Philips DVD-R890 Reviews

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Philips DVD-R890
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Average Ratings for Philips DVD-R890

  • Image Quality2.4 stars
  • Sound Quality2.4 stars
  • Features1.8 stars
  • Ease of Use1.4 stars
  • Value for Money1.3 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings1.3 stars
  • Overall Rating1.3 stars

14 Reviews For Philips DVD-R890

  • susy 5th Feb 2008

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    Good Points: Good when working okay. Got 3 years out of it.


    General comments: Wish i'd read the Philips DVD-R890 reviews first. My experience is as the other reviews - erasing stuff we didn't want erasing, making discs unplayable & undeletable & unrecordable.

  • ian sparks 1st Apr 2005

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    Just read all the other reviews - mine is as bad or even worse. Philips should be prosecuted - if it were a car it would be withdrawn from the market! DO NOT BUY!!!!!!!!

  • plunger 18th Dec 2004

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    Bought my Philips DVD-R890 Xmas 2002. Worked fine for 2months while using DVD+RW discs. Then tried to play a pre recorded disc unsuccessfully. I complained to the online retailer. They arranged collection and sent it back to Phillips in Holland. 2 weeks later it was back and worked fine - for another few months. Then it developed the same fault again. I wanted a replacement now, but was told this wasn't possible. Again it went back to Holland.
    It developed the same fault again last January.
    I ...

  • meliris Rank: Lance Corporal 10th Nov 2004

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    Don't even think about buying this product. Mine worked Ok for a few months, with little use, then simply trashed almost every disk I put into it. In some cases I lost programmes that had already been recorded onto the disc. Eventually, nothing worked. Philips didn't want to know and Debenhams, where I bought it, had ceased selling this type of electrical equipment. No surprise there then. I bought a LiteOn for £149, which works superbly - so far!!

  • cameroje 20th Oct 2004

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    See Above comments !!!!!!!
    The Philips DVD R890 works OK for a few months then ......TROUBLE

    Fails to see the disk !!!
    Disc error !!!!
    Still plays pre-recorded discs ok

    BUY SOMETHING ELSE ie NOT PHILIPS !!!!!

  • kgemes Rank: Lance Corporal 11th Apr 2004

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    Philips DVD R890 - DONT BUY THIS PRODUCT. If Philips had some integrity they would do a recall. This product works well for a few months but then starts acting up in various ways. Read reviews from this and other sites to get an idea of the many ways this machine can fail to work. In the case of my machine, after a few months it said 'No disc' whenever a disk was inserted. After repairs, it worked well for another 4-5 months and then the same problem returned. The fact that Philips refuses ...

  • stevepetch 10th Nov 2003

    Reviewer rating: 2.5 stars


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    The Philips DVD R890 impressed me when I bought it (excellent picture quality) but sadly that has all changed. When I try to record anthing, all works ok for 30 or so minutes then I get a red message bar with "Warning - Disc Fault" accompanied by a grinding noise. After several messages, the unit stops with a "Disc Error" message. I only hope Philips will take it back and fix it!

  • burjon 22nd Oct 2003

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    This is an indemic fault with both the Philips DVD R890 and 880 that after 3 months usage the machine just writes bad info onto disc, it then cannot read it meaning the disc can now be thrown in bin. Unfortunately this can mean losing some treasured recordings.

    Philips only answer is to keep dragging the machine back to the retailer for repair and offer no other support.

    Allin all would advise anybody to steer clear of this machine and Philips products as whole.

  • Amanda Straaten 20th Sep 2003

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    This worked well for about 4 months and then stopped recognising that there was a disk in the machine, initially on pre-recorded DVDs but then on ones I had done myself. We returned it to Empire who sent us a new one straight away, After 6 months this too is no longer reading discs and Empire are doing an unofficial recall although Phillips haven't had the decency to do so.

    All in All rubbish

  • jcglass 13th Sep 2003

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    After 8 months the Philips DVD R890 began to funtion erratically - just on pre-recorded DVDs - it still worked fine on DVD+RW from TV. It has now got so bad that I've had to return it.

  • beakerboy. 6th Jul 2003

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    After buying my Phillips 890 last autumn the first thing i noticed is that it would not playback dvds. every one of my collection of 100+ locked up on the title screen. as i had bought this as a recorder only, i did not care as i had my trusty toshiba. no complaints about picture quality on playback.....but it's so slow erasing. big probs started when i bought a dvd+rw drive for my computer. they don't like each other. +rw recorded on the comp would play on 890 but not erase on it, and vice ver ...

  • Ray. 15th Apr 2003

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    After 4 months of good use the dam thing kept ruining disks(not Finilising), it was returned to Miller Bro's where I bought it from and they sent it back to Philips, after 3 weeks I got it back and it has had new software installed, IE SP+ and EP+, It now can record 6 Hours on a RW disk, not bad Philips keep it up.

  • Mick. 11th Apr 2003

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    After owning my 890 for only 2 days things started to go wrong.
    The picture quality through the 890 in standby mode is fine, but in record mode the colour is drained and foggy?.
    Also the TV/DVD button only works occasionally and other times just locks the set up

  • jake. Rank: Lance Corporal 1st Mar 2003

    Reviewer rating: 2.5 stars


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    A very good machine when working, a bit apprehensive buying philips due to bad press on reliability in the brand, now machine has had to go back to Holland for repair after 6 months very light use..