Philips DVD-R610

I read reviews before i bought this but all I've played is about 20 dvd's and its open/close button fails. I chose it for its simplicity and straight forward functions but this is rubbish. complete waste of money.

i bought the philips-r610 dvd recorder on 5dec 2006 and i bought a 32" philips tv but that works good i all so bought a hts 3100 dvd home theater system i used this h.t.s 2 play dvd but that will not play dvd any more so i try 2 use the philips r610 dvd recorder 2 play dvd 4 the frist time but it keep telling no dics i paid 1.728.99euro 4 all 3 will the shop take it back i have the recit from the shop can any body tell me were i stand

Nothing but trouble from day 1, it has wiped discs that i recorded from TV, now it is bocked. Better off throwing it onto a bonfire!

Don't use it unless you don't care whether the programme will actually be recorded.

As someone else said - when it's good it's fairly good; when it's bad, it's bloody awful! I've thrown away at least 6 different - make DVDs which have been rendered useless by this machine, and until reading these reviews tonight, I thought it must have been something I was doing wrong. Included in this list of DVDs is Philips!!!

An example - I've used a Samsung dvd+rw for about three weeks now, without problem; suddenly it's told me that it's the wrong type of disc!!!!

Won't let Phillips equipment in my house !

I've had 18 months of trouble with my Philips DVD-R610 Recorder. The 610 was eventually replaced with the 3305, another equally bad machine, I think I'm on the 5th. I refuse to lie down and accept such bad service, I think Philips must dread hearing from me now. The machines are just totally incapable of working correctly. My latest replacement, 2 weeks old, is already showing faults, what a surprise, as if I'd expect anything else, but I'll carry on expecting repairs or replacements free of charge until they finally relent and give me a refund. However, if I'm recording a programme I really want to see, I make sure I set my £14.99 video recorder, which is reliable.

What a crock the Philips DVD-R610 DVD Recorder is. I needed a software update before we could even use it! Bad omen - oh yes! It was returned to Philips 3 times, as it kept losing memory, locked discs in the draw, and could not read the disc. It is the biggest waste of money I have ever had the misfortune to make.

I first bought a Philips DVD recorder in 2001. It went faulty almost immediately. Philips insisted that I sent it to Belgium for repair, but they then agreed to replace it with another model - by then much cheaper models were offering the same features as the beefy looking 1000. The replacement lasted several months, and this too developed similar faults, such as freezing and jumping several frames at a time. They repaired this (about 10 days) and the repair lasted a few months and started again. I will not bother to repair this heap of junk, but will buy a Panasonic instead.

If you want a machine to record as programmed, and be able to play them back... do not buy the Philips DVD-R610 DVD recorder. A total waste of money, and a really rotten Christmas present!!