Burning Desire
Three new spins on the modern DVD recorder
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Samsung DVD-TR520
RECORD/PLAYBACK PERFORMANCE
All results for the progressive-component output. Test patterns were 4:3.
| Recording mode | XP (1-hour/ DVD) |
SP (2 hours) | LP (4 hours) | EP (6 hours) | EP (8 hours) |
| Video encoding | MPEG-2 | MPEG-2 | MPEG-2 | MPEG-1 | MPEG-1 |
| Recorded pixel count (horiz. x vert.) | 720 x 480 | 720 x 480 | 352 x 480 | 352 x 240 | 352 x 240 |
| Video bit rate with Avia resolution test pattern (megabits per second) | 8.0 Mbps | 8.0 Mbps | 3.9 Mbps | 3.0 Mbps | 3.0 Mbps |
| Onscreen resolution (lines, horiz. x vert.) | 540 x 480 | 540 x 480 | 260 x 480 | 260 x 240 | 260 x 240 |
| All Audio Encoding: 2-channel Dolby Digital All Audio bit rate (kilobits per second): 256 kbps |
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DVD PLAYBACK PERFORMANCE
All results for the progressive-component output. Test patterns were 16:9 widescreen except for onscreen resolution.
Vertical luminance response (re level at 100 lines)
200/300/400 lines: ±0/±0/±0 dB
Horizontal luminance response (see notes)
4/6/8/10 MHz: -0.45/-1.6/-3.7/-6.9 dB
12/13.5 Mhz: -11/-13 dB
Onscreen resolution: 540 lines (4:3 image)
In-player letterboxing: good
