Technological Innovation & Sleek, Stylish Design! With this RCA DRC8000N DVD Recorder/DVD Player, you can enjoy the latest technological innovations without sacrificing style! Using DVD/+R or DVD/+RW discs, recording from your TV, camcorder or other video device is a snap. This unit boasts up to 8 hours recording per 4.7 GB disc with 6 recording modes. Experience easy recording of television programming with the no subscription fee interactive electronic program guide included in this great package. Smart record automatically adjusts the recording mode (quality) to fit recorded contents on the available disc space. In addition to the great recording features, you can also enjoy Progressive Scan DVD Playback - which provides a sharper picture than the standard interlaced process. All of these great technological advances are packaged in a slim, stylish design that will accent any d�cor. Start enjoying the ease of DVD recording today with this innovative DVD Recorder/DVD Player.

Features of the RCA DRC8000N include:

DVD Type - DVD Recorder
Playable Video Formats - DVD-R, VCD, DVD-RW, SVCD, DVD, DVD+RW, DVD+R
Playable Audio Formats - CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3
Progressive Scan
Number of Discs - 1
Surround Sound - Virtual, Dolby Digital, DTS
Audio Outputs - Coaxial, Optical, RCA
Video Outputs - Component, S-Video, Composite
Warranty - 1 Year Parts, 90 Days Labor

RCA DRC8000N Consumer Reviews (1 review)

Write a review of the RCA DRC8000N! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Reviewed by AL on 01-26-2004
I'm 0 for 2 with this machine but I like it anyway so I'll explain. First the good points. The machine works very nice when all is well. The menus are easy to follow and the picture is all you could hope for. The remote is easier to understand than most DVD remotes and the right mix of controls are available on the front panel. The front panel jacks are hidden behind a cover which keeps the front looking sleek and clean. For a basic DVD recorder it will do all the necessary stuff and I was very happy with the compatibility it had with all my other DVD players, all four of them, 3 different brands. The friends I shared programs with had no problems either. The cooling fan which is always on, is a little noisy, but I've had VCRs that have made more noise when they were sitting idle. This is what happened to me on the two units I owned. The first one I had for about 7 weeks and I had recorded many hours of material with it. For some reason it started to damage the discs, or at least it damaged several in one week. I had one +R disc that failed about 75% through the disc. I figured it was a bad piece of media so I didn't give it much thought. I made several other recordings on +R and +RW media over the next few days with no problems. But what I discovered one day was whenever I attempted to record longer into the media it would damage the disc. I now have three RW discs that will only let me record about 70% of their capacity. And on one of those I had previously recorded almost to the end of it, so the machine and disc worked ok at one time. Three different brands of disc were damaged, so I don't think it was a media problem. The sad thing is after I took the machine back and traded it for another I discovered that the discs are permanently corrupted because the new machine fails at the same place on each disc. There is always a chance of having multiple bad media and maybe I was a victim of that. But my window of easy return or exchange was closing in fast, so I bailed out. Because I had such a positive experience before the problem I did not hesitate to exchange it for another. The second machine I had for almost a month. The fan was just as noisy as the first one, so I think that is going to be common to all of them. The reasons I bailed out on the second machine are two fold. One of them trivial. well maybe. the clock would not keep proper time. I'm no down to the second freak, but I do expect a recorder's clock to keep good time (within a couple of minutes) for 6 months or so until it needs to be reset. This one was losing several minutes a week. The day before I boxed it up to take back I reset the clock and the next day it was already 1 min + off! ( a slight digression here. why should I be setting a clock anyway. The VCRs I've purchased over the last few years set themselves. RCA / Thomson why are you taking a step backward are you tying to use up old parts? Or a marketing ploy so the next generation will have an improvement?) The other issue seemed more serious to me. On several occasions with this machine it would lock up and the only way to recover was to remove the power. Even the on / off switch would not shut it off. I never lost a recording so I'm happy about that. The best way to describe it is to think of a computer that locks up. (which really is what these machine are closest to anyway) All you would see it the frozen image on the screen. I was unable to power down, open the disk drawer, navigate menus etc. What convinced me to return this one though was I turned on the TV one evening only to see a frozen image of a commercial on the screen. I powered it down and all seemed ok for several minutes then it froze again. (no disc was installed, I was just using it in the tuner mode). I unplugged it for several minutes to reset it and then I used it for a couple of days after that with no other problems. However the clock and the past periodic locks ups started to panic me so I bailed out on that machine too. Now I sit with my cash back in my hand waiting for the warehouse club to get some more in. So unless I get tired of waiting I'll try one more time. Generally after two bad experiences with something I move on to something else, but this will be the exception. Yes I want to try another because I really like the machine, but my suggestion to you is to purchase from some place with a liberal (fair) return policy. Think twice about mail order. But hey, I'm just one guy. The warehouse club sold bunches of them before Christmas and I'm sure others have had good experiences.
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