$99 MXT DVD recorder with 250GB hard drive at Coles
This was posted 547 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal
Coles has limited stocks of these DVD/HDD recorders. Cheap at $99 with 250GB hard-drive and USB & DVI inputs, but note - analogue tuner only. On sale from today (Thursday) but no rainchecks. (Seems to be VIC/TAS only.)
Bit of a mystery about which shops have stock: Coles Head Office says no stock left in southern Tasmania. However, Coles Glenorchy says au contraire - “…Nothing’s been delivered, we’re expecting a shipment tonight. They’re always doing this to us…”
DTV forums have a thread on these, they seem to be OK, but prone to capacator bulging just after warranty expires.
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=47699&st=180&p=...
Not in the QLD-Metro catalogue either.
Sounds like Vic/Tas only then.
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Check here: http://catalogues.coles.com.au/portal/
edit: Looks like that would be a NO. It’s on P22 of the VIC-Metro catalogue, in place of the MTV DVD Player in the QLD & NSW catalogues.
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I don’t get it. Why would anyone want this without an digital tuner?
You might as well use the old VCR. Who wants to go back to analog?
Adding an external tuner would be awkward, and give poor quality.
Maybe it can rip DVDs to hard disk?? That would be useful. Does it?
OK, it sure is cheap.
DVI input? Output seems much more likely.
It will be able to accept a compsite input from a digital tuner, possibly an Svdieo input but that would be about as good as it would get.
It wont rip DVD to Hard Drive.. it would need to break the CSS excryption to do so.
I seriously doubt it would have any digital output whatsoever.. component if you’re lucky!
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What are these like? My GF wants one for some unknown reason.. I keep telling her a TV tuner card in her PC is cheaper and better quality.. This might sate her desire and is half a bargain when you factor in the value of the hard drive as a spare part!