Philips DVDR3305 Reviews

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Philips DVDR3305
1.8 stars
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Average Ratings for Philips DVDR3305

  • Image Quality3.3 stars
  • Sound Quality3.2 stars
  • Features2.1 stars
  • Ease of Use1.5 stars
  • Value for Money1.3 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings1.5 stars
  • Overall Rating1.8 stars

12 Reviews For Philips DVDR3305

  • Guest 3rd Nov 2009

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    After a few months seemed to be unresponsive to handset very little available on recorder
    Eventually a LOADING message appeared on the front and locked up

    Very poor value for money . Will be staying away from Philips in the future

  • Guest 7th Dec 2008

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    Given up with it, its too unreliable. I'm looking for one that works properly. Often fails to recognise discs. Fails occasionally to record on timer. Has failed completely to recognise new Philips own brand DVV+RW x8.

  • Guest 24th Dec 2007

    Reviewer rating: 2.5 stars


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    Bought this machine in September 2006, the rating I have given is the mean - reason, it's the first one I've owned so I can't make a comparison - Isn't that the meaning of ratings? The DVDR3305 has always recorded perfectly with the correct disc. Replays anything recorded on the machine itself or on my PC. Plays commercially recorded discs. Erases, re-writes, no problem. Just love it. It's as easy to use as a VCR and much more versatile. Viewable fast-forward or reverse at 16X, frame-by-frame pa ...

  • PaulJW 2nd Dec 2007

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    I find the Philips DVDR3305 unreliable - you never know if it will record or not; often states that a disc is faulty or unknown when it has already recorded 6 programmes on the same disc.

  • jackieclaire 10th Nov 2007

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    I Won't buy philips again. There are too many bad points on this Philips DVDR3305 DVD recorder to mention, and no good points!

  • thompsonsp 20th Jul 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Apart from some of the discs erroring which means I have to re-record the program again, I think the machine is worth the money. I have read a lot of bad reviews about this machine and think most of the bad points to be irrelevant, after all It isn't exactly an expensive machine.

  • tom 15th Feb 2007

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    I have had 4 replacements from Philips for this DVDR now... they keep on telling me that either there is nothing wrong with it or that my discs are already broken. Seeing as they come straight from the cellophane i can't believe this is the root of the problem.

    The recorder is set to record and then doesn't or does record but then says faulty disc when I power back on. If I record and then overwrite it exacerbates the problem. Utterly un-reliable. You would have thought Philips would have ...

  • Len Millward 17th Sep 2006

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Bought the Philips DVD3305R from Sainsburys. After spending 3 days trying to get it to work, gave up and called in the local TV Engineer, the supplied scart lead was no good! After heated discussions, Sainsburys agreed to refund the cost of a replacement scart lead. It then worked.

    If you set manual recordings, it freezes after 20 minutes or so of recording. The machine will not work again unless you unplug it from the mains and reset it!

    Using "PLUS" is normally OK but if the progra ...

  • badbanana 14th Mar 2006

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    I have just taken my Philips DVDR3305 back to Comet and replaced it with a Panasonic DMR-E55-EBS.

    Where do I start?

    Firstly, it often displayed the message 'Unknown disc type', even when I took a brand new DVD out of its cellophane and put it straight into the machine! This message came up frequently and for no apparent reason. It didn't seem to matter if the disc was new, old, scratched, dirty, whatever. Cleaning a dirty disc made no difference and, as I say, even brand new discs got the ...

  • send Rank: Lance Corporal 20th Jan 2006

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    The Philips DVDR3305 DVD Recorder is difficult to use in comparison to other DVD recorders that I have used. The remote control is very poorly designed as the buttons are too small and tightly packed together. I'm always pressing the wrong buttons. It doesn't even have proper fast forward and rewind buttons, you have to use the left-right cursor buttons for this function. But if you have a menu up, or if you're in editing mode, then the only way that you can fast forward or rewind is to hold dow ...

  • KeithMac 19th Dec 2005

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    I have just come back from Tesco's with the Philips DVDR3305 DVD recorder to quickly record the ghost stories for Christmas on BBC4 before it was too late. The first thing that struck me was that there was a Christmas card from a previous owner lying inside the box! Also the coax lead was missing, and the batteries had been inserted into the remote control. It's definitely going back to the shop, and I will never trust Tesco's to supply me with electrical goods again, or Philips for that matter. ...

  • philipgreen Rank: Lance Corporal 14th Dec 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I purchased my Philips DVDR3305 last week, and it cost £125 from my local Comet. It works well, and the sound and video are excellent, and it never fails to record programmes.

    I recommend this as a replacement for a video tape VHS (have not tried copying DVD's or Camcorder or Video tape onto it).

    I use Philips DVD+RW and they work in all my DVD players. Excellent!! Does exactly what it says on the box.

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Main characteristics: DVD Type: DVD Recorder Number of Discs: 1 Playable Disk Types: DVD Video VCD SVCD DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R DVD+RW CD (Audio) CD-R CD-RW Picture CD Playable File Format more details...