Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
DVDR985 The Philips Frankenstein
I call the DVDR985 &quot;The Philips Frankenstein&quot; because Philips went around advertising this sooo enthusiasticly when it first hit the market { it's alive,it's alive!!},then almost a year to the day from when I bought it the machine turns ugly.I had grown to love this recorder since 95% of the discs that I make are PAL and at the time that I bought it,it was the only recorder that I could find that recorded in PAL or NTSC.At first I thought it wasn't feeling well or that it had acquired a refined taste for only a certain type of blank disc.I consulted Philips and tried everything that they advised.Nothing helped.Then I started to think that it was just plain cruel and mean spirited,AND then it died.I turn it on,it works for FOUR SECONDS and then it turns it self off. Now that it is a monster Philips acts as if they want nothing to do with it.The only right thing at this point is A RECALL!!!!How can we{the consumers that Philips has SCREWED} go about getting this monster that Philips has spawnned recalled? P.S.I only used this unit for about 12 hours a month on average.DO NOT BUY THIS UNIT UNTIL PHILIPS PUBLICLY ADDRESSES THE ISSUE!