Pioneer DVR-520HS Review
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November 23rd, 2004
Summary
Once you record TV shows or home movies to this units big 80GB hard drive, youve got great editing and playback options: Store programs and keep them indefinitely. Delete them after viewing to free up disc space. Edit your home movies and set up menus, wallpaper, and playlists. Or, you can burn content to DVD at high speed. Disc Backup even lets you make a direct file transfer of a home-movie DVD to the units hard drive, and from that make perfect copies of your original DVD for all of your family and friendsat blazing speed. The amazing Chase Play feature lets you watch your favorite TV show from the beginning after youve already begun recording it. The DVR-520-S also features full-motion thumbnails with sound and a built-in TV tuner, and plays DVDs, CDs, MP3s, and WMAs.
Specs
General
DVD Type
DVD Recorder
Playable Video Formats
DVD, DVD-R, VCD, DVD-RW
Playable Audio Formats
CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3, WMA
Progressive Scan
With Progressive Scan
Number of Discs
1
Surround Sound
DTS, Dolby Digital
Jog Dial Control
No
Parental Control
Yes
Audio Outputs
Optical, RCA
Video Outputs
Component, S-Video, Composite
Headphone Jack
No
Remote Control
Yes
Dimension
Depth
13.38 in.
Height
2.32 in.
Width
16.56 in.
Weight
10.38 lb.