Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
No Longer a Devoted Philips Customer
For the last 3-4 years or so, I have been a devoted Philips customer- bought a TiVo when they were brand new, 2 different Philips/Magnavox TVs, newer Series 2 TiVo, and this DVD Recorder.  After my experiences with this DVD recorder over the last year or so, I will never buy another Philips product again (if I can help it).<br />I am completely unable to watch DVDs on this unit, much less record them.  It doesn't matter if the DVD is a brand-new store-bought commercial DVD, or a DVD I burned ON THIS VERY SAME UNIT, nothing plays properly.  They skip, freeze up, get repeated error messages and stop during play, or flat out won't even read to begin with.  The product must be crappy indeed to not be able to record, play or even READ DVDs without problem.<br />When I first purchased this product (about a year ago), it worked fine for several months.  Soon, I began to get intermittant error messages, and the problems have all snowballed down hill from there.  I am now looking to buy a new DVD recorder since this one is completely worthless, and you better believe my new recorder won't be a Philips.