Philips DVD750VR Progressive-Scan DVD-VCR Combo

by Philips

Product Details

Product Manual [3.49mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 3.9 x 8.6 x 17.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000093US4
• Item model number: DVD750VR
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,438 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #67 in Electronics > Televisions & Video > DVD-VCR Combos
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 10, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Watch movies from VHS tape or from premium-quality progressive-scan DVD, view digital-image slide shows, listen to audio CDs with crystal-clear sound, or play homemade MP3 CDs through living-room speakers--all from one affordable, space-saving device. The Philips DVD750VR also lets you record off-air in hi-fi stereo sound and watch a camcorder or hook up a gaming console through its convenient front-panel audio/video inputs. Picture-CD functionality includes one-by-one playback and image zoom.

Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DVD750VR stands ready to deliver the full potential of DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

The DVD750VR also performs 3:2 pulldown. DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture. S-video and shared DVD/VCR composite-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any television.

A set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's coaxial digital-audio output for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver. If you don't have a surround receiver or six-channel speaker setup, you can still make every movie night the ultimate experience: 3D sound simulates surround sound through two speakers (even the stereo speakers on a TV).

The VCR's four-head design ensures smooth slow-motion play (forward and reverse) and clear still-frame images, and with hi-fi sound the unit records and plays back stereo audio tracks. SQPB (quasi-S-VHS playback) lets you watch S-VHS tapes--which normally requires a special S-VHS VCR--at standard VHS resolution. Other features include timer recording, auto head cleaning, auto repeat playback (great for trade shows and presentations), high-speed search, and one-touch recording.

What's in the Box
DVD/VCR combo, remote control (with batteries), user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable, RF coaxial video cable, warranty information.

From the Manufacturer

Discover the progressive scan difference. See razor sharper images on your Philips DVD750VR DVD Player and VCR Combination with progressive scan. Plus, experience the best of VCR with VHS time search, VHS index search, and one touch recording.

Features:

• 3:2 Pull Down Progressive Scan for high vertical resolution and razor sharp images
• Component, S-video, Composite, and Cable Jack connections
• Coaxial digital audio output for high quality audio connection
• Unified Remote Control for integrated DVD and VCR functionality.
• Multi-format playability plays DVD-Video, DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD Audio, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3-CD, and Picture CD.
• Scan and search
• Records and plays 4-head HiFi VHS
• VHS Index Search to scan VHS tapes by selecting specific recording sequenc
• VHS Time Search to scan VHS tapes by selecting an exact time sequence
• Auto Head Cleaner for VCR
• Stop/Pause/Play
• Fast forward/backward (DVD playback only)
• Step forward/backward (DVD playback only)
• Slow motion
• Title/chapter/track select
• Skip next/skip previous
• Repeat (chapter/title/all) or (track/all)
• A-B repeat
• Graphical user interface
• Zoom while play
• Screen saver
• 3D Surround Sound
• Multi-angle selection (DVD)
• DVD audio Selection (1 out of max. 8 languages)
• DVD Subtitles Selection (1 out of max. 32 languages)
• DVD Aspect Ratio conversion (16:9, 4:3 letterbox, 4:3 Pan Scan)
• Time search
• Parental control
• Disc Menu support (title menu and root menu)
• Resume (1 disc) after stop/standby
• Dimensions (W x H x D): 17.1" x 3.9" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

51 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I get what I paid for, September 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Philips DVD750VR Progressive-Scan DVD-VCR Combo (Electronics)

I have to write a review since I felt one of the previous 2 reviews was a bit sweeping regarding ALL DVD players made by Philips. I bought this unit to replace an old VCR. I have only used it for a week, so my impressions may change in the future.
First: one of the prior reviews warned me about the remote control, so I expected problems. And that's why I only gave this product a 3 out of 5: the labels on the controller were hard to read, and the keys were not very intuitive, so I had to play with the keys a lot. In addition, the first-time set up did not work for me. But I was able to get into the setup menus later, so it was a minor annoyance at best.
Second, this is what I liked about this unit: it played a 2 hours long DVD movie with no problems. It also played a commercial Karaoke VCD with no problems. When I got to the page in the manual that claimed this player could read directories and JPEG files, I remembered that I had a CD-R containing a backup of my digital pictures. To my delight, the unit displayed all the pictures in the backup directory that I had burned on my Windows PC. There was a delay of a few seconds between photos, just like a slide show. The picture quality was superb, thanks to the JPEG format. Some dark photos showed up just fine on the TV screen. In addition, I happened to have a computer-made DVD (in DVD+RW format) of some old videos taken via a camcorder. The Philips played this DVD just fine, thank you. So I can view my computer-made DVDs on my TV now. Unfortunately, the Philips cannot improve on the quality of the videos taken: I was painfully aware of the jerkiness in these home videos!
Finally, some of you may not know, but you cannot play something in the DVD section and be able to record that show to the VCR section at the same time. To do that, you'll have to connect the signal to yet another VCR deck.

50 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great picture, incompatible remote; returned it, June 17, 2003

By 

S. Hoge (Santa Cruz, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips DVD750VR Progressive-Scan DVD-VCR Combo (Electronics)

This unit, like much Philips gear, uses a remote protocol that is impossible for most "learning" or even programmable remote controls to emulate. (This maybe purposeful on Philips' part as they try to promote their own Pronto brand of home-theater remotes.)

Even though the picture quality was pretty good with this unit, I ultimately returned it because of the remote incompatibility. To be honest, it didn't really even respond to its own remote control very reliably; Philips' way of multiplexing the functionality of the VCR and DVD on the same remote was quite clumsy. It responds slowly, and you never quite know what "mode" it's in, partly because of the few front-panel indicators, and partly because of the poor on-screen status displays.

Another downside was that, on the VCR side, this unit is incapable of setting its own clock based on the time signal sent out by many PBS stations; in this day and age ALL VCRs should have this "autochron" feature instead of forcing you to watch a blinking 12:00 after a power outage.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars DVD player acting up after a year., April 16, 2005

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C.C. (Orange Park, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips DVD750VR Progressive-Scan DVD-VCR Combo (Electronics)

When I first got this player, everything worked great, and the picture was very crisp. Now a year later, the DVD player is starting to act up. I was watching a movie and all of the sudden the dvd froze and I heard this clicking sound. I tried to fast foward and then rewind it, but it wouldn't budge. It got to the point that it would not allow me to eject the dvd or turn the player off. Finally I had to unplug it for awhile, and then was able to get the dvd out. I thought it might be just that dvd, but then I was watching another one and it did the same thing. A friend of mine has the Phillips DVP620VR and has experienced the same problem, and its now to the point that it won't play some dvd's at all. I would not recommend this player for long term use.