Philips DVDR520H DVD Recorder with 80 GB Hard Drive
Unreliable and disappointing
I should have known better than to buy another Philips DVDR after all the problems I had with my first one. Color me stupid, I guess. <br />The first program I recorded on the HD ended up getting corrupted. Unfortunately, that was a continuing trend. The software tends to crash, and the only way to reset is to unplug it, which would often result in more corrupted files. <br />To be honest, I only had one problem with the timer, and that was remedied by reseting the software to defaults. <br />The DVD burner worked fine at first, but know it won't even read half the disks I have, even disks it burned itself. <br />I've only had it six months, and I'm already looking to replace it. I expected more from a 400-dollar piece of equipment. My 50-dollar off-brand VCR has outlasted not one but TWO Philips DVDRs. That can't be good.