Zenith DVR413 Multi-Format DVD Recorder
worthless before I even bought it
I was considering buying the DVR413. <br /> <br />However, the owner's manual is so poorly written that the basic capabilities of the unit cannot be determined. <br /> <br />All I wanted to do was find out if the chapters can be manually inserted afterwards, and/or named afterwards, for each disk type that it supports. <br /> <br />For example, the following nonsensical sentences are present: <br />1. Recordings can be edited the title/chapter <br />2. Any edited contents are not be compatible on regular <br /> <br />Zenith needs to employ someone who has a basic competency with the English language to review the manuals for errors prior to their being published.  A decent manual is as necessary as a decent product. <br /> <br />I'm not interested in buying a product if: <br />1. I don't know what it does <br />2. the product documentation is so poor that the only option is trial and error, aka \\"hope & pray\\" it does what you bought it for, and if not, return it. <br /> <br />I manage and use about 1000 manuals for all of the electronic and optical test equipment for a large test lab at a major semiconductor company, and I have rarely if ever had to level any sort of criticism at any electronics vendor in 16 years of doing so. <br />  <br />Zenith should be ashamed of themselves for producing such crap.  I am glad that I don't work for such a lousy and unethical company, nor amongst such incompetent and immoral employees and management who would allow such junk to be published. <br /> <br />I can only say that I'm glad I read the manual before buying it.