LG RC797T

74 reviews

May, 2024

Positive
usability (19)
price (7)

Negative
reliability (17)
image quality (7)
design (3)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 74 reviews of LG RC797T. The average rating for this product is 2.1/5, compared to an average rating of 3.7/5 for other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the usability. The design and image quality get less positive opinions, while opinions are divided on the price.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) the LG RC797T is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 73/100 = Good quality.

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 61 user reviews of LG RC797T from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 2.1/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.5/5 for other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) on Amazon.com. People really like the usability. There are some mixed opinions about the price, while many are negative about the design and image quality.

usability

reliability, image quality, design

33% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2024

Expert review by : Matthew Moskovciak (cnet.com)

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LG RC797T

Records video to DVD or VHS; HDMI output up to 1080i; digital and analog tuner for over-the-air TV reception; IR blaster for cable/satellite box control; FireWire input for camcorder dubbing; USB port for digital media playback.

No S-Video input; ATSC tuner cannot deliver full HDTV resolution; lack of EPG makes timer recordings a hassle; LP mode doesn't compare to Panasonic's; no flexible custom recording speed.

The LG RC797T is a competent DVD/VHS recorder with some attractive extra features, but it doesn't quite stack up to the competition.

Jun, 2007

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Expert review by : Matthew Moskovciak (cnet.com.au)

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LG RC797T

No S-Video input; ATSC tuner cannot deliver full HDTV resolution; lack of EPG makes timer recordings a hassle; LP mode doesn't compare to Panasonic's; no flexible custom recording speed.

The LG RC797T is a competent DVD/VHS recorder with some attractive extra features, but it doesn't quite stack up to the competition.

Jun, 2007

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Faulty Design that LG does not wants to admit

I bought this DVD recorder and VCR Combo with the intention of someday transferring my old tapes to DVDs. I was not in any hurry to do that so i did not connect it right away... waited long enough to run out of warranty period or and return. once i ...

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Class action lawsuit candidate

Feb, 2009

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

A solid combo dvd recorder/vcr

This unit has a ATSC tuner for high definition TV, a NTSC tuner for standard broadcast, and a QAM tuner for receiving unencrypted, high definition TV from basic analog cable. Cable companies must provide free local HD channels on basic analog cable by ...

A compact combo that does +DL recording exceptionally well.

No flexible record mode and limited support for +rw media.

May, 2007

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