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Philips DVDR3455/37 (160 GB) DVD Recorder / HDD Recorder

Philips DVDR3455/37 (160 GB) DVD Recorder / HDD Recorder

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Nov, 2024

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Philips DVDR3455/37 (160 GB) DVD Recorder / HDD Recorder

Different recording formats, hard drive size, quality of recordings,connections, time slip.

No real menu, slow forwarding times, not easy to use, freezes up, many miscellaneous problems.

Sep, 2007

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Do not like a lot about this product

I bought this product to record classes from a satellite for educational purposes. I needed to record to the hard drive because of the times the classes came on and so they could later be burned to dvd. I have found the machine freezes. I split a title...

Different recording formats, hard drive size, quality of recordings,connections, time slip.

No real menu, slow forwarding times, not easy to use, freezes up, many miscellaneous problems.

Sep, 2007

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

It works great after you upgrade the firmware

Great picture! I love the 6 hour buffer.

The remote can be unresponsive from a distance and I dislike the shape.

Mar, 2007

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Very, Very Disappointed

I have wasted enough time on this junk unit so i will be brief. It is the most user unfriendly device i have ever used. Every thing you want to do will either be annoying, frustrating or inefficent. For example, to surf channels, it has an annoying ...

good picture quality

Is an annoying hassle to use

Jan, 2007

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

NOT Recommended

Great theoretical performance on the box.

If only the item in the box did what was claimed!

Jan, 2007

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Good product with some issues

The other reviews cover the important aspects, so I'm only going to state a few things here: - there IS an undocumented commercial skip feature on this machine. Press the RIGHT arrow button to skip 30 seconds ahead. - the remote seems to be ...

A good quality machine at a good price.

The good physical attributes of this unit are marred by software issues.

Jan, 2007

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Poor Features

Previously I owned a DVD Recorder which did not have a hard drive. It was a very good unit, but was limited technically with what it could do, so I decided to "upgrade" to this recorder. I realize I upgraded my technology capability, but downgraded in ...

Only locked up once

Lots. Really, I gave this recorder a good try first.

Dec, 2006

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

DVDR3455H/37 Great Product, Great Price

Excellent picture quality, big hard drive, easy to use instructions and features, competitive low price.

I have nothing bad to say about this product.

Nov, 2006

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

DVDR3455H/37 isn't what you think

I purchased a Philips DVDR3455H/37 a couple of weeks ago. I had planned to make use of the high speed DV to MPEG encoding built in to convert my home video to DVD. I was really disappointed to find you can't edit your DV on your computer first and ...

The picture quality is great.

Cannot convertVHS copywrited movies to DVD or watch DVD and record TV to HDD

Oct, 2006

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