- Combination DVD player/recorder with camcorder-ready DV (i.Link), component-video, composite-video, and S-video inputs
- Record from TV directly to DVD; up to 6 hours video recording per side (either DVD+R or DVD+RW)
- Progressive-scan output for seamless, flicker-free images on high-definition and HD-ready TVs
- Motion-compensated Noise Filter, Virtual Time Base Corrector (for better-than-original copies of old video tapes)
- Favorite Scene Selection simplifies editing of your home movies; VCR Plus+ simplifies timer programming
The DVDR75 allows consumers to quickly and easily transfer their favorite videotapes and broadcast programming to DVD. The DVDR75 features i.LINK for digital copying from camcorders, allowing consumers to digitally preserve their favorite past and future family moments. In addition, the DVDR75 features progressive scan for razor sharp pictures and top quality sound. Including VCRPlus for easy timer programming and up to six hours of video recording per side, the DVDR75 provides consumers a more affordable DVD Recording option.Capture, edit, and preserve precious memories with the Philips DVDR75 DVD player/recorder. Using the model’s extensive inputs–including an i.Link digital video jack–you can transfer and assemble your most treasured camcorder footage, archive old video tapes, or burn video from a PC straight to high-capacity DVD (up to 6 hours per disc side using either DVD+R or DVD+RW). The unit’s onboard Virtual Time Base Corrector ensures better-than-original copies from old video tapes.
You can also use the DVDR75 like a VCR, burning televised programs directly to disc using helpful VCR Plus+ programming data. Recording functions include safe record, one-touch record (OTR), track append, track divide, track erase, automatic/manual chapter marker insertion, disc write protection, favorite scene selection, index picture screen for instant content overview, and Selectable Index Pictures.
The DVDR75 is also a first-rate DVD player, featuring progressive-scan video outputs, Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround sound passthrough, MP3 CD playback (CD-R/CD-RW), and compatibility with most DVD media (including video-mode DVD-R and DVD-RW).
Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you’re merely thinking of “someday,” the DVDR75 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.
Top-of-the-line component-video inputs and outputs help minimize digital and line-scan artifacts on compatible advanced televisions, while composite- and S-video inputs and outputs bring compatibility with nearly any video component and television monitor. Audio inputs consist of two-channel analog jacks with 16-bit analog-to-digital conversion and Dolby Digital 2.0 audio compression (compression is non-defeatable).
Two sets 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 digital-audio outputs (one each of RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) 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 Surround simulates surround sound through two speakers (even the stereo speakers on a TV).
What’s in the Box
DVD recorder, remote control, batteries, user’s manual (in English only), one blank DVD+RW disc, an AC power cord, a stereo audio interconnect, a composite-video cable, an S-video cable, and a coaxial RF antenna cable.
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March 5, 2010
#1
I’ve owned this recorder one week ago.
1- When the recorder is shuted off it is not possible to see, on the TV, the RGB signal from the SAT decoder connected on EXT2 Scart connector( DVD recorder RGB pass through ). Then if you want to see the perfect RGB image from your SAT decoder you must turn on your DVD recorder. On my old DVD player SONY the pass through functionality was assured with the player shuted off too.
2- The remote control is cheaper and not intuitive.
3- The DVD+RW standard is good but not like the DVD-RW(VR) that is not compatible with the old DVD player (the new DVD players can read the VR standard).
In DVD+RW standard the erased space spread on the disc ( erased titles and commercial messages) cannot be collected and used to record a new title.
March 5, 2010
#2
I could not get this to work out of the box. It immediately came up with a disk read error. I unplugged it overnight then it worked until I recorded a DVD, then from that point on, I could not read any DVDs, including pre-recoreded ones. Customer support was pitiful. Having been in the computer/information technology world for 25 years, this is the worst support I’ve ever had to try to work with. They spoke broken english and could not understand what I was saying no matter how many times I said the same thing. Their knowledge base showed no information on my types of problems even though a search on the web showed many instances where people had the same types of problems I had. Their web site had no knowledge base to search and look for reported problems and how to fix the problems. They said it may be fixed by a firmware upgrade and that they could send me a CD that would arrive in 7 to 10 business days. The real technicians work 9 to 5 M-F. This is a consumer product. Most consumers are at work 9 to 5 M-F. Based on my experience, I would NEVER again buy a product from Philips and I returned this one immediately.
March 5, 2010
#3
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT! I cannot tell you how angry I am with Phillips after purchasing this [$$$] paperweight. When it arrived, the DVD tray would not open. I re-read the manual just to make sure I had not done something wrong. Then I called Phillips customer service. I called five different times over four days, and each time the operator barely spoke English. We had a hard time just communicating, much less fixing anything. Each time they had me go through the step of unplugging it-plugging it back in, and also taking it in and out of “dealer mode.” When that didn’t work, I was told I would need to talk to someone in the “DVR department” whose hours were only 9 to 5, and guess what, I was at work during those hours. Anyway, someone from that department was supposed to call me back, but they never did, so I had to return the item to Amazon.com for a refund, which was no picnic either by the way…
Needless to say, this was very frustrating for me. A [$$$] item and the tray won’t even open. Un-freakin-’believable.
March 5, 2010
#4
For openers, the DVDR-75 is not a bad recorder. It does an admirable job of recording, and output is excellent. However, there are some serious drawbacks in the design and application of this device in the consumer market.
1) Poorly thought out Owner’s Manual. The manual is English/Spanish, but manages to not address some pretty important aspects of the recorders operation. Sections are missing (Chapter 12 skips some sub-sections for disc access), and there is an occasional Dutch word interspersed in the instructions. The cartoon character (Phil) is lame, and offers no tangible benefit to the manual. Comparing the manual to the Sony RDR-GX7 manual shows how a manual should be written. Philips needs to re-issue a valid Owner’s Manual.
2) Lousy web support. Go ahead, try to find web support for the recorder on their website. I dare you. Can’t do it because it is not there. Then why does the Owner’s Manual tell you to try there first to have your questions answered?
3) Lousy phone support. Called pre-sale to see if the DVDR 75 would produce chapter thumbnails. Was told by someone with a heavy Jamaican accent that it would. Bought the unit. Recorded on +R and +RW disks. It records chapter points, but NO THUMBNAILS. Called back today (Saturday), spoke with a woman with an island accent, and was told that there was no one there to handle DVDR questions. I should call back later. Why then was I prompted to press 1 for DVD support, then 1 for DVDR support if there was no one there to actually provide support?
4) Terrible on-screen menu. Not intuitive at all. Again, poor logic. Maybe the Dutch understand it. I don’t.
5) Below average remote control functions. Difficult to read buttons. Not enough functions for a [expensive] unit.
Overall, the recording and playback are fine, but there are other units on the market that are at least as good, and far easier to operate for some of the more advanced functions (Panasonic and Sony come to mind). If you’ve already bought this unit, good for you, otherwise consider a different brand until Philips figures out how to market a product in the US.
March 5, 2010
#5
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT buy this item.
If you have any problems using a VCR, TV, or computer this DVD recorder will give you a migrain. It is incredibly unintuitive. The manual is not laid out well and skips important points in the intial setup regarding how to view TV through the box , and how many titles are allowed on one disc. The recorder does not recognize several major label dvd discs and also has problems recording video footage originally recorded in LP speed. The naming system is prehistoric and time consuming and utimately does not display complete titles anyway.
Tech support for the product leaves a lot to be desired as well.
This recorder is not a simple VCR, in fact it is almost as complicated as a computer. It should not be sold as such and will undoubtedly sit on your shelf unused. Do yourself a favor and try a different brand or wait until they have mastered this technology better.
Go back to the drawing board Philips!