Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
Don't Even THINK About It!
When I first got this machine some months ago, I thought it was wonderful, and I told my friends what a great deal it was. Now my machine is dead and so is theirs. They did not die all at once, they just developed more and more quirks and finally became totally useless. In the interim we all threw away lots of expensive disks, which only adds to our loss. The money, the time, the frustraition....<BR>   I've a friend in the electronics repair business, and he's done some investigation on this machine -- it seems like the problem is in the optical block, which only lasts a few months of heavy use. A replacement only lasts a few months also, so the entire design must be flawed. ...