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The DVD player does not fast forward as well as other DVD players I own.---------------Whatever its small shortcomings, this machine is worth its price. However, if you record a widescreen digital broadcast, the machine records it in that mode and the image does not get scrunched nor stretched. I have no idea why they stopped making it. Imagine being able to go into that recording and edit out material.For instance you record a half hour news broadcast and you only want the segment on a new cure for something.
If you have the chance to buy one, do it. The 160GB hard drive will hold many programs and the number will vary depending on the quality level you record at - higher quality, fewer programs.---------------There are so many great features on this thing but it does have a few faults - all of which are tolerable.The unit does NOT record closed captions - at least ours doesn't. You can delete everything but the 5 minutes you want to save thereby freeing up record space.Imagine being able to watch a program directly from the hard drive or transfer and save it directly to a DVD or DVD-RW. Philips DVDR3575H/37 DVR is simply fantastic - we've owned it for 2 1/2 years.Imagine being able to record whatever you want whenever you want and not have to find a blank DVD or VHS tape to do it on because you can record directly to the built-in hard drive. That DVD can then be finalized to play on any other DVD player with the same region code.Imagine being able to watch one program on the hard drive while recording another - AT THE SAME TIME.This machine can do all of that and more.The Philips DVDR3575H/37 offers a variety of quality settings though none are HD.
We use it every night.
Great product. I love that I can record and pause live tv and record my show when I'm gone. I absolutely love this DVR. I mainly purchased this one for the ability to play the compressed video files. It's kind of a bummer that when unplugged it loses all its timers but that's not that big of a deal.
So, grab your pen and paper and write down all of your programs as a back-up (or at least make a nice little file noting your programs somewhere in cyberspace) and set aside some time to re-program after the storm blows through.note: everything already recorded on the hard drive remains- not to worry. In this day and age of technology, we've found it unusual that this product loses all of the timer programs in a momentary power loss. We've been very happy with this. Our only real complaint is minor. Even my clock radio from 1985 has a battery back-up.
And I know that the problem is with this unit, not anything else, because if I connect the same cable that goes to it to my other TV with built-in digital converter - I can watch all the channels.Here is the really bad news - I was told that even if I will buy and connect separate digital converter box, I still will be able to record only channels that this unit can display, meaning only channels 7, 9, 11 and 13.THIS REALLY SUCKS.At this point I am almost ready to throw the damn thing in the garbage. When I called Philips support they told me that this particular model has an issue with digital channels line-up and there are no fixes or updates, software or hardware. Basically, they do not give a. After DTV transition this unit stopped picking up all the available channels and rescanning does not help. I can only watch now channels 7, 9, 11, 13. Philips answer is simple - we are aware of the problem but we do not have any fixes and we do not know if we will have them in the future.
I presently only use the unit with component video cables. Support from Philips no longer offers software upgrades for this model that I could find.
[.].[.]. Can't believe with no changes/upgrades to the unit the price has more than doubled for no reason.
A real pity.What really surprises me, coming back to see these reviews, is that I purchased my DVR from Wal-Mart for around $300 at the time. The Philips site does offer software updates.
I have had my Philips DVDR3575 DVR for nearly two years, and my only complaint is the HDMI upscale quality is poor, as others have noted. It is basically an upscale VCR with faster search features and much greater storage capability.
Update 6/18/09I should have done more research before speaking out.
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