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Advantages: easy to use, has video plus, inexpensive
Disadvantages: without DIVX playback and no DTS decoder.

This DVD recorder is a good buy I paid just £99 3 years ago and have had no problems with it. Scart Sockets..............2 DVD+R ................. compatible playback DVD+RW............... compatible playback PAL/NTSC playback (region 2 only) Colour................................ silver. Dimensions........................ 7.0 x 44.0 x 25.0(H/W/D)cm Digital Tuner...... no Progressive Scan..... no DVD+R recording format...........yes DVD-R ...
...yes DVD-RAM recording format...... no CD compatible playback .......... yes DivX playback............................... no VCD compatible.......................... no CDR compatible playback............no SACD compatible playback......... no MP3 compatible playback............. no DVD-R compatible playback ....... yes DVDRW compatible playback....... yes CDRW compatible playback ........... no JPEG compatible playback.............. yes ... Read review

Advantages: Guide+ (when it works), big hard drive, HD upscaling
Disadvantages: poor DVD burning, slow interface, regulary locks up and recordings fail

...complete loss of guide info and timer setups on increasingly regular basis. Philips were pretty good at sorting problems during warranty period, but now simply suggest to me that unit is beyond repair and better to buy new one. Perhaps it is better NOT to buy Philips in future! ... Read review

Advantages: picture,sound,menu's,dvd menu's,memory card slot
Disadvantages: no hdmi socket

ive owned this product for a number of years now and its great the only things lacking in my opinion are 1. hdmi output 2. even bigger hard drive ((mine now has)) ive upgarded my hard drive for a samsung 250gb one and so now its even better , my new samsung dvd recorder is now gone to the junk room minus its 250 gb hd, the menu syatem and burning screens are much better on panasonics than samsungs!! most dvd's ive used with this product have worked ...
...and great using component out sound quality is also good and better via the optical out !! if your looking for a dvd recorder that does the job well and that you will be pleased with then look no furrther unless you want hdmi output upscalling or a bigger hard drivem but then again you can always upgrade the hdd ... Read review

Advantages: Hard Disk recording, time shifting, 8hr recording on dvdr, firewire input
Disadvantages: can't record directly to dvdr, 5min chapters, can't adjust timeshift buffer

...the firmware first from the Philips website. You will have to play it from the beginning or select chapters. The chapters are automatically inserted at 5 min intervals, again a feature which cannot be adjusted but only turned off completely. From the same menu you can Name recordings, delete or protect them from deletion and transfer them to a dvdr/rw. The dvdr 3300h accepts the +/- r/rw formats and also +r DL. You can select various recording qualities ...
...new firmware/software fixes from the Philips website. Support there looks quite good but don't expect a speedy reply to any email you send. I am currently have my recorder hooked up to my security cameras. The timeshift buffer is very valuable here because if anything happens you can just rewind and save the bit you want while it continues to record. Apart from the useless features, the recorder performs well enough and the quality is great. I ... Read review

Advantages: Big HD, HDMI, DIVX
Disadvantages: Can't copy DIVX to HD ,won't play mpegs off dvd or cd.

I spent a long time looking for a DVD recorder that had a built in hard drive and could also play back divx files. As it turned out there are few options. It boiled down to this and several LG models which i learnt could not fast forward and rewind divx which made them useless to me. Even though this was the only unit that met my requirements im very pleased with it. First i'll talk about connections. It has 2 Scart sockets both of which are RGB ...
...critisiscm with connections is that the unit doesn't pass through RGB when the recorder is switched off or in standby. The unit needs to be on to pass it through. Picture quality is excellent, im connected through an RGB Scart so aren't seeing the picture in all its glory but its cetainly very good. Divx/Xvid playback is also excellent, the picture quality is very good, far better than my old Divx dvd player. I have lots of 20 min divx TV episodes ... Read review