Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
Very dissatisfied with our DVDR985.
Very dissatisfied with our DVDR985. We have had consistent problems with this DVD recorder and stopped using it completley about two months ago. We get the message \\"disk error\\" when disks are finalized. In addition, we tried many different brands of DVD+R and DVD+RW blank discs according to instructions in the manual, and all we ended up with was scraps of useless plastic - wasted many DVD's at $1 to $3 each. A firmware upgrade was performed per the directions on the Philips website earlier this year. This did not solve the problem. In order the machine record, we found that Sony DVD+R disks will work if it follows a tedious procedure of starting the record, waiting for the machine to freeze, power itself off, so it can be turned on again. After 5 or 6 attempts, the recorder appears to work properly, but then it will not finalize - we get the typical \\"Disk Error\\". We have already purchased a replacement DVD Recorder from a competitor to Philips that functions correctly everytime we burn and finalize a DVD.