March 1st 2006

Hard Drive Recorder Prices Plummet

Maplin Electronics 250GB A12FK

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The UK is seeing a significant drop in the cost of hard drive recorders with some high capacity machines coming onto the market.

Leading the charge is the Maplin Electronics 250GB A12FK which will set you back just £230, a price that only 12 months ago would only have got you a DVD recorder without the flexibility of a hard disc.

The recorder itself is a DVD+R/RW unit with six different quality settings and a DV input on the front panel. Style-wise it won't set the market on fire being reminiscent of earlier LiteOn models, but in fact being manufactured by Yamada.

Talking of LiteOn, the DivX-playing LVW-5055GDL is now on sale for £217. This is a visual departure from previous LiteOn models and is the first one that we would actually be happy having on display in the living room. It also sports a 250GB hard drive, so that's around 300 hours of recording time.