Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
A $600.00 Mistake.
I thought I did the research. I liked the features, and it seemed like an awesome Machine. I waited til the price dropped to around $600.00 dollars, (March 2003), made the purchase and could not wait to put this DVD Recorder to work. For about a week, it worked flawlessly, I was so excited about this new technology. Then came a disc error or two, which corrupted the blank media. I shrugged it off and hoped it was just a &quot;glitch&quot;. But the error messages became more and more frequent. Then at times this unit would not even shut off..had to pull the plug to get it to turn off. From there things got worse. After a couple of months it stopped being able to read Discs recorded on this very machine. Today it only is able to record on DVD RW media, if I am lucky. Disc error and cryptic number displays abound. It even tells me the clock is not set, check PBS station, while the correct time is right there on its display. I have spent almost $100.00 on blank media that ended up in the garbage due to this product. Customer support is terrible, and the Firmware update made no difference..this thing is a Lemon. The folks at Philips should be ashamed of themselves. I will never purchase a Philips product again.