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Matthew Fuller

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

Bought this 22 months ago. Had problems consistently since. As a DVD player, just like any other, with good quality image, and excellent upscaling feature for regular DVD's to HD TVs. Recordings are made to buffer then transferred to hard disk when ...

mjfuller44 05.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Philips DVDR 7300H

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Great value for money, does what its supposed to

Advantages: Good quality unit, top quality recording, versatile with blank media
Disadvantages: Badly designed remote, can be slow to respond when starting up

I have a freeview box with a built in hard drive which is excellent for recording programs at the touch of a button, however, what happens if those programs want to be watched by my friends at their house? I have to record to VHS which is rubbish quality ...

Danny.B 02.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Philips DVDR 3305

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Cracking recorder - mediocre player

Advantages: Price, Picture Quality, Build Quality, Connections
Disadvantages: Playback of pre-recorded and recorded discs

Having mulled for too long I finally bought a DVD recorder to replace our dying VHS. My criteria were +/- RW discs, and able to properly accept an RGB feed - oh and less than £150. This was the only "brand name" unit that met those requirements. Bu ...

delamarelyon 04.01.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Philips DVDR 3305

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Phillips dvdr3305 DVD Recorder

Advantages: Stlish, Excellent quality, all dvd formats supported
Disadvantages: Slow starting up

Hi, 1st let me just apologise if this review, like my previous is no good, as judging by some of the coments i might aswell not even wrote. Anyway have come back to do this to try and improve. Right, i won this dvd player about 13-14 months ago in a r ...

000bob000 23.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Philips DVDR 3305

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Beyond the VCR

Advantages: Guideplus; several recording modes; plays CDs and MP3s
Disadvantages: Freezes occasionally; missed programme endings

Setup Connecting the cables is relatively straightforward using the enclosed diagram. The first time I set it up, I couldn't get the electronic programme guide to work (probably because of a poor TV signal in my area), although I learned to live with it ...

rappinhood 20.07.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Philips DVDR80

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