Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
Satisfied Consumer So Far
I would like to share my experience with others about the Philips DVDR985:<br />I purchased my unit in Oct.2002. For the first few months it worked well.Then in June 2003 I started experiencing all the anamollies that a lot of the other reviewers went thru- Disc errors, not reconizing the disc that it just finalized,all with Dvd+Rs,the DVD+RW seemed just fine.<br />In Sept. 2003 I took it back to the full service retailer I purchased it from to get it repaired. They sent it to Ohio to the Philips service center and I got it back a couple of weeks later.<br />So far it has worked flawlessly. I do notice that there are some upgrade that they've installed that previously wasn't available with this unit. The machine works with 4x DVD+R now, plays mp3 cd-R,two extra recording lengths added(sp+,ep+).I think they upgraded it to their newer but cheaper listed priced DVDR75 performance wise.<br />In conclusion, if you are shopping for this recorder now, I would just go buy the 3rd generation DVDR75. If your machine is acting up and still under warranty it's worth it to get it fixed. I am keeping my fingers crossed while I'm recording the heck out of mine before it goes bad again;)