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| Image Quality | 6.2/10   |
|---|---|
| Sound Quality | 6.8/10 |
| Features | 6.1/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5/10 |
| Value for Money | 3.9/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 3.6/10 |
| Overall Rating | 3.4/10 |
By joe roscoe
on 14th Jan 2004
| Value for money | 9/10 |
|---|---|
| Overall value | 8/10 |
 joe roscoe's recommendation | |
Great price, good styling, clear, easy to understand manual, component & s-video inputs and outputs.
The remote control could be laid out better.
I bought this Philips DVD R75 dvd recorder on 01/07/2004 to record primarily some non-copy protected VHS movies and home videos shot on tape.
I tested the finished DVD's on three other DVD players I have... a Sony DVP-S360, a Apex AD-600A ( yes, the one with the loophole menu) and a Panasonic DVD-F85 carousel player for compatability and was pleasantly surprized!
The Sony and Panasonic played both the finalized +R and +RW discs instantly, while the Apex would not play the +RW disc but played the finalized +R discs perfectly!. (There is a "fix" noted in the manual for older players that won't play +RW discs but I did not try it yet).
I also tried various recording modes and found they ALL played well (especially the 1, 2 & 2 1/2 hour modes), source material is important here.
All other functions I tried ( I tried most of them) worked as advertized.
I did not download any firmware up-dates as I have encountered no problems.
There is a web-site I found that extoles the virtues of the +RW/+R format (dvdplusrw.org), it's loaded with useful information.
I did not try any timed recordings yet but I've read there may a few problems.
Overall I'm impressed and you can't beat the price!
| Helpful | Unhelpful | Agree | Disagree |
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| 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Respect: +19
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