Philips DVD-R75

Do not buy this! Don't buy it used on Ebay, stay completelty away from this product - you will be disappointed. If they tell you it works the are probably obfuscating. Operationally it was dodgy at best when it came to getting DV+R and DVD+RW to work in it. Now, the only disc I can get to work in it is a Phillips brand disc...imagine that.

I got a DVR a couple of years ago and put this item in mothballs. I just got it out because I wanted a cheap way to convert my VHS tapes to DVD. Just sitting on a shelf for two years evidently caused the problem to get even worse - now it won't even recognize the Memorex discs it still recognized when I took it out of service.

Another disappointment is the cost. I paid around $350 and within six months the costs had dropped to under $200.

Based on my experience and a little research I will never buy another Phillips product again. They are peddling semiautomatic defibrillators now? Holy cripes, I predict some dead people before all this is over!

I have two of these Philips DVD machines between 3 and 4 years old. Both now refuse to read about 50% of recorded +RW discs even when they have just been recorded on the same machine. A caption appears informing me that either the disc 'contains unrecognizable material' or that it is an empty disc.

Although they seemed to be a good idea at the time I now regret spending my money on them.

Generally good to operate if you have a controller and good quality recording even if you put low quality recording on.

The Philips DVD-R75 seemed good value at the time of purchase. It was the only unit for the price that offered i-link DV IEEE1394 fire wire input socket. From day one I had intermittent recording errors. After 18 months, it wouldn't record or playback at all. They wanted £81 to repair it. I won't be purchasing any more Philips kits.

I purchased the Philips DVD-R75 DVD Recorder 2 1/2 years ago. The first problem (disc error/wouldn't record) surfaced at the 1 year point. I had the unit repaired and it worked fine until recently when the same issue occurred. Cost of repair exceeds that of a new unit so it is now scrap. Stay away from Philips!

I bought 2 Philips DVD-R75 DVD recorders for myself and my daughter 2 years ago, and I have had nothing but trouble with them. I get a disc error - empty disc, and a load of nonsense appears, when the disc plays perfectly well on a friend's Goodmans machine.

No more Philips for this family!

I purchased the Philips DVD-R75 two years ago for $450. It is not a bad unit. However, after only 2 years it is losing its ability to record. 'Error' and 'Warning' messages occur during recording. Although some DVD's are better than others, all are OK on my other DVD recorder ($77 at Fry's).

Something is bad with the hardware (maybe a bad burner). Philips should offer free repair to those who purchased these units.

I will never purchase another Philips product again.

The Philips DVD-R75 DVD recorder worked well for 11 months, then the record light was permanently on, and the front display was blank. It was away for approximately 4 weeks.

After a few months a disk error was displayed after 2 hours of recording. The disc error now comes on after 1 hour of recording.

I contacted Philips and was told the repair would cost £140, which was cut to £70 as a good will gesture. I think ill go to Asda and buy a new DVD recorder for £84.

A little over a year I began getting disk error on brand new disks, and my Philips DVD-R75 won't record any more. I have called twice, and they say it will cost $189 to repair it. I can purchase one cheaper than that. The product is inferior, and they should recall it. Another person buoght this product, and they are have some of the same problems as I.Won't record with timer, won't record without timer, needs re-booting often, disk error message on new disks, opening when turned on blinks constantly, can't move up or down programs.

At first I was pleased with the unit. It worked well. But, over time, (1 year), it began to have trouble. The machine would say every disk was empty even though it was full. I tried new firmware. Nothing worked. Quality was just not there with this machine.