The gang over at Good Gear Guide has posted their review of the Samsung DVD-R130 and they seem to have given it a fair score, but that's not to say that it is without problems.
The main problems that they point out are the lack of digital tuner, no built in storage (you can only record directly to DVD-R and DVD-RW) and the lack of HDMI – which some people can overlook.
Personally I wouldn't bother with a device that can only record to DVDs. Sure the quality would be better than VHS, but you are still stuck with the problem of constantly switching discs and shuffling them around. A PVR with DVD burning capabilities would be a better fit – that way you choose to archive recording on a more permanent basis.
Even if you aren't considering this particular model, the review is still a decent read because it may bring out aspects to look for in other models.
Via Good Gear Guide.
NDS has its middleware solutions in a lot of DVRs across the globe. Last week Astro, one of the leading Pay TV operations in Asia, announced it would be using NDS's MediaHighway solution.
As we stated last week, no one from PVR Wire was able to attend
CES 2006, although the Weblogs Inc. Network was there in force in the shape of the mighty Engadget team, and myself and
Todd did our best to keep track of all the latest PVR-related developments at the gadget expo.
According to PC World, "the first
hand held capable of direct-from-TV recording" was introduced by Samsung this week, but we're presuming they maybe
haven't heard of the 
