Philips DVD-R80 Reviews

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Philips DVD-R80
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Average Ratings for Philips DVD-R80

  • Image Quality4.3 stars
  • Sound Quality4.3 stars
  • Features3.7 stars
  • Ease of Use3.2 stars
  • Value for Money2.5 stars
  • Overall rating2.4 stars

14 Reviews For Philips DVD-R80

  • scotty33 17th Jun 2007

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    Good Points: Looks OK


    Bad Points: Forever crashing. Either doesn't record at all or says after recording "problem with disk". Thrown about a dozen disks out thinking they were faulty, but they work in friends recorders.


    General comments: Don't waste your money! Would not touch another Philips.

  • rrdhindsa 19th Jan 2007

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    Mine went wrong in the first 12 months but got it repaired under the warranty. Basically the DVD recorder stopped reading all discsclaiming they were empty when in fact they had previously been recorded onto. The repair job sorted it but now it has gone again. I have rung a service centre to find that it is a fixed price of £81 to repair. At that price, i'm looking elsewhere for a new DVD Recorder.

  • kaffytia123 3rd Oct 2005

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    The Philips DVD-R80 DVD recorder gave me disc error, after disc error, and I was unable to synchronise my Sky system to it. I was forever getting message 'no disc inserted' when we were trying to watch something. I eventually managed to copy from the TV, taking out the disc and cleaning it, then putting it back in, and half way through what I believed I had copied, up pops a film I copied weeks ago, although the DVDR80 erased the disc and told me it was empty, work that one out. My partner gave ...

  • rappinhood Rank: 2nd Lieutenant 23rd Aug 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    This DVD recorder is one of the best buys I've ever made. Since I purchased it over two years ago, my VCR has been packed away - and it's never coming out.

    The enclosed setup diagram made it easy to conect it to my other devices. The manual also guided you through the process of connecting external receivers and tuning channels. This process went smoothly.

    The DVDR-80 can record from two external receivers (satellite set-top boxes, to you and me). UK users beware, though: not all makes of ...

  • MattWearmouth Rank: Corporal 4th Jan 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Bought an R80 from rgbdirect for £230. Got it 2 days later but set it up and tray didn't work. I rang rgb and was said they will collect and deliver replacement. And they did all within week! great service. They actually rang us back within a few hours of us ringing them. New one worked great. Use it to record old videos. It's great you can put chapters in every 6 mins. Overall good to excellent recorder.

  • Greenfingers 2nd Nov 2004

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    Now on my second replacement DVD R80 unit, no better than before constant crashing of unit, will not manually record, Disc Error comes up all the time. Anybody that is thinking of buying one BE WARNED, IT WILL GIVE YOU HIGH BLOOD PRESURE, GREY HAIRS ETC, THERE ARE MUCH BETTER dvd recorders out there, oh and by the way Philips have now replace this with a newer model stange after only being introduced to the market 9 -12 months ago

  • dougrice Rank: Corporal 9th Jun 2004

    Reviewer rating: 2 stars


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    I bought this Philips DVD R80 DVD Recorder after rave reviews and because it play mp3s and records to +RW disks (so I can play them on other DVD players and then write over them when finished viewing) but most importantly for Guideplus.

    First impressions were good. Nice looking player especially when it is recording as the disk tray lights up red...very cool!

    The installation manual isn't the best for those not in the technical DVD know!

    Playback of mp3s is extremely impressive leaving ...

  • rocky26 Rank: Lance Corporal 3rd Jun 2004

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    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 ...

  • Clipper2 Rank: Lance Corporal 28th Apr 2004

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    When you place chapter markers on a DVD+R disc they can only be recognised by the Philips DVD R80 DVD Recorder itself. No other machine (including Philips players) will recognise them. Apparently it is OK if you use DVD+RW discs but you can't finalise them.

    Some people won't mind this problem, if they only play back their recordings themselves. But if you want to share your recordings with other people its not so good. But then again are any of the others? You never get the whole story. It ...

  • Daryl Maskell 16th Mar 2004

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I have had this Philips DVD R80 DVD Recorder for 6 months now, picture quality is outstanding and sound quality excellent.

    Very easy to use, program and set up using guide plus or manual setup.

    Not one

  • Mrs F Curtis 6th Mar 2004

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    I don't think the Philips DVD R80 DVD Recorder is good for someone who knows nothing about setting up a DVD - mostly if you are trying to set up Guide Plus

  • atrium 19th Feb 2004

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    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.

  • Nick Puig 6th Jan 2004

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    After hours of set up since 12/20/03 now 1/06/04, reading thru a very confusing manual the set up of the guide + system on the Philips DVD R80 is still not working. I took it back to where I bought it and they could not get it to work. I have a cable set up and now after calling the manufacturer Phillips they indicate that if I want to watch the TV for the next 24 to 32 hours it will be flickiring and changing channels for that time frame until the guide + inputs the TV channel data. This is inc ...

  • londonapprentice Rank: Lance Corporal 22nd Dec 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I received this Philips DVD R80 unit as a replacement for the Philips DVD880 (the predecessor to the DVDR70)which I wasn't 100% happy with. I thought it had been released too soon before the bugs were ironed out. The DVDR80 on the other hand was a big improvement. The GUI is exactly the same but the reliability had improved with no problems from any brand of DVD I used to record on. You can also download the latest firmware upgrade from Philips website which when burnt to a CD can upgrade the un ...