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High on convenience, low on hassles, Philips’ DVDR615 progressive-scan DVD player/recorder gives you a simple way to share your home videos with others, relieve your VCR of its regular TV taping duties, and enjoy quality home cinema presentations on standard or high-definition televisions. Using the model’s extensive inputs–including an i.Link digital video jack–you can transfer and assemble your most treasured camcorder footage, archive all your old video tapes, or burn video from your PC straight to high-capacity DVD–up to an amazing 8 hours per disc side using either DVD+R or rewritable DVD+RW. The DVDR615 features progressive-scan technology, which enables compatible TVs to display images at double the frequency of standard TVs, minimizing flicker and making the picture easier on your eyes. The DVDR615 also features a disc manager that allows instant viewing of all recorded discs, storing contents details for up to 9,000 titles across up to 999 discs. You can also use the DVDR615 like a VCR, burning televised programs directly to disc using VCR Plus+ simplified programming. Recording functions include favorite scene selection, automatic/manual chapter marker insertion, selectable index pictures, selectable background picture, append, divide, and “fit to space.” DVD+RW discs require no finalizing–you can record, eject, and play them with minimal fuss, thanks to “background formatting.” This feature, which lowers total burning time, is an advantage over the “dash” formats. Other DVD+RW advantages include on-disc content editing and multisession writing. And, through DVD+RW and DVD+R’s compatibility with most existing DVD players, they’re a great way for you to share your special memories with family and friends. But the DVDR615 is also a first-rate DVD player, featuring progressive-scan video (more…)
1.0 out of 5 stars
agree that it is junk
We have owned this for around three years and finally can’t take it anymore. I agree with the other reviewers that it is junk with all the same problems they expressed.
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BEWARE: DVDs are non-standard & incompatible
I am bitterly disappointed with the Philips DVDR-3400 recorder, and suppose that all of its line has the same problems.
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audio/sound behind and on delay(on finished dvd recording) for 1-2 seconds(stays on delay for the whole recording)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i don’t know if all machines do this but, when you record a program(especially in M3, M4, M6, & M8 mode)the picture is in front of the audio(Ex.
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GARBAGE!!! WARNING STAY AWAY
THIS UNIT IS JUNK. THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME TO REPLACE THE UNIT THAT I PURCHASED THAT ALSO BROKE!!!!!!!!!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Works fine for me……………………..
I would have given it a “5 star” rating except I could never get it to playback store bought DVD’s in DD 5.1 or DTS 5.1.
But…
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worst Ever
This is the worst dvd i ever purchased – it never worked properly and just when the warranty expired it completely stopped responding, after resetting it to original settings it…
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Impossible to get support
The unit is nice looking but the product is buggy. The company offered no support…the 800 phone number is out of service, no response on chat line or to mumerous emails.
5.0 out of 5 stars
There’s a newer revision than many people are reviewing
The current revision is DVDR615/37. Most people with negative reviews (particularly of the remote) appear to be reviewing the DVDR615/17, which had a different remote, with a…
1.0 out of 5 stars
Wouldn’t recommend this DVDR to anyone!
I have experienced all of the issues that the other Negative reviewers have had with their recorders. In fact my DVDR drive has gone out 1 month out of warranty.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Nightmare Interface
I never write reviews, but my experience with this machine has inspired me to do so. The interface on this thing is so bad I can’t even find words to describe it.