Philips DVD-R80 Review

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Philips DVD-R80
2.4 stars
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rocky26's Review of Philips DVD-R80 DVD Recorder

3rd Jun 2004

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Image Quality
    5 stars
  • Features
    5 stars
  • Time DVD Recorder Owned
    Between 1 - 4 Weeks
  • Sound Quality
    5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    4 stars
Good Points

Quality - sound and vision; Guide +, Sky satellite compatibility.


Bad Points

Not the simplest device I've ever used!


General Comments

I bought the Philips DVD R80 DVD Recorder as a means of keeping stuff permenantly, working in tandem with a Sky+ satellite reciever. All I can say is that the R80 is perfectly suited to this role. The connectitvity from Sky+ to R80 to (widescreen) TV is RGB/Scart throughout, and consequently highest possible quality without direct digital connections. The Guide+ system works superbly, instructing the Sky+ to tune into whatever is demanded from the R80, although configuring Guide+ is less than trivial. Fortunately, once configured, using it is a snip! Note that you do need fairly good analogue UHF reception to maintian Guide+ as it gets its info from ITV analogue teletext type signals. When recording through Guide+, titles allocated to tracks are derived from the program title as known by Guide+. However, most of my recording is from the Sky+ HD, where no program info is available. Adding program titles is somewhat long-winded (R80 Disk Manager functions), but once done - and +R discs finalised, it is all available on regular DVD Players, so worth the pain! The R80 has been fairly tolerant of me pressing wrong buttons on its remote control, although I did think I had a fault when the Record lights (usually spectacular!) didn't work - I had inadvertablty turned the display off!

In summary, I'm impressed, and feel I have spent my DVD Recorder budget well. Top marks to Philips for this, if you are intending to use a DVD Recorder with Satellite or Freeview box (which already have their own HD), this IS the business!

I am marking perfect for everything except ease of use, because this isn't the easiest device I've ever come across - but managing such a rich feature set is never going to be easy!

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