Customer Reviews

Philips DVDR3475 Tunerless 1080p Upscaling DVD Recorder

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I bought this unit about 7 months ago and it works perfect! The picture when playing DVDs is great, and I had no problem recording dvds (and using them on other DVD players). I noticed that other reviews seemed to be negative because of issues that were the users fault to begin with.

1) If you finalize the DVD properly per the instructions, it works fine (and will play on other DVD players).

2) Yes of course it is region locked (as most players are). You can't fault the unit because YOU didn't read the description when you bought it.

It has come in handy many times when I wanted to keep a copy of a TV show but no longer wanted to take up room on my DVR. I highly recommend!

I bought this thing back in the day (4-5 years ago) to record whatever was being displayed on my TV. Works great and is reliable/durable. I bought a different brand DVDRec and it broke in the first couple weeks under light use. Did my research, got this one and never had any problems. This DVDR actually looks great too, nice shiny/glossy (not cheap looking) finish on the front of the device. This is the perfect replacement for a VCR if you don't want to rent a DVR from your cable company. Has HDMI up-convert which is nice. I have never had trouble with viewing these DVDs on other DVD players. Maybe it's because I have it configured correctly...

Very happy with my purchase. I would buy this product again. It can only record in Standard Definition (480p) so getting older, but this way you don't have to worry about HDCP and other technologies that can cause problems with HD recordings.

If you do NOT fill the entire disk with your recording the the unit will create a title with the remaining disk space on the menu named "EMPTY TITLE". You are NOT able to delete this. However you may overwrite this title if you don't finalize. Deleting of tiles is very slow, but Finalizing of disks is very fast. I have no compatibility issues with disks recorded on this unit and played back on other brand DVD players. It does not record to Dual Layer or DVD-RAM Disks. But those disks are not worth the cost. Other than that it plays and records great.
It will even up convert to 1080p. This unit is sure worth the price if you get it for $70 or less.

I had no issues with this piece of equipment, in fact I LOVE IT!

After seeing the first review, I made sure to follow the instructions regarding the finalizing of the DVD. The disks recorded just fine and played on other players, perfect picture. It has come in SO handy for recording movies and shows. I checked the first couple of DVDs after recording them, and they were great. I also transferred holiday video from my camcorder.

I think the last review mentioning the problem with the region code is not the fault of the DVD recorder...most players/recorders have region codes (world wide), so if you want to take the unit to another country, you would need to check if it is compatible beforehand.

All in all, I would recommend this recorder to anyone interested in purchasing one.

One star, because I can't give it a -5...

I transfered 40-50 hours of home video to DVD using this, only to find out--after spending further hours and hours labeling the DVD's and then leaving the country--that "finalize" on this machine doesn't *really* mean finalize like it's supposed to... So, it plays normal DVD's, and DVD's that were recorded on it; but don't *even* think of recording DVD's using it and then playing them on any other DVD player, or even a computer.

This is certainly the worst buy I recently did. Moreover, I am deeply disappointed with Philips support center. I bought this unit in USA to use it in Brazil, where I live. It was only after arriving here that I realized the region area lock. So I took it to Philips Service Center to make the conversion to Area 4. They simply informed me that the conversion was not possible and there was nothing they could do for me. As a result, ironically, it is only possible to play pirate movies in this unit, which are region free. Since I like buying my own original titles, I will have to throw this unit in the garbage and buy another one which does not have such area protection stupidity. Indeed, there are several other company brands that do not employ this useless protection. I suppose they support better their customers as well. As a result, I do not intend to buy anything else from Philips soon.