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Any one have a ilo DVD Recorder With 80 GB Hard Drive, DVDRH04, from Wal-Mart,is it a good recorder?
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DonnyDon
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10. November 2005 @ 00:00 |
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If you have to go and search for a universal that MIGHT work.and pay most likely over $50 for it.......plus the price of a DVD recorder with 80gb hard drive.......NOT WORTH IT. Sorry to bust the bubble but i had one and quickly returned it.......THERE ARE NO USEFULL HACKS.....every dvd player has the Macrovision hacks.......Total garbage i sure you can sell it on ebay. With the ilo 1 remote to turn it on........1 remote to control the TV LOL
Woozer
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ande1352
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10. November 2005 @ 05:14 |
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If you have to go and search for a universal that MIGHT work.and pay most likely over $50 for it.......plus the price of a DVD recorder with 80gb hard drive.......NOT WORTH IT. Sorry to bust the bubble but i had one and quickly returned it.......
If you know what you're doing, you can find a learning remote that WILL work, without any problem. And you can probably find one for a lot less than $50 - and it will control alot more than your tv and dvd recorder. If you don't think its worth it, and you don't know how to use or program one, yes, you may have some problems. That's one of the things that is so great about the harmony remotes - they're so simple, even a tech-newbie could program them.
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dayturner
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10. November 2005 @ 07:03 |
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Is there an ignore list here whereby I can put DonnyDon on ignore???
The Old One
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slick44
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10. November 2005 @ 08:19 |
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I'm not one to be rude, but i agree, donnydon if you hate the recorder so bad, why are you here? 8 months with mine, not one problem
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LCSHG
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10. November 2005 @ 20:49 |
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[ DonnyDon ]
Why don't you send me that piece of garbage D04 you have, If you have one. I will pay the freight and you can be rid of that junk And I will feel good that you have been relieved of your burden.
As to a Universal Remote. There is no such thing even using jp1.
While you may get a good unit like mine with jp1 and memory.
[ THE BUTTONS DO NOT,WILL NOT MATCH ]
I use it for basic functions for specific functions I use the Original
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suits_me
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12. November 2005 @ 18:16 |
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I expect trolls to maintain certain standards of clever noxiousness.
DD says that the ILO hacks do not exist; I've wondered about this.
Then he blithely remarks by way of denigrating the ILO that all DVD players have (macrovision) hacks.
Of course that's not true, at least for ordinary, non industry folks, but if it is true I'd love to buy a Pioneer DVD recorder and hack it. Never heard a thing about this...he's not a very good troll.
Do you think he works for Philips? Or is he unemployed? Laid off by ILO, perhaps.
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Groug
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12. November 2005 @ 22:09 |
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I have acquired a DVRHD04 that someone tried to hack and it no longer works. Can i purchase a motherboard for this unit to replace the one which no longer works? Have tested the drives and they both work in another unit. Unit asks for cd. Tried to put in downloaded firmware but it didn't work either.
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dayturner
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14. November 2005 @ 05:58 |
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I posed this question once before and got no response. My ILO no longer recognizes DVD+Rs. When I put one in, it seems to be stuck on preparing. I also notice over in the lower right hand corner little red letters that say RW and I can neither watch nor record to Rs. In fact, it ruins them so they cannot be watched on any other machine or computer either. I have the latest 1201 firmware installed. Anybody gots any suggestions?
The Old One
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RAPR
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14. November 2005 @ 07:15 |
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(dayturner)
I'm having the same problem as you dude. I am about ready to scrap this piece of shit. But you got to be patient. The folks on this forum are good people and I don't think my ILO would have made it this far without their help. I'm still waiting for a fix or some kind of solution also. When this thing was working it was awesome. Now it's just collecting dust. Let's just wait and see if someone finds a trick to fix it or my 12 gauge shotgun is gonna have it's way with it.
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Groug
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14. November 2005 @ 09:08 |
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dayturner, RAPR, It is NOT the same problem. He tried doing the hack and it went 99% then stopped. Now it asks for cd but will not recognize any cd. Unit wont go past that. No start up nothing. I'm looking for a new board i can put in to put it back to the original firmware ect. Yours seems to at least boot up!! Try going backwards on the firmware, you never know. But remember it may end up like the one i'm in possesion of.
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LCSHG
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15. November 2005 @ 17:45 |
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PLEASE
If its a ilo RHD04 and it is aggravating you, Don't shot it smash it or throw it away.
PM me I will buy it and pay the freight. Hopefully you will sell this junk, shit, or whatever, cheap to be rid of it.
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dayturner
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15. November 2005 @ 19:09 |
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Ha! Gave up and emailed ILO support figuring they would say "Wha???" Howvere, they wrote back recommended getting a lens cleaning kit and LO! and behold! It worked!!! ILO now reads and rites to dvd+r. No 'rithmetic, tho.
The Old One
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RAPR
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16. November 2005 @ 06:37 |
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Way to go. That was my first thought a month or 2 ago so I tried it and it didn't work at all. I'm glad it worked for you though. I have tried everything and it doesn't want to read the discs at all. I tried 3 different lens cleaners, different dvd discs and nothing. I put a movie in and it played fine. When I try a DVDR it will record for a a little while then stop recording all by itself. Then it won't read, finalize or recognize the disc and the disc is now a coaster. It gets old after awhile. I get so sick of the message BAD DISC!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least it worked for 11 months with no problems. Anybody have any ideas on what to buy for a good dvd recorder? One that works.
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dayturner
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16. November 2005 @ 08:16 |
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Well, do not give up without first contacting ILO support. You never know, they may be able to help even if you are out of warrenty. Email for technical support is service@ilohelp.com which makes it difficult if you think you are looking for "support." I keep watching and there are more and more companies coming out with this type of machine and some, I think, are now even less than we paid for our ILOs. I have been mostly happy with my ILO and will use it as long as it works. I will probably go with a more reliable name when it comes time to replace it. Meanwhile, I have more dvds sitting around in less than a year than I can ever watch!!!
The Old One
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DonnyDon
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18. November 2005 @ 02:50 |
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Guys all im saying is the ILO is WAY WAY over priced for the performance it gives. Anyone here rememberthe green tint faze that lasted a month or 2....lol
Woozer
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LCSHG
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18. November 2005 @ 18:23 |
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The ilo did have its problems but so did many others. ilo was not alone with the green tint problem. Others had issues like the Pioner [a very good machine] but it had problems with dubbing VSH to DVD and weak sinal input. Much if not all has been corrected.
At the time the ilo price compaired to others was very attractive. Now if a RHD04 sells at WalMart online for $298 and a LiteOn 5045 sells for $298 I would get the LiteOn 5045 with Allwrite and a 260 gb HDD, but thats Now
Liteon now has a LVW 5045GDL+ and a LVW 5055GDL+ with 250 gb HDD.
Not avail YET in the US but it wii be
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bob_e29
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21. November 2005 @ 12:00 |
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I bought the Walmart DVDRHD04 on the 31 of December 2004. I used it quite a lot - loved the HDD - had no problems editing. Copying from HDD to DVD worked just great until October 2005. It would not read a dvd it just created. I could not finalize a dvd it just created, finally it calls everything an invalid disk.
emailed ilo. AFter a month of doing everything they suggested, I sent it in for repair. When I received it back, I found it wasn't mine but one supposedly repaired. I had been told that I didn't need to copy off the hard drive to a vcr as they wouldn't mess with it. Of course the replacement has a scrubbed HDD.
It worked almost two days and now won't read it's own creations. I am a little ticked about this because I have to pay to send it in. Now I will probably have to do it again.
It crashed several times in the past, but I kept up on the patches and haven't had this problem for a time.
Any suggestions on any more reliable brands? I really liked the ILO but what good is it in transit to be repaired?
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Sawney
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30. November 2005 @ 13:10 |
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My experience has been exactly the same as the preceding poster (bob_e) except that I bought mine a month or so earlier and it quit working in June. It still plays what I have on the hard drive and I can record to it but it has ruined over two hundred disks that were brand new and has ruined several others when I tried to copy additional material to them.
I have never had any luck in getting it to format DVD+R disks. It destroys them as fast I can load them so I have no idea if it would finalize them. Also, the tray keeps sticking.
I'm not going to waste the time and money sending it in to let them screw it up and lose the many programs I've recorded to it. I'll just watch and delete.
It is truly a piece of crap.
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Sawney
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30. November 2005 @ 13:37 |
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My mistake. It quit working in August. Not June.
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druone
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13. December 2005 @ 13:07 |
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I just purchased an ilo dvd recorder from walmart, the first time i went to copy a vhs movie to the dvd it made this horrible noise, is this suppose to happen i really don't like the noise on here. let me know if all dvd recorders do this or if maybe i just got a bad one.
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FU_SU_LU
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19. December 2005 @ 00:41 |
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Hi, I decided to update my firmware recently on my DVDRHD04. I read everything I needed to know before updating on Gtrman's site and did what he said to do and I still got an error message while it was updating. The thing got to 99%, paused for a while, then gave me the error message. The tray opened and I took the cd out. I tried closing, but wouldn't close, I tried to go to the setup menu, but it was blank and the whole thing froze, I could not get out of the menu. I unplugged it and plugged it back in. It told me Hello and the tray closed half way, stopped, then, closed the rest of the way. I turned the power off and turned it back on. It asked for a cd, I put the update cd in and it started reading it. Apparently, it updated this time, at least that's what it's saying in the setup menu, that I have the latest update. I haven't really messed with it that much afterwards, so I don't know if everything is working correctly, or not. It still has my old settings from before I updated, I didn't have to do those again.
I was just wondering if it actually did update the firmware, or did it update half of it, or what? Should I try it again with the same update, or should I get the version I had before I tried updating, then, try updating that again?
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mikelb
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19. December 2005 @ 10:02 |
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Hello, I have a DVDRH04 and it use to work great (until November). It is now constantly locking up while writing or finalizing a DVD?s. I have updated to the latest and greatest FW but have not reset the system and wiped the drive yet. I hooked up the HDD to my PC to save the movies before wiping it. I am not able to play any movies from the DVD drive.
I am under the impression that most of my problems are with the DDW-451S DVD drive. Has any one tried to replace it with a better drive? I am thinking about putting in a 16x DVD +/- into it but I am not sure if doing so would create a compatible issue. Any suggestions?
I am also looking into putting in a larger HDD. Anybody know what the max size it will handle?
Thanks All
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badlander
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4. January 2006 @ 05:48 |
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Wow! What a thread! New guy here. I just bought an ILO DVDR04 and am just starting to use it. My wife got me the 6 disk DVD set of Band Of Brothers for Christmas. I had trouble with a few of the DVD's freezing. I'd let it sit for a while and it will start up again for a few seconds then freeze again. Sometimes it's better...sometimes it's worse than others. My first thought on this was "heat" but I have it sitting alone. Nothing on top and nothing under it. After spending a couple of days reading this forum, I have updated to the latest ILO (not the hacked one yet) update. I guess I'll see if this does anything for it.
My other issue is I'm trying to figure out how to set this thing up to be able to record satellite. I only have DishNetwork satellite...no outside antenna. I have their HD receiver and my TV is a 60" Mitsubishi HD TV. The back of the satellite receiver only has a satellite in and an 8SVB RF input for receiving both analog and digital off-air broadcast (for if I ever get an outside antenna and yes the receiever has a seperate tuner for off-air programming). Can I setup this DVD recorder to record off of just the satellite? If so, can anyone direct me as to how?
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Nick2
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4. January 2006 @ 14:57 |
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the way I did it when I had DirecTv was to run the cable from the dish into the satellite input, then from the output to my recorder, from the recorder to my vcr (using it as a RF modulator only), and from the vcr to my tv. I then used the remote for my satellite to turn it on, the remote from my vcr to turn it on, then tossed both of those remotes to the side and used the ILO remote to control my tv channels.
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bob_e29
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4. January 2006 @ 15:04 |
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badlander
I use my 80 gb dvdrh04 with a Directv receiver.
I just use the s-video jacks from the receiver to the dvdrh04 and then to the TV. I think I have to have the dvdrh04 set to channel 3 and the tv set to input1
Good luck, I am on my third dvdrh04 in a year. I send it off because it won't read the dvd's that it makes and then won't do anything with the dvd record part. They keep sending me ones that they have fixed. This last one has worked almost a week, so I am hoping.
When they work they really work well, I wish they would fix their problems.
again Good Luck
bob
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