Philips DVDR75 review and performance

I guarantee you will have problems with the Cyberhome DVD Recorder...so what I suggest is you record your little heart out, and then at the end of 90 days, or say at 85 days if it gives you an error, immediately go back to Walmart because they'll take it up to 90 days...I too owned the Cyberhome DVD Recorder. I recorded 80 movies perfect, then when I recorded 3 more, it would not finalize, and kept giving me an error. Lucky for me, I did a year's worth of recordings in a 55 day period...So go crazy, but don't be surprised if you have probs...I say go get the Phillips at Tweeter for $299.00 with the shipping included!
-Catherine

 

People cleaned out the inventory at tweeter so 6ave is the cheapest now. I am thinking about the Philips DVDR80 instead of the 75. $377 - What am I paying the extra $77 for besides being the newest model?

 

The DVDR80 has guideplus. It records on dvd-r and dvd-rw as opposed to the dvdr75's dvd+r/+rw

 

Hey Dmelgar,

You seem to have more experience with the Philips, perhaps you can help me with an issue......

If I stop playing a pre-recorded disc, or open the tray, when I hit play or close the tray, the disc resumes playing where it left off. OK, fine... I am not especially fond of this feature, and previously I was able to disable it. Since flashing the new firmware, and re-setting everything, I can't seem to turn the feature off!

I don't remeber what I did! Like the manual says, I was able to turn "auto resume" off in the disc menu. However, discs still resume where they left off! I'm all, what's up with that? I don't believe the firmware upgrade is causing any problem...everything else is cool....

Help appreciated!

renderman

 

unplug unit, let stand 5 min, replug go to menu turn off auto resume it will then work

 

Hey ret27m40,

Thanks for the tip, unfortunately it did not work for me. Turning "auto resume" on or off does not make a difference......"auto resume" is always ON regardless of setting. Gee, I hope flashing the BIOS didn't screw the unit up! All other parameters are fine....
Scared now....CyberHome memories are coming back!!!

I will e-mail Philips support, and see what they say. I can live with this flaw (or whatever), but would rather be able to turn auto resume OFF.

I still LOVE THIS MACHINE regardless!

Thanks,
Renderman

 

"Auto Resume" update....

A fast response from Philips support, says that my recorder is functioning as it should. (Glad to hear that!). They say the only way to disable "auto resume", is to hit the stop button twice. Yeah, that works, but I don't understand why there is a menu option of yes or no in the first place? Philips did not address this question. Perhaps "auto resume" is related to another parameter? Who knows....Anyway, if it ain't busted, don't fix it!

BTW, the Philips DVDR75 performance is 200% better than the CH 1500, in my opinion. The remote is kinda gay, but after some practice, it gets better. Gee, I would hate to lose the remote, 'cause it don't look like you can do much without it!

Cheers!

 

ya i agree renderman, im thinking about buying another remote JUST in case.

 

Hello again ret27m40......

I am also interested in getting a spare remote control, but I don't want to do the leg work.

PLEASE post your findings i.e. price, availability, how to purchase, etc.

Thanks...
Renderman

 

Will do ill start the leg work today.

 

I talked to customer care again at Philips, the man I spoke with said that the remote for the Philips DVD Recorder 75 is $45.00 + state tax + $9.25 UPS Shipping...If anyone wants to order one, just call:
1-800-531-0039 and follow the simple prompts for a DVD Recorder....their hours are 7:00 am to 10:00 pm Eastern Standard Time Monday thru Sunday...

 

Hey Catherine,

Thanks much for the remote info.....



Renderman

 

Save 10 bucks on NEW remote replacement!

One (1) left on ebay.....NEW/sealed

I bought one.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=61241&item=3089796057&rd=1


Renderman

 

I Love Ebay! That's cool!...check this out...so I hooked up my Mintek MDP-1720 7" Portable DVD Player to the Philips DVDR75 with the yellow/red/white wires that came with the Portable DVD Player...plugged them into the front of the Philips....and instead of Channel 003 or Channel Ext 1, or Channel Ext 2, I put it on Channel Cam 2, and it's actually recording a movie....not copywritten like one of the ones from Best Buy, but a bootleg, and I imagine it would record one of our DVD+R's...
*Catherine

 

witj the right equipment you can record copyrighted movies too

 

I was thinkin about contacting that guy...to buy the thing for $50 + shipping...have you talked to him...ok then..
goodnite
*Catherine

 

Copyguard TIP...it works!

Tried to burn a copy (R+) of a recent and popular commercial 3 hr. dvd for my personal use. Even with Macro remover box, the Philips would abort the recording with copyright warning when trying to copy from my player, like it is supposed to.

IF your computer has a video capture board, there is a workaround.... I captured 10 avi. files (4 gig each, about 19 minutes long, each.) Assembled all the clips on my editing timeline, and played from there while recording on the Philips for total uninterrupted length of the movie......KILLER! Superb audio/video quality, like the original. By recording the dvd to hard drive through the capture board, macro is totally removed!! Should work on most analog/dv capture boards. For three hour movie, about 45 gig of space is needed on your video capture hard drive. For example, using dv compression, about 108 meg of space is needed for each 30 seconds of video/audio. Quality looks exactly same as the original. Used M3 (3 hr.) recording speed on the Philips...Oh yeah, recorded unattended till end of disc. Unit shut off during the nite, and played the disc just fine in the morning. Leaving disc in overnite is no problem, and it finalized, too! +R disc plays in my Sony and PS2, too!

Boy, I LOVE this machine....!!

renderman

 

What if you don't have a capture card? There has to be a way to disable the Macrovision on the source DVD and let it pipe into the Philips. Will Philips still detect that it's got protection? What about Piping Commerial VHS? I have VHS that have copy protection when copying to DVD. It's better for me to have a back on DVD since I'm trying to get rid of the VHS player.

 

I use a Clarifier 89.99, 100.00 to the Door, it turns off the macrovision no problem, ive copied over a 100 com movies without a hitch. Its the best 100.00 I ever spent and it DOES work, I use a cheap apex dvd player to play the dvd and use the philips to burn no need for the vid capure board and all the hassle, let me know if you want one ill tell ya how to get it.

 

I'm dying to know.
Here's my email:
catherine.hunt@comcast.net
I love the Philips DVD Recorder 75!
Thanks!