Recording is made as simple as can be, with the option for instant record at the touch of a button or the ability to set times in advance. The one exclusion is the HDMI found on the DVD-R135, but if your television doesn't support it and you're not planning on it in the near future, then this system at $50 cheaper will save you some money. Everything is covered here including component, optical and coaxial. Setup is incredibly simple, and what the recorder may lack in inputs it makes up for with outputs. Though it's not as attractive as the DVD-R135, Samsung has still done a decent job with the aesthetics, finishing the unit in plain silver.
Once you've moved past these particular limitations the DVD-R130 is a decent little machine. Of course there is one advantage to ditching the hard drive and that's price DVD recorders come in at a fraction of the cost of hard disk recorders. If you're the kind of person who likes to record a lot, this means plenty of disc switching.
On the highest quality setting you can get approximately an hour's worth of recording time out of a single recordable DVD. The second problem is again not specific to the DVD-R130 but to all DVD-recorders. Worse still, if you plan to connect your existing set top box to the DVD-R130 you can only do so using a composite or S-video connection. A digital tuner would have made far more sense, improving the picture quality and increasing the number of channels, yet not adding much to the price. Foremost of these is the lack of a digital tuner. Seeing as the DVD-R130 is near enough identical to the DVD-R135 it's no surprise that it shares the same problems. Although sporting different outfits, both are essentially the same machine, with the primary difference being the lack of HDMI on the DVD-R130. Samsung's DVD-R130 is the little brother of its DVD-R135.
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