics)

As a satisfied owner of an LG HDTV, I bought this DVD/VCR combo recorder fully expecting to be likewise happy with the quality of the images produced by another LG product. Unfortunately, I had to box it up for return the same day I got it. The problem with the product is one that I hadn't anticipated, but which further very specifically-targeted reading online revealed as a known problem with LG's DVD recorders. That problem is what various message-boarders and bloggers call "image over-processing". Translate that as "too much anti-aliasing" (image-smoothing) or "too much blur". And it was not just on the recorded images. For the minute you switch from the LG TV's internal tuner to the LG recorder's internal tuner, there's an instant layer of "smoothing" that is pronounced enough to be distracting. ...I am talking, depending on your threshold of sensitivity to such things, a potential headache-inducing level of fuzziness.

If you purchase this product hoping to use it to archive your family videos, no way it can do them justice. If you plan to use it as a down and dirty digital era VCR, grabbing episodes of shows you intend to record over once you watch them a single time, it is really not quite servicable for that. All this keeps pulling me back to one head-shaker of a question: What were the people at LG thinking? At nearly three hundred bucks, the quality of the LG RC897T is a major disappointment.

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars disappointment, January 26, 2009

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Nanswer - See all my reviews

This review is from: LG RC897T Multi-Format DVD Recorder and VCR Combo with Digital Tuner (Electronics)

Not long after purchase, I had to return the unit because the DVD drawer kept popping open on its own. Once I received it back, I kept noticing major problems attempting to record on the DVD side -- the unit would either record for two minutes and turn itself off, or record for over an hour (on a 2 hour show) and then turn itself off. When I phoned LG, I was near the end of the warranty period. They claimed that there was nothing wrong with the recorder. The issue was caused by the fact that the tv stations were now transmitting "copy protection signals" that prevented you from recording. This did not explain why the recording time varied, but if they were correct, this was being done by ALL networks -- from HBO to channel 5 and channel 7. It did not explain the fact that my Panasonic DVD recorder never turned off in the middle of a show. LG's tech sent me on a two-week wild goose chase for DVD-RW's with special markings (CPRM). She claimed that if I ever found these, I would have no further problems. I never found these DVD's and my warranty ran out in the meantime. In addition to all the above, the upscaling takes forever when you insert a VHS tape and you are constantly adjusting the tracking to get a clear picture-especially after fast forwarding. This is an unqualified piece of garbage. Don't waste your money. It's a shame because it is very user friendly and Go-Video (the original manufacturer of this product) used to make excellent products. This $280 product is now being used solely as a VCR.

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good,not Perfect., November 22, 2008

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Robert C. Walker "Aussie" (Las Vegas,NV) - See all my reviews
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LG RC897T Multi-Format DVD Recorder and VCR Combo with Digital Tuner
I bought Re-Furbished,The recorder funnctions well with modest to good results, depending on what you choose for length. I usualy use 4hrs LP mode on the DVD, and VCR slp. This is reasonably OK and quite watchable.
The machine does what I need,and discs are playable in my other machines and my computer.Digital tuner, is what I bought this for and works great.

CONS: Small unfriendly remote, but you get used to it. Timer recording not user friendly,so I dont use it.If you have to pay the full retail price,not good value.