Philips DVDR 3380 DVD Recorder

Advantages: Simple to use and good functionality.
Disadvantages: Startup is a little slow.

...Just like the other user, I too had this issue with the recording problem with Philips brand 4x+RW discs. Having had some prior experience with PC drives, I logged onto the Philips website (search for 'P4C' ) and burned the firmware update for this recorder onto a CDRW. After updating the set, it was able to record onto the philips discs! It also seems to be able to record on most minus format discs and a few +RDL discs. Video and audio quality is OK. Build quality is OK. Remote is uncluttered but the multifunction buttons (FFWD is long-press of chp fwd) needs getting used to. The main gripe I have is the long start up time but it seems that all recorders have this issue. HDD-based recorders, it seems, can have even longer startup times depending on the number of titles in the HDD! Why can't DVD recorders be like their...

Amonds 20.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Philips DVDR 3380

Recording Digital TV to Hard Disc - Must Have

Advantages: 14day Electronic Programme Guide-Simultaneously Watch a recording and record 2 other programmes
Disadvantages: The temporarily restricted power of terrestrial digital transmissions

...This gadget is a Twin Tuner 'Digital Video Recorder' (DVR), or 'Personal Video Recorder' (PVR) which records to its own 80GB Hard Disc Drive. It can receive and record Digital Terrestrial (received through a rooftop aerial) Free-to-air TV At around £125 (£90 'refurbished') it is not much more expensive than a video recorder but can do a lot more. In many areas the extra cost of an aerial upgrade needs to be taken into account but no monthly fee or other subscription is needed, and there is no facility for decoding pay-per-view digital programmes (TUTV) We watch a lot of TV but have to hunt for anything interesting and the FVRT200 makes this as easy as possible. Because it displays lists of all programmes for 2 weeks ahead, with synopses, on the TV screen where they can be selected, the amount of button pressing is minimised...

tranx 13.06.2006 (19.07.2007) · Read review
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Review of Digifusion FVRT200 Digital Video Recorder

Little Philips Televison/Video Combi

Advantages: See Review
Disadvantages: See Review

...tune in the television channels for you. The video play and record facility is well set out and I find it simple to use. The buttons on the set itself and the control are clearly labelled and well set out. I reckon a ten year old kid would be able to work this out. INSTRUCTIONS The instruction manual, as ever, is very easy to read and interpret. I find that Philips layout their manual, with the least technically orientated individual in mind. I think it has been logically set out and arranged, in order that the person reading it can easily indentify what they are looking for. The contents and index make it easy to navigate through and find your query. The text size and font is very easy to read, not too small and a basic font. There are no dense bodies of text, all of the information is split into clearly headed sections. I was looking...

thespurs 23.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Philips 14PV 217

Phillips DVDR70 recorder

Advantages: Very realiable, solid machine
Disadvantages: One or Two niggles from slowness to not liking cheaper discs

...in the same way! Including Sony and Panasonic models. Neither lasted 12 months and yet cost at least as much as this machine did. Very easy to set up the timer to record, and it works well with both Sky and Freeview TV set up. The booklet that came with it was comprehensive and easy enough to read and use. We arent great technically at this sort of thing, but we managed to have it set up and running within an hour using just the booklet. Okay onto the niggles. First of all, it can be slow waiting for it to all set itself up to work! You need a bit of patience when you power up and go to use it. Its fairly slow on command from the remote. You can only use +R or +RW discs. It tends to completely reject a lot of cheaper discs and gives a lot of disc errors as a result. We now have started using only Phillips Discs (we can get them...

runetune 28.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Philips DVDR70

Digifusion FVRT200 Hard Drive Recorder

Advantages: Twin tuner, ease of use, easy to navigate remote control, 14 day EPG
Disadvantages: Needs good reception, makes some running noises

...I have had this product for almost 2 years now and I can honestly say that I couldn't live without it now! Ease of Use The set-up is pretty self-explanatory but if in doubt the manual is very helpful. Once all set up it's relatively easy to use. Channel surfing is as you would expect, but there is also an electronic program guide which you can access by the cleverly named "guide" button on the remote! Setting programs to record is easy too, however I found that when setting several programs to record in one go a little tiresome as you have to go through several screens, the interface could have been a little smoother. Again, to play what you've recorded it's easy peasy. There's a library button marked on the remote which makes it virtually foolproof to access, particularly for people like my Mum who is a little nervous around...

lwp04rsl 15.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Digifusion FVRT200 Digital Video Recorder

Stylish, Reliable, Value-for-Money Video Recorder

Advantages: Cheap, Reliable, Easy to use
Disadvantages: Poor instruction manual, Noisy

...stylish and is very reliable, as you would expect from any Philips product. The only thing to note is that it is a 'midi' design, meaning that it is slightly more compact that your average VCR or DVD machine (approx. 360x226x92 mm) - something to consider if you are going to place several devices together. The VCR comes with 4 video heads, Nicam Stereo and an Auto Head Cleaner, all of which help to improve the picture and sound quality of recorded programs. It can also play videos from NTSC region (e.g. USA). It also has a Turbo Drive function which enables very fast rewinding and forwarding of video tapes as well as an on screen display which tells you how much tape has been used and how much is remaining - very useful if you are thinking of squeezing another program on the end of that tape but aren't sure if there is enough space...

stuartrider 13.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Philips VR 550

Great S-VHS Video Recorder

Advantages: Great Build Quality, Great Picture, Great Sound
Disadvantages: Simple Features, Cheap Remote Control.

...The Phillips VR1000 offers great quality but only simple features. I chose the VR1000 because its recording quality in S-VHS tapes is superb and because it’s black. I’d looked at the equivalent JVC models, which appeared to only be available in silver or champagne. Whilst I liked the features and picture quality, I didn’t feel like replacing all the other units in my home cinema system to match them. I can’t praise the picture quality of the VR1000 enough – it’s so close to perfect you’d never notice. Sound quality is also top notch. On the down side, I’m not impressed by the features which I think should be better on a modern VCR – no facility to change satellite channel, no super fast re-wind and no catalogue facilities. Also, unlike some modern S-VHS machines the VR1000...

astraugh 16.04.2001 (28.04.2001) · Read review
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Review of Philips VR1000

Philips DVDR-1000 DVD Recorder

Advantages: Record onto DVD, Picture Quality, Remote Control, Features
Disadvantages: Standard Box, Chunky, Size, Picture, Price,

...the '+' version. Confused? Not surprising so when I had the opportunity to play with the new Philips DVDR-1000 recordable, I was not expecting an easy time in front of the box. Surprisingly, this machine put all our fears to rest and more. The Philips DVDR-1000 is one of the first stand alone DVD players that can record content off TV, video or another DVD player in the DVD+RW format. The biggest advantage of this format is that it is the most backwards compatible with the existing DVD player market out there at the moment. In the time I had this unit, all recordings onto the DVD+RW disc would playback on all players ranging from the recent Sony DAV-S300 Dream System right down to the first generation Pioneer DV-505. The only player that had issues with this disc was the Playstation 2 console. There are so many features that this player...

whitedevil 03.08.2003 · Read review
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Review of Philips DVDR1000

A basic DVD Recorder with DIvX support

Advantages: View video and pictures direct from your Computer DATA DVDs
Disadvantages: You need a PC with a DVD burner to create your DivX format DATA DVDs

...I bought this DVD recorder for my mother so she could enjoy almost twice as many videos and pictures before she needs to change DVDs thanks to the Philips DVDR 3380 supporting the great quality compressed DivX video format. This means that a whole series of the TV programmer 24, her current viewing of choice, can fit onto 2 DVDs as DivX video instead of 4 DVDs in VOB DVD-Video format. The Philips DVDR 3380 offers all the connectivity you would expect to support all video sources in your non-HD video environment. Twin SCART sockets allow your VHS video recorder or your SKY/cable service box to be connected to the recorder and then looped through to the TV using the second SCART connection allowing you to enjoy them on your TV without first having to turn on the DVD recorder. These SCART connections also allow the recorder to access...

bigdoug 30.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Philips DVDR 3380

* Girls On The Record *

Advantages: Fans will love it!
Disadvantages: None!

...Girls Aloud are a British girlband consisting of five members ; Nadine Coyle , Cheryl Cole , Sarah Harding , Nicola Roberts and Kimberly Walsh. Girls Aloud were formed on the reality television show ; Popstars The Rivals in 2002. Since then they have become a huge success. To date they have had eighteen top ten singles , including three number ones. Their style of music consists of pop and electro pop. Girls Aloud : Off The Record was actually a six-part series that Girls Aloud recorded for E4. The series was then released on DVD in the United Kingdom in 2006. The show comes under the reality-tv genre. The show follows Girls Aloud on their day to day life as part of one of Britian's top girl bands.. It wasn't until recently that I knew about this DVD when I saw it sitting on a shelf in Woolworths for £6. I enjoyed watching this...

xdonzx 30.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Girls Aloud - Off The Record (DVD)