Nice compact VCR
Advantages: Small, fast rewind, stereo, very simple to operate
Disadvantages: Rubbish display on front of unit
A good basic VCR at a good price. Ours was purchased from Dixons for under £100 a few years ago. It's taken a bit of a hammering as it has been used to convert old VHS tapes to DVD format, so has had constant cueing, stopping, rewinding and fast forwardin ...
 Mr__Steve 27.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Philips VR630
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Too cheap to be good?
Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Too simple, remote control poor
I think that this video recorder is too basic. There is no counter, which, as a teacher, makes it hard for me to move around when preparing for school. The timer control runs through a menu system on the TV, which is pretty standard, but you can never b ...
julianoxford 01.06.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Philips VR840
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my philips video
Advantages: quick at rewinding
Disadvantages: quite a few... read on to discover what they are
I've had this video since my cheap old one packed up on easter monday, and in the middle of recording something, very annoying indeed! I searched the net for the best deals on what looked like the best video recorders. Over the past seven months, I'm afra ...
leg-end 14.10.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Philips VR740
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Stylish, Reliable, Value-for-Money Video Recorder
Advantages: Cheap, Reliable, Easy to use
Disadvantages: Poor instruction manual, Noisy
If you want a good, simple, value-for-money video recorder then this might just be the one for you.
It won't win any prizes for state of the art technology or superior quality, but it has all the functions that your average user needs: play and record ...
stuartrider 13.12.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Philips VR 550
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This VCR could be for you it was for me.
Advantages: Set up from VCR no need for tele to be on. Easy installation
Disadvantages: Rather large No Scart leads supplied Remote buttons fiddly
I found it hard to use at first but the more you use it the more you find out about it .There are lots of good features , Automatic channel search Vidio plus PDC, and you can also record satellite channels
if you have a reciever. i find this quite di ...
Cleansheet 18.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Philips VR 750
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