anyone got an OMNI DW2015 DVD recorder??

[fatsatman]

Have just got one of these units ,,anyone got any probs or tricks??

[jokiin]

Have just got one of these units ,,anyone got any probs or tricks??

i have used one of these and they are pretty straight forward, they work well.

[Detect]

Have just got one of these units ,,anyone got any probs or tricks??

I grabbed one of these on the weekend and I have to say that I'm pleasantly surprised by it. As for any issues, I have found one although I'm not too sure the recorder is the cause of it. When playing/recording cable tv through the unit the playback _during_ recording is sometimes _slightly_ jittery (like when a dvd player encounters a dirty part of the disc). Again, I'm not sure if it is the recorder or not because the actual recorded video plays through fine with no jitter. I've also had some record errors when recording on cheap and nasty DVD+RW discs but that was the disc and not the recorder. The recording quality is excellent in both HQ (1 hour recording per disc) and the setting just below HQ (2 hours per disc) with no noticable difference between the two when played on your average TV. Even in the lowest SLP setting (6+ hours per disc) the quality is pretty good depending on what you are recording. The RW discs had no problem playing on my other DVD players either. For $499 I dont really think you can go wrong as it also looks a lot better than the other budget DVD recorders out there at the moment with a nice mirror finish on it. I think the thing that annoys me the most is that cheap background image when it creates the menu on the disc. If anyone knows a way to get rid of that please let me know. I also read on another forum that the unit had problems with getting hot but in my experience it seems fine. My Foxtel box gets about twice as hot as the recorder so maybe that was just something related to his particular box. There are connections galore on the thing with component inputs/outputs, digital in and out and at least 2 svhs connectors. I have my xbox hooked up to it and its great when wanting to record those divX movies to DVD format to play on your average DVD player.

[tnitram]

I have just brought one of these dvds $499 great price however there is a definate problem running the foxtel cable through it. On watching normal tv the picture is out of sync. it is like it is running at 19fps not the pal 25fps.In setup it gives you the option to use ntsc or pal I opted for pal but tonite I will play aroun with the settings to see if I can get it sorted.

[Detect]

I have just brought one of these dvds $499 great price however there is a definate problem running the foxtel cable through it. On watching normal tv the picture is out of sync. it is like it is running at 19fps not the pal 25fps.In setup it gives you the option to use ntsc or pal I opted for pal but tonite I will play aroun with the settings to see if I can get it sorted.

Yeah that is the same problem i was having. How have you got the foxtel connected to it? My prob goes away by turning the unit off and on again which makes me think it is something that could be fixed with a firmware upgrade? Does anyone know which recorder it is based on?

[tleehm]

Also picked one up yesterday, not a bad unit for the price of it.

Issue I have so far are:

Running in NTSC mode generate frame skip as it convert PAL signal to NTSC and the colour is more red than normal.

Direct comparision with Philips R980 shows the Omni's video analog to digital encoder is slightly inferior. The Omni's video out is a little corse than the Philips.

The unit do gets a bit warm/hot under normal operation (even without recording). Perhaps a mod with extra fan would help (after warranty).

Will run it in as much as possible during the first week as Strathfield have the 7 days refund policy.

Thomas.

[jokiin]

Also picked one up yesterday, not a bad unit for the price of it.

Issue I have so far are:

Running in NTSC mode generate frame skip as it convert PAL signal to NTSC and the colour is more red than normal.

Direct comparision with Philips R980 shows the Omni's video analog to digital encoder is slightly inferior. The Omni's video out is a little corse than the Philips.

The unit do gets a bit warm/hot under normal operation (even without recording). Perhaps a mod with extra fan would help (after warranty).

Will run it in as much as possible during the first week as Strathfield have the 7 days refund policy.

Thomas.

If you run it past the 7 days but before the 30 days and you still think there are issues there is a new model coming (no model number assigned as yet) that I have tried which works better than the Omni and is in the same price range. You may be able to arrange an upgrade when this one arrives.

[tleehm]

Can you disclose which make and where it will be sold? (Guess Strathfield will sell this one as well)

Also in which aspect is this new model is better?

Thanks,
Thomas.

[jokiin]

Can you disclose which make and where it will be sold? (Guess Strathfield will sell this one as well)

Also in which aspect is this new model is better?

Thanks,
Thomas.

A few new models due to arrive soon, an XMS (model number not assigned yet) from the manufacturer of the original XMS750, also a LiteOn model due around the same time, details of the LiteOn here http://www.liteonit.com/DC/english/lvw_5001_2.htm


Both feature one touch recording

[andw]

Hi Jok11n, any ideas how long before they also have hard disk drives built in, so for the shows that you only want to tape, and watch later maybe once, you don't have to bother with putting in DVD R/RW discs?
Also, are there any that also have standard digital TV tuners built in?

[jokiin]

Hi Jok11n, any ideas how long before they also have hard disk drives built in, so for the shows that you only want to tape, and watch later maybe once, you don't have to bother with putting in DVD R/RW discs?
Also, are there any that also have standard digital TV tuners built in?

We have been looking for a model with hard drive but so far all of them have been very buggy, once someone gets it right we will have one, it's just a matter of time until they get it working properly. We are also currently looking for a recorder with built in digital tuner, they are only just starting to come on the market now, we'll probably have these before the hard drive models.

[tleehm]

After some extensive recording today, the unit does get rather warm. When it reach that state (after 1hr of recording), the video output starts to shows visible horizontal jitter. The jittering stop after recording stopped for 5 minutes (hence I concluded it's related to a heat problem).

There is another short coming, not possible to use RF to monitor the output (I know it's lesser quality, but having too many boxes already and all the AV in on my TV are already full).

Given the heat issue, I'm now a bit concern about keeping the unit (worried about the machine's reliability over months of use). Will probably take it back early this week.

Thomas.

[tnitram]

This unit has a serious problem with overheating.I stuffed around all weekend trying to discover what was causing the problem. But because it cools down so quickly once the unit is turned off and sometimes takes a while to reappear it makes diagnosing it difficult. I believe a fan is probably the only solution. Another problem I discovered is that with the cheapie disks available from Strathfield tha if you over record a disk that is try to fit too much on to it. the omni unit will not recognise it. So Isuggest you leave about 5mins blank.
I find the best method is to use a good quality dvd+rw and the copy the disk on to a cheapie disk using dvd copy on the computer

[tleehm]

I don't think it's difficult to install a small fan inside (one of those small fan use inside a PC, that can draw power from a Tee connector cable off the DVD drive), however there's no opening on the case (except the bottom) to allow for hot air to be drawn out by the fan.

But I just didn't want to loose the ability to return/exchange the unit, therefore I ended up returning it rather than trying to fix the heat problem.

Given it is a major engineering defect to overlook the heat issue, I would rather wait for a more decent machine than gamble whether it will fail from the heat.

Thomas.

[tnitram]

I don't think it's difficult to install a small fan inside (one of those small fan use inside a PC, that can draw power from a Tee connector cable off the DVD drive), however there's no opening on the case (except the bottom) to allow for hot air to be drawn out by the fan.

But I just didn't want to loose the ability to return/exchange the unit, therefore I ended up returning it rather than trying to fix the heat problem.

Given it is a major engineering defect to overlook the heat issue, I would rather wait for a more decent machine than gamble whether it will fail from the heat.

Thomas.
Has anyone been back to Strathfield re this issue? as they must have sold quite a few. And David Jones had these for sale at xmas. I know because i almost brought one then.

I assumed if 3mths later they were still selling them that they couldn't be that bad.

I will drop into Stathfield at lunchtime and have a talk to them.
Tony

[tleehm]

When I return the unit back to Strathfield, I explain to them about the over heating issue as the reason of returning. They reported it as a faulty unit, but not sure what they'll do with it (to put it back on the shelf for someone who's not as fussy or return back to the manufacturer).

To be honest, if it didn't have the over-heating issue, I would have kept it. How much more is it for the manufacturer to have the same unit built with a ventilation fan at the back (like most other makes)? :confused:

Thomas.

[jokiin]

When I return the unit back to Strathfield, I explain to them about the over heating issue as the reason of returning. They reported it as a faulty unit, but not sure what they'll do with it (to put it back on the shelf for someone who's not as fussy or return back to the manufacturer).

To be honest, if it didn't have the over-heating issue, I would have kept it. How much more is it for the manufacturer to have the same unit built with a ventilation fan at the back (like most other makes)? :confused:

Thomas.

Faulty units go back to the distributor for credit, in this case it will go to galas www.galas.com.au not all manufacturers put fans on the recorders, often the ones that do are quite noisy, some have them directly on the drive above the laser mechanism.

[tnitram]

I didn't get to Stathfield yesterday, but lastnight the bloody thing worked fine all night.Both in record and play modes. We started watching Pirates Of the Carabean on it but switched over to the Panasonic which has a better picture quality. As this unit is mainly being used to convert our analogue tapes to digital I am going to stick with it.It does a much better job that the computer and a lot quicker. In a few months by xmas say,all they should all be a lot cheaper.

[Detect]

Unfortunately the jitter problem still exists for me so I will be returning the unit.

Jok11n do you have any further information about when the new units are coming in as I've got about a week left to get it exchanged?

[emb170]

First of all i am new at this so please be gentle with me.
Now,i have just read all mails regarding omni dvd rec.
I got mine about a month ago,i have 3 intermittent problems.

1.A flicker when watching tv when bright colours occupy more than 50% of
the screen.
2.Frame skip like someone else has reported maybe caused by pal/ntsc.
3.Recorder crashes sometimes during recording.Have to pull plug to reset.
Hope this is disk related.I love my recorder,better than my old mono vcr.
Can any one help?