Advantages: Simple to use and good functionality. Disadvantages: Startup is a little slow.
Just like the other user, I too had this issue with the recording problem with Philips brand 4x+RW discs. Having had some prior experience with PC drives, I logged onto the Philips website (search for 'P4C' ) and burned the firmware update for this recorder onto a CDRW. After updating the set, it was able to record onto the philips discs!
It also seems to be able to record on most minus format discs and a few +RDL discs. Video and audio quality is OK. Build quality is OK. Remote is uncluttered but the multifunction buttons (FFWD is long-press of chp fwd) needs getting used to.
The main gripe I have is the long start up time but it seems that all recorders have this issue. HDD-based recorders, it seems, can have even longer startup times depending on the number of titles in the HDD! Why can't DVD recorders be like their ...
Advantages: Good Value, Excellent Picture, Many Recording Options Disadvantages: Controls slightly slow when changing functions.
Generally a good value product. You can choose from SLP, EP, HQ and SP for recording modes. You can get up to 6 hours of programmes on a single DVD+RW using SLP (Super Long Play) and the quality is always excellent.
The recorder has two scart connections which allows you to record from both your sky and terrestrial TV. You can of course play DVDs and you can change region easily if required. In addition you can play DIV-X movies through it. Recording is easy and idiot proof and you can pause/resume the recording if you want to exclude adverts. The great thing ive also found is that formatting the disc is easy and only takes less than a minute. There are even editing funtions which allow you to"split" a recording ie in case you left it to record for too long.
The only drawback is that the controls sometimes seem slightly ...
Advantages: Very realiable, solid machine Disadvantages: One or Two niggles from slowness to not liking cheaper discs
in the same way! Including Sony and Panasonic models. Neither lasted 12 months and yet cost at least as much as this machine did.
Very easy to set up the timer to record, and it works well with both Sky and Freeview TV set up.
The booklet that came with it was comprehensive and easy enough to read and use. We arent great technically at this sort of thing, but we managed to have it set up and running within an hour using just the booklet.
Okay onto the niggles.
First of all, it can be slow waiting for it to all set itself up to work! You need a bit of patience when you power up and go to use it. Its fairly slow on command from the remote.
You can only use +R or +RW discs.
It tends to completely reject a lot of cheaper discs and gives a lot of disc errors as a result. We now have started using only Phillips Discs (we can get them ...
runetune 28.07.2007
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