Editorial Review:

Item Description:
Experience the advantages of DVD Recording - Consistent playback quality, virtually indestructible discs, quick access to any part of the recording, easy sharing and storage. All in one full featured, easy to use player/recorder.Sleek, slimline design - Fits easily into an entertainment center.Digital Video input (DV/IEEE1394) on front panel - control your digital camcorder and create DVDs from your home movies.DoMiNoFX - create better looking DVDs by digitally improving the input signal. Uses 3 patented processes: TrueScan Pro, TrueView Pro & PerfectView Pro.YourDVD personalizes your DVD audio and video playback settings, overriding disc defaults automatically.Record TV broadcasts on DVD - Built-in tuner connects directly to your cable or antenna (RF).Record to DVD+R & DVD+RW discs - 5 record-quality settings: 1 hour, 2 hour, 3 hour, 4 hour, and 6 hour.Connect your camcorder, VCR, or other A/V source and create DVDs.Versatile Entertainment - plays DVDs, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, Music CDs, MP3 audio and JPEG image files on CD-R/RW.

Amazon.com Item Description:
The R6640's high-quality recording ability and easy operation make it a great replacement for your VCR. The slender, high-styled component makes a great as a DVD player, too, especially when used with today's high-definition and HD-ready TVs. As a recorder, the R6640 lets you capture your favorite television shows and archive your treasured home videos to long-lasting DVD+R (write-once) and DVD+RW (rewriteable) discs. The recorder's built-in NTSC TV tuner and onscreen user interface permits up to 8 timer recordings over a period of a month, with 5 recording speeds providing between 1 and 6 hours of content on each DVD disc. It includes DoMiNoFX, too: a patented video-processing technology that digitally enhances and refines the picture quality during recording. This results in visibly superior recordings, and a dramatic improvement when recording from noisy source material, such as VHS tapes or weak TV signals.

The R6640's versatile playback features include progressive-scan video outputs and support for recordable CDs filled with MP3 audio files and JPEG images. A variety of video and audio inputs--including front-panel connections for fast, temporary hookups--grant connection to virtually all televisions and home theater components. An easy-to-use full-function remote control commands all the action.

The R6640 comes with GoVideo's innovative AutoPlay feature, designed to skips ads, trailers, and menus, jumping right to the start of your movie. Simply place the disc in the tray, press the play key, and the movie starts without interruption. Further, an innovative feature called YourDVD automatically searches for your preferences every time you load a DVD. The player will find and select your preferred audio, subtitle, and surround sound settings (if available) so you don't have to wade through menus to set them up yourself.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of 'someday,' the R6640 stands ready to deliver the full playback potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

Connections include a pair of composite- and S-video inputs, an RF antenna input, and an IEEE 1394 DV (digital video) input for a direct, high-quality connection with a digital camcorder.

DVD+RW discs require no finalizing: you can record, eject, and play them with minimal fuss, thanks to 'background formatting.' This feature, which lowers total burning time, is an advantage over the 'dash' formats. Other DVD+RW advantages include on-disc content editing and multisession writing. And, through DVD+RW and DVD+R's compatibility with most existing DVD players, they're a great way for you to share your special memories with family and friends.

To help you navigate the transition from VCR to DVD recording, GoVideo's 'white-glove customer care' includes free telephone assistance in making your first recording, should you need it.

What's in the Box
DVD player/recorder, a blank recordable DVD, a full-function remote control, remote batteries, an RF coaxial audio/video cable (5 feet), a stereo analog audio/composite-video interconnect (5 feet), and a user's manual.



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Rating: - * Basically Good ... I received a Go Video DVD-R as a present and find it very easy to use- and considering who it is from probably reasonably priced. I use it primarily for dvd viewing and for recording shows. Set up was simple and they do give you a toll free number to call and will talk you through your first recording (and include a blank dvd) but I found I didnt need it. Menus are user friendly and self-explanatory. I found it easy to set up my own chapters on recorded discs (provided they are dvd-rw) and add titles. You can easily hide sections of the tape (like commercials). Cons are that it is very picky about the discs it will record on- some brands just wont work and other brands if you use the timed recording (and the machine automatically shuts off) then the recording is gone. I just simply buy Maxwell DVDR+ since those are constantly on sale at Best Buy. I've used recorded movies in other dvd players and they've worked in all players and computers except one player- but I'm not sure if that was a fault with the disc or not. Also, sometimes the picture coming from the tv will be slightly off- as if it is missing every 5th frame- you can't watch television off it directly all the time but it always records fine. I have no idea how it works on recordings off of camcorders. I would suggest this dvd-r does a good job at a reasonable price. However, if you are looking for preserving memories you probably want to buy a higher quality. Update: its been 18 months of use on this dvd player with a high level of use and recording (I would record shows for people in remote areas and overseas). Last week its starting to hum rather loudly while the power is on. I think I may have to replace it in the next couple of months. Rating: - * Do not buy!!! ... I purchased this recorder and was pleased with it until it froze while I was recording. The only way to unfreeze it was to unplug the unit. When you do this, you lose everything you previously recorded. I returned the unit and got a replacement (refurbished unit I found out later). After a week, the same thing happened again. I returned and received 2 more units. The last unit I asked for a brand new one, but who knows if it really was. Even this one did the same thing. I can't tell you how much material I have permanently lost because of this recorder. Stay away from this unit and anything else GoVideo puts out there or you'll be sorry. One more thing if you do buy this unit, make sure you return it within 30 days of purchasing when you have problems, and you will have them. If after 30 days, GoVideo will make you pay $79 for a replacement and it's a refurbished machine. Rating: - * GO VIDEO - WORST COMPANY I'VE EVER DEALT WITH ... I bought a unit from GO Video and experienced horrors with their customer service as mentioned in other reviews. My unit came without any of the accessories and after 6 weeks of talking to more than a half dozen people (with more runaround than you can even begin to imagine) at go video, I still have a unit that will not work. avoid this manufacturer!! Rating: - * what a piece of .... ... First of all, I have the GoVideo Dual Deck VCR player which I got about 5 years ago and that works excelently, so when it came time to upgrade my DVD player, I thought... "why not GoVideo"? I"ll tell you why not... Their DVD player/recorder is a piece of CRAP. Let's start with that. I wanted a DVD player that could also record. While this one did just that, it seemed to have a mind of it's own. I'd only owned the damned thing for 2 months when it started acting up. e.g. When you insert a DVD disc, what do you expect? For the TV screen to show the DVD main menu, right? And when it is on the main menu, and the "PLAY" option is highlighted, meaning, if you press "play" or "OK" on the remote it should play the movie, right? WRONG! If you press "OK", it doesn't work. what happens, a blue blank screen appears on the TV screen. You have to press "play" only, apparently. And that was only after a couple months. And now it's been 9 months and my DVD player/recorder - which by the way, cost me about $170 - is not working. No "main menu", NOTHING! Hell, my homie has a regular $45 DVD player that he's had longer than me (and not from GoVideo) and the darn thing is still working! As far as I'm concerned, this is the last product I'll ever buy from GoVideo!!!! I wish there was a less than 1 rating! Rating: - * Cheap product ... It is true that the unit is inexpensive but the quality of the recording is so poor you may miss your VHS tapes. Also scheduled recording is not working (better buy a tivo and transfer the recordings to your PC and then burn them to DVD form the PC) The remote is very poor, both in design and efficiency. Cluttered buttons and you really have to be very close to the main unit for the remote to work. Also the unit doesn't work with most of the DVD brands on the market, you may see what brands are compatible on their website. The bottomline is, D O N O T S P E N D M O N E Y O N T H I S U N I T...