| Brand Name: | RCA |
Product Specifications
Technical Details
- Single-disc DVD recorder/player; measures 14.2 x 2.7 x 10.6 inches (WxHxD)
- Records to DVD+R/RW; plays back DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, VCD, SVCD, and MP3
- Time Base Corrector helps eliminate picture jitters from videotape
- 2 composite in, 1 composite out, 2 S-Video in, 1 S-Video out, 1 component out
- Dolby Digital and DTS decoders
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Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
The RCA DRC8040N single-disc DVD recorder makes recording your favorite TV programs or dubbing footage from a camcorder directly to disc a snap. It records onto DVD+R/RW discs--up to 4.7 GB of data--and it can play DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, VCD, and SVCD discs (and discs with burned MP3 files). The DRC8040N has six record modes, ranging from one hour to eight hours. It has a built-in NTSC standard 181-channel tuner, enabling you to record programming without having to hook up to a TV, and offers a 30-second skip feature.
The Time Base Corrector feature helps to reduce digital noise, as well as eliminate picture jitters from videotape playback and restore distorted vertical and horizontal sync and color burst signals when copying from tape to disc. The SmartRecord feature automatically adjusts the Recording mode (quality) to fit recorded contents on the available disc space. The Disc Library feature stores a database of up to 400 titles that have been recorded, making it easy to access previously recorded programming.
It offers Dolby Digital and Dolby DTS 5.1-channel surround sound output as well as SRS TruSurround virtual surround sound. It has the following video connections:
- Composite AV In (RCA): 2 (1 front)
- Composite AV Out (RCA): 1
- S-Video In: 2 (1 front)
- S-Video Out: 1
- Component Video Out: 1
- RF In: 1
What's in the Box
DVD recorder, remote control, batteries, printed instructions
Product Description
CONSUMER ALERT: This television receiver has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009 to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the U.S.'s transition to digital broadcasting. Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products. For more information, call the Federal Communications Commission at 1-888-225-5322 (TTY: 1-888-835-5322), or visit the commission's digital-television Web site at: htttp://www.dtv.gov.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
RCA - so bad, they're literally criminal,
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This review is from: RCA DRC8040N DVD Recorder (Electronics)
I believe RCA customers should seriously consider filing a fraud complaint, and/or class action lawsuit.Like other consumers here, I followed the manual to the letter. This unit did not burn one CD successfully, but ruined 10 blank discs and I lost media I thought had been successfully burned, before I gave up. This unit is so bad, 4 out of the 5 designated RCA service centers in my area refused to service it, or said "exchange only", though exchange and refund are not covered by the warrantee. The one place that did agree to "fix" the machine sent it to an RCA tech. When I picked it up post-repair and tested it at home, the machine froze, requiring a hard reset, within 2 minutes of powering up. Again never successfully burned a DVD, though would indicate the materials were in the "library" and something had recorded onto the disc. The repair shop concurred it was a lemon. RCA finally agreed to replace the unit, and did so with their new DRC8060N model. The new model was just as bad as the 8040, right out of the box. (See my review under that unit). Though it is less than 1 year from my initial purchase, RCA/Thompson refuses refund and requires another round with the designated repair place. Even the repair tech said to stay far away from RCA DVD burners (as well as the Toshibas), and pay extra to go with Panasonic or Sony instead if you want a technology which is actually ready for market. The RCAs should not even be on the shelves, and the behavior of the RCA customer service people at the management/supervisor level indicates they know it-- their purpose is to wear out or wait out the consumer until the warrantee runs out. It is fraud.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Beware of this product and weaKnees.com,
This review is from: RCA DRC8040N DVD Recorder (Electronics)
Buyer beware! I purchased a DVD Recorder, RCA Model DRC8040N, [...]to record movies off of my Tivo. After returning the unit twice and receiving a brand new unit, I still don't have a functioning recorder.The sad part is, I thought the new unit was working. I recorded about 20 movies over the course of a few months, and after each, I played back a few minutes to see if it looked ok. It did. However, the first time I tried to watch a movie (full playback), I discovered that the movie did not record successfully. Part way through the movie, the picture either freezes, skips large portions of the movie, or jumps around. I tried to watch a few more recorded movies. Same problem on all of them. [...]
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Stay Away,
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This review is from: RCA DRC8040N DVD Recorder (Electronics)
I purhcased this unit recently, with the idea of downloading from TiVo and at the same time eliminating my VCR. What a huge disappointment. I haven't even tried to record discs yet. I played some of my very clean CDs, some of which were brand new, and noticed a few skips and freezes. When I watch rented DVDs, the system locks up all the time, and skips huge portions of the content. I'm in the process of trying to return it, or get it fixed. But, if I can't, I'm just going to bash it in with a sledge hammer.
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Legal Disclaimer
CONSUMER ALERT: This television receiver has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009 to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the U.S.'s transition to digital broadcasting. Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products. For more information, call the Federal Communications Commission at 1-888-225-5322 (TTY: 1-888-835-5322), or visit the commission’s digital-television Web site at: www.dtv.gov.
CONSUMER ALERT: This television receiver has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009 to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the U.S.'s transition to digital broadcasting. Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products. For more information, call the Federal Communications Commission at 1-888-225-5322 (TTY: 1-888-835-5322), or visit the commission’s digital-television Web site at: www.dtv.gov.
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