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Review of Philips DVD-R80 DVD Recorder

By atrium on 19th Feb 2004

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no atrium's recommendation

Good Points

records tv

Bad Points

guide plus useless with a Sky Pace box

General Comments

Do not buy this Philips DVD R80 DVD Recorder if you have Sky Digital and a Pace satelite box. The are "unsupported" but they don't tell you that until you can't get guide plus to work!

what a let down.

Philips are going to go down the plug hole if they keep messing up like this.

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5 Comments on Review by atrium for Philips DVD-R80 DVD Recorder

  1. vickytom9 on 24th Feb 2004

    I have Sky Digital and a first generation Pace box and the system works as it should. Excellent recorder!

  2. philips loser on 2nd Mar 2004

    I have a NTL pace box, and on my 4 telephone conversation with Phlips I have now been told that the Guide plus does not work with NTL, its something they are looking into.

  3. mikeharrison on 15th Apr 2004

    See www.redremote.co.uk/dvdr80.html for info on setting up GuidePlus with NTL and Telwest STBs.

  4. philips loser on 15th Apr 2004

    Been though everything, the redeye lead is so the DVD can change the channels over on the NTL box. But you have to get the guide plus to recognise the NTL first, which is something Philips have told me they are looking into it. Just downloaded a new firmware (05/04/04) hopefully its fixed.

  5. apprentice Rank: Sergeant on 19th Apr 2004

    I disagree, I have a SKY Digital PACE box and this recorder works with no problems. You can update the firmware on the drive, visit the Philips website and go to the DVD recorder product page, you'll see instructions and downloads to update the firmware, which I have done 3 times now. Though I had no problem with the PACE box prior to these upgrades either.



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