Philips DVDR985 Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder and Player
Pure Junk Should Be Recalled
I bought this unit a little over a year ago. I thought this was the coolest thing , I was able to record TV shows just like a VCR. This unit is not so easy to use, my wife just never quite got the hang of it, yet can work the VCR just fine. Everything that you might want to do with this thing is on the remote. Then the problems started happening,. \\"Disc Errors\\" These are very discouraging,, after spending hours recording stuff to find that your time was just wasted. Then it started \\"Not reading pre-recorded discs\\". It also has trouble if you want to \\"Skip to chapters toward the end of the disc\\". I have had<BR>it in for repair 2 times under warranty, and now since that ran out my last visit to the repair center was the last straw. The repair of the unit requires the DVDR laser system to be replaced. The cost is $683.00 which  is $134.00 more than I paid for the unit new! I called  Philips to try to get some help, but they tell me that the cost of repair parts on discontinued units is very high because they don't make them any more, and the high request for these parts. The fact that there is a high request for the parts should clue someone<BR>in on the fact that this unit should have been recalled and replaced with a unit that will work more than a few months. My guess is that they could not do that, because all they sell is JUNK.