Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
Short Term Satisfaction....Long Term Grief
I purchased this machine on December 24, 2002 as a Christmas gift from my wife. I found it relatively easy to hook up and begin using. I have a pretty big library of boxing videotapes that I wanted to convert to dvd and I did.<br />Well everything was great until June 12, 2003. I started getting the dreaded disc error message anytime I tried to record to dvd. Tried 3 different brands of dvd+rs with the same results, disc error, disc error, disc error.<br />I broke out the owners manuals and followed its troubleshooting suggestions. I even read how to reset the machine which I did twice. No dice, disc error.<br />Fortunately the unit is still under warranty so I took it to Circuit City and they sent it off for repair.<br />They let me take their floor model home, looked a little beat up but it was great that they were going to let me use it until I got the other one back.<br />Well tried to burn a dvd and the good news was that I didn't get a disc error.<br />The bad news is that after 15 seconds of recording (renders a brand new disc a coaster), it decides it wants to have some kind of spastic dump and shuts down with a message of unidentifiable letters on its front panel.<br />Immediately took it back and they didn't have any others they could loan me until mine comes back.<br />I am really afraid to get it back. I hope they really repair it. So again, it was short term satisfaction but long term grief.<br />I am going to record 1 disc on it when I get it back and if it records successfully, it is going on ebay. I will put its history in the auction description so I don't feel guilty about selling it to someone else. The other reviews convinced me that is the way to go!