Philips DVDR75 Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder
Prone to Devastating Mechanical Breakdown
This new Philips DVD recorder just hit the market, and my experience indicates it is riddled with design flaws.  My new unit failed within six days of purchase.  It began writing errors to DVD-RW discs, rendering them permanently useless.  At a retail cost of five or six dollars a piece, this flaw quickly became expensive.  This unit also experienced a tendency to fail at reading discs which it just finished recording, indicating \\"no disc\\" while other machines were able to read them!  On day five, the unit began powering itself on and off at will, accompanied by failing to recognize any disc inserted.  A replacement unit yielded the exact manufacturing defect in less than a week.  A very disappointing experience considering I patiently awaited the release of this third generation machine.  Apparently, the bugs that existed in earlier models still exist in the new crop.  If you decide to purchase this model, I suggest a lengthy extended warranty contract...you'll need it.