Philips DVDR75 Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder
This unit does not function reliably
After using the DVD75R for two days, the unit has already displayed a number of serious flaws.  Simply put, it fails to recognize a large percentage of the DVDs I have attempted to play.  These major label video DVDs result in a &quot;no disc&quot; message from the recorder.  Strangely certain (spotlessly clean) discs are sometimes recognized, sometimes not...fascinating - but really annoying.  Not surprisingly, customer support was not able to help with this.<br />Recording, though laborious thanks to the counterintuitive menus, and incomplete instruction manual, has been largely successful, with high resolution DVDs produced.  I did discover the hard way that a DVD+R will not be recognized by the recorder if the power to the unit is lost or the disc is ejected prior to finalizing the disc (a more through manual might have seen fit to mention this).<br />This is a minor point in comparison to the more basic complaint:  As a DVD player and recorder, this unit should play DVDs.  It does not.  Save yourself some aggravation and avoid this product