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If anyone's considering buying a Philips DVD recorder they might want to wait a couple of months until the new models come out, because the company's current recorders seem to be riddled with bugs.
Faults are so widespread that on the pro DVD+R forum they're now running polls to try and chart the extent of the problem, and the results are simply shocking....
http://www.dvdplusrw.org/cgi/forum/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=4;t=4832
The problems are seemingly endless, including machines gradually refusing to read pre-recorded disks, switching off during recording, the timer not working, the machine locking up completely, white-outs during recordings from video, failure to finalise disks, blocky lines appearing in recordings and successfully recorded disks later refusing to be recognised.
A general browse of the forum reveals endless tales of woe....
http://www.dvdplusrw.org/cgi/forum/ikonboard.cgi?;act=SF;f=4;st=0
I have to say I'm surprised there's not more widespread coverage of the problems with these Philips recorders, in home cinema magazines or mainstream media such as TV shows like Watchdog.
It's also frustrating that these Philips standalone recorders are seemingly selling very well yet have a monopoly on DVD+R, so if you want to adopt this increasingly popular format you've currently no choice but to buy a machine that has a good chance of being riddled with problems and bugs.. :(
Desk
Had mine a month now and no problems...:confused:
Originally posted by Desk
It's also frustrating that these Philips standalone recorders are seemingly selling very well yet have a monopoly on DVD+R, so if you want to adopt this increasingly popular format you've currently no choice but to buy a machine that has a good chance of being riddled with problems and bugs.. :(
Or you could go for dvd-r which costs less and is just as good.
Originally posted by dtsrules
Or you could go for dvd-r which costs less and is just as good.
I agree :) Indeed, the only reason Philips DVD recorders are so cheap now is because they (philips) are distributing machines to dealers at the price it costs them to make them....
Faults are so widespread that on the pro DVD+R forum they're now running polls to try and chart the extent of the problem, and the results are simply shocking....
http://www.dvdplusrw.org/cgi/forum/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=4;t=4832
The problems are seemingly endless, including machines gradually refusing to read pre-recorded disks, switching off during recording, the timer not working, the machine locking up completely, white-outs during recordings from video, failure to finalise disks, blocky lines appearing in recordings and successfully recorded disks later refusing to be recognised.
A general browse of the forum reveals endless tales of woe....
http://www.dvdplusrw.org/cgi/forum/ikonboard.cgi?;act=SF;f=4;st=0
I have to say I'm surprised there's not more widespread coverage of the problems with these Philips recorders, in home cinema magazines or mainstream media such as TV shows like Watchdog.
It's also frustrating that these Philips standalone recorders are seemingly selling very well yet have a monopoly on DVD+R, so if you want to adopt this increasingly popular format you've currently no choice but to buy a machine that has a good chance of being riddled with problems and bugs.. :(
Desk
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Had mine a month now and no problems...:confused:
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Originally posted by Desk
It's also frustrating that these Philips standalone recorders are seemingly selling very well yet have a monopoly on DVD+R, so if you want to adopt this increasingly popular format you've currently no choice but to buy a machine that has a good chance of being riddled with problems and bugs.. :(
Or you could go for dvd-r which costs less and is just as good.
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Originally posted by dtsrules
Or you could go for dvd-r which costs less and is just as good.
I agree :) Indeed, the only reason Philips DVD recorders are so cheap now is because they (philips) are distributing machines to dealers at the price it costs them to make them....
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