Philips DVDR75 Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder
Not bad for the Price
This unit is a blessing. <br />I have tried many different methods of backing up my old home movies. I started with a pinnacle studios mp-10 about 5 years ago. Its amazing how far technology has advanced. If you tried to record more than 5 consecutive minutes with that thing it was like watching an old kung foo movie(for those of you that have never seen one of these the a/v sync is horrid).<br />Earlier this year I bought my 5th video capture unit for my computer, the adaptec videoh dvd. I thought my problems would be solved now I could capture to my pc with USB 2.0. I spent more time contacting adaptec tech support trying to keep the supplied software from crashing after 30 seconds of recording than I spent using it, and you can't use any other software with it.<br />I have only ever used DVD+RW discs with this unit, I see no reason to use the +R they arent that much cheaper, and if I ever need to share them with someone with an older dvd player I will dub them on my computer to dvd-r anyway. I have made over 30 DVDs with this thing since I got it about a month ago, and have never had A problem while recording.<br />Anyway after 5 years of fiddling and getting so-so quality captures and horrible a/v sync, I have come to love this thing. It has cut my processing time to real time, the video and the audio quality are at least as good as the source video and no more lip reading for me. Granted with a computer you can make all these fancy menus and &quot;cool&quot; transitions, but if you want something that works without having to spend 2 hours of editing, and 2 more hours of rendering per hour of video just to get it ready to burn to cd or dvd, then this isnt a bad unit for the price. I know I have spent a lot more than the price of this unit on video capture boxes and capture cards, and I am a lot more productive with it than ever before. They may not have all the fancy menus anymore but the movies look great. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because like many othersI think the remote could use a redesign.