Centrios EDW8020 DVD Recorder

Pros: Nice looking, slim machine, impressive features.

Cons: Some of the features didn't work perfectly or easily. It has limited disk acceptance.

The Bottom Line: Good list of features, convenient layout of inputs and outputs and a low price. The record functions are finicky and accept only a limited type of disk.

Review: April 12, 2005 update. It is still working well and I have had success when trying to play its disks on other players, but I have only tried three other players. Nevertheless it operated on all of them. The somewhat awkward controls,particularly for...

Pros: Unbelievably inexpensive with 4 recording speeds.

Cons: Somewhat limited audio and video dynamic range. No firewire input.

The Bottom Line: Perfect for archiving SVHS tapes or dubbing from TIVO or DISH.

Review: Purchased at Circuit City, on sale for $75, including 10 blank DVD-R media. Great value for the cost. This is a full-width unit weighing 15 lbs, seemingly better built than many current DVD players-only. Has S-video in & out, digital & RCA audio...

Pros: Has many options and works reliable on its favored discs.

Cons: Does not accept discs from all companies even though the disc's specs are correct.

The Bottom Line: Avoid since incompatible with most dvdrw's.

Review: UPDATE: After one year, I am having more problems getting dvdrw's to work. When I insert them, the unit says "loading" and then after awhile, the tray opens and that's it. That's even for memorex and staples discs that I boughts recently, which the...

Pros: It's a great DVD recorder.

Cons: It take's an effort on your part.

The Bottom Line: Like it or love it. Take the time nd effort to learn.

Review: Having a problem recording a movie? Lets see why. Media is a big thing with this recorder. If your DVD's don't have a +R or +RW, dump them, as they will not work. Forget those that claim otherwise.

A few words to the wanttobe recorders...

Pros: good price, easy to hook up, good picture recorded in sp and hq mode

Cons: timers setting don't work well, problems reading a hand full of dvd rw disk.

The Bottom Line: Don't feel it was ready for the market , too many problems with timer setting recordings

Review: I got the Centrios dvd recorder for xmas, And it was easy to hook up , I did it in 5 mins. It seem to work good for a cheap recorder in the sense it recorded a good picture in the SP and HQ mode, the LP and EP mode are ok , but I seen better...

Pros: Was fairly easy to use once you figure out how to use it.

Cons: Had a hard time trying to figure out how to finalize the disk.

Review: Worked fine when I first bought it. Did not use it for a month and when I tried to view a movie it would only play in black and white. Tried using as a TV tuner still only in black and white. Still under warranty, but not worth the trouble. Bought...

Pros: looks nice. cheap.

Cons: timer set recordings fail.

Review: Many problems in timer recordings , don't record days set for, skips days if set M-F , Centrios has already made 2 firmware upgrade that is suppose to fix these problems But they don't. added problem with 2nd firmware , when you press the display...

Pros: Cost. Works for what I need and picture/sound is fine.

Cons: A few bugs and the instructions are, well, just OK.

Review: I purchased this unit because of cost. I needed to copy some old videos and also wanted to record from the TV. ( After all, a DVD player mostly requires a rented or purchased disk.) It has done the job and I agree with other reviewers that it...

Pros: Cheap price. OK if you don't use timer.

Cons: Crummy firmware

Review: This recorder has many firmware problems. The one that is most annoying to me, and is repeatable every time, is that you cannot finalize a disk if you recorded it using the timer. If you try, you end up with a disk that just locks up the firmware...

Pros: Worked well for the first 2 DVD movies I played on it.

Cons: Didn't work at all after that.

Review: Bought at Circuit City. Used it twice to play a DVD movie. Didn't use again for a couple of months. Then when I attempted to use it to play a movie, it would not power up. Display showed 4 lit dashes (where hour and minutes should be displayed) and...