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| The unit's onscreen display (OSD) lets you adjust settings and select options for your DVD recorder, including parental controls. |
The recorder offers timer recording (record once, daily, or weekly), as well as disc editing features such as title editing, title deletion (on DVD+RW discs), title overwriting (on DVD+RW discs), and content protection.
The AR-230 is also a first-rate DVD player, featuring progressive-scan video outputs, Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound passthrough, MP3 CD playback (CD-R/-RW), and playback compatibility with most DVD media (including video-mode DVD-R and DVD-RW). You can load a disc full of JPEG images for a digital slideshow in the comfort of your living room.
Whether you already own an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the AR-230 stands ready to deliver the full potential of your DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a playback picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.
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| The AR-230 DVD player is equipped with high-end video outputs as well as digital-audio outputs for surround-sound passthrough. |
A single set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (one each of RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver.
What's in the Box
DVD recorder, remote control, remote batteries, an AC power cord, a 6-foot audio/video interconnect (stereo analog audio/composite-video), a 6-foot RF coaxial AV cable, a blank DVD+RW disc, a setup poster, and a user’s manual.
| CATEGORY: | Electronics |
| MANUFACTURER: | Gateway |
| FEATURES: | DVD player/recorder with camcorder-ready DV, composite-video, RF, and S-video inputs, Record from TV, VCR, or camcorder directly to DVD; up to 6 hours video recording per side (either DVD+R or DVD+RW), Progressive-scan output for seamless, flicker-free images on high-definition and HD-ready TVs, Plays MP3 CDs, JPEG image CDs, video mode DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs, Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound passthrough from coaxial and optical digital-audio outputs |
| TYPE: | 2520516, AR-230, 230, a-r230, a-230, gaitway, a230, r230, disc, movie, gate, way,, dvd-r, dvdr, player/recorder, recorder-player |
| MEDIA: | Electronics |
| MPN: | 2520516 |
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| UPC: | 827103006827 |
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Customer Reviews of Gateway AR230 Progressive-Scan DVD Player / Recorder
Stay Away!!!!!!!!! This is a poor product and the support is one notch below that! Don't be fooled by the price...in this case you don't even get what you pay for.
WORLD WIDE USE IS POSSIBLE! But it's a little quirky.
There is not much for me to add to the already well written mixed reviews here. Yes, the recorder is easy to set up, and yes the instructions are not very useful -- some details are left out. But electronically, the Gateway AR230 is pretty good for the MONEY. What do you expect to get for about 125 bucks? It does make good DVDs -- and for my purposes that is good enough.
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>But here is a bonus that no one mentioned. Unlike many other expensive recorders, the ultra light weight Gateway AR230 operates just as well on European 220 volt/50 Hz house current. That's right. I packed up my recorder and brought it to my apartment in Budapest. With great trepidation, at first, I put an adapter on the plug and plugged it into a 220 volt/50 Hz, hit the power button and waited for it to get fried. But no, it simply lit up. Here's the other part. I hooked the output up to a late model Grundig TV. This requires a little adaptation for hooking up the three (yellow-video, red-audio, white-audio) RCA cable to the European TV input (that's a multi pin plug which somewhat resembles the old computer SCSI cable plug). For some $10-15US in Hungary, it was no big deal to buy the adapter and European cable for hooking the Gateway AR230.
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>I also had a concern of whether or not the Gateway AR230 which in the U.S. plays nicely on a typical NTSC television set will also work on a PAL/SECAM television set. No problem. So then, I left the now Budapest Gateway AR230 hooked up to the Grundig TV set, and now have to buy a second one for my home in the U.S. But at about $125 a pop, that's not such a big outlay for DVD recorder which makes decent DVDs -- although it can take some tweaking to do so.
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>I almost rated this at 3-stars (beacuse of the poor user manual and quirky problems of the unit which I wound up with the first time). But considering its versatility, I have to in good conscience click on four stars. After receiving my second Gateway AR230 and testing it out, I'll come back here to write Part II of the review to complete the story (if Amazon.com lets me post it).
Another "Don't Buy"
In January of 2004 I bought a Gateway AR230. Within four days of getting it, it became obvious that the machine had major problems. I called their technical support number. After hearing the symptoms the tech promised to ship a replacement unit. It never arrived. After repeated promises from many Gateway employees between 6 February and 26 February, I finally called my credit card company and disputed the charge for the machine.
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>The following October, I received a letter from a collection agency hired by Gateway to extract "their" money from me for their doorstop which was, by now, stored on a shelf in my basement. On the advice of my attorney I sent this letter to the agency by certified mail. It sums up the situation pretty well.
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>Gateway did not acknowledge to you, however, that the merchandise was defective and, further, that Gateway was notified of the defect by telephone on multiple occasions beginning on February 6, 2004. At this time an employee of Gateway who identified himself only as Kevin made the statement that the defect was such that Gateway would ship a new unit and receive the defective one in exchange. He took my American Express account number "for security reasons" and gave me an order number of 81887662 that I could use in Gateway's internet package tracking system. He stated the demand for these units was such that a two-week period should be allowed for receipt of the merchandise.
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>After repeated internet queries using the order number showed no results, I called Gateway again on February 17. An employee identified only as Jason informed me that the order had been canceled. When I asked him why, he stated, "They don't even tell us these things." I asked to speak with his supervisor and was connected with a man identifying himself as JJ. After hearing my problem, he assured me that he would ship a replacement unit and receive the defective one. He gave me an order number of 80944429 and told me that it was unnecessary to take a credit card number for security purposes. I asked how I could be assured that this order would not be canceled and he stated that it was "already in the system".
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>Again, repeated internet queries failed to show the existence of my order number. Repeated calls to Gateway resulted in my being told to wait an additional twenty-four hours for the number to be placed in the system. An employee named Shirley - badge number 053 - told me that, indeed, the order "looked normal", gave me a "service number" of 2-1428307459, and told me that a lady named Jimella in Customer Service would personally call me if my order "hit a snag".
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>On February 19, I called American Express and told them of the problem I was having with Gateway. I was told that my Gateway purchase would be posted to my account on February 26 and I should call back after that date as they could not act in the matter until that time. I called Gateway again the same date informing them that failure to deliver the replacement for their defective merchandise by February 26 would result in my dispute of any charges on my American Express account.
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