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2.5 stars
Pros: Inexpensive, fairly reliable, simple after learning curve. Astounding playback quality - lose nothing from any source, 1982 VHS tapes were getting moldy - I was almost too late. I seem to get 1 or 2 "freezes" on a 2 Hour SP disc - maybe you should conside
Cons: The manual leaves out the most important info. Mine was a gift to archive VHS analog tapes recorded from a defunct 1985 camcorder. Maybe you would prefer a Panasonic unit from a chain store in case you have problems or get frustrated. But be prepared to s
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1.0 stars
Cons: Upon first using it, found that it was erasing programs just recorded on its own about 10% ot the time. Gateway service was of no help, and they finally said to send it back to a firm in Califorinia at my expenses for repair. After nearly four weeks the
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2.5 stars
Pros: With the $50 rebate, this was the cheapest DVD recorder I could find. It seems to do what I bought it for, time shifting TV programs, transfering VHS tapes to DVD, and archiving VHS camcorder tapes. It has more inputs than I need and works reasonably wel
Cons: I bought two of these as gifts for others, and one later for myself in December, 2003 at $349.99 (with rebate) at the nearest Gateway store 70 miles from home. It took 45 minutes to buy the first 2 due to a computer glitch at the store while trying to ma
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5.0 stars
Pros: If you are having problems, gateways website has update to it, that will fix all the problems mentioned in these reviews!!! Mine is now almost perfect!!!!
Cons: Its not free.
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2.5 stars
Pros: I have this unit hooked up to my DVR so I can backup TV shows. A nice feature is the DV port so i can connect my camcorder to it in order to back up some video from that. For $299 if you have it to spend it is great. My guess is the more expensive unit
Cons: For what I am using the Ar-230 for it would be helpful if it had an off timer. This way I can manually press record and then tell it to stop in say 1 hour. I often find myself forgetting to turn it off. This happened when I used the dvd+rw that came wi
