Philips DVDR75 Progressive-Scan DVD Player/Recorder
Cannot see VCR tapes when scanning / brightness problem
Good: Easy to use and set up.  Records DVD's well<BR>Bad: When taping from a VCR, you cannot scan through a VCR tape by going fastforward - screen is black! I bypassed this by using RCA splitters and picture in picture.  <br />The brightness is terrible.  It is too bright.  So if you have bright daylight on a VCR tape (or tv channel) , the brightness on the DVD is too bright, sometimes whitewash where you cannot see anything!  (I can see the difference from picture in picture channel I am recording and the output to the DVD) I and the I am using S-video and it helped a little over RCA jacks, but it still is too bright.  I may end up buying a brightness modifier for svideo so I can have it the same brightness as the VCR tape.<br />Also when I add chapters to the DVD, when I finalize the DVD, the chapters are not on the finalized DVD.  Only the Chapters that the recorder puts in (every 5 minutes).  The chapters work ok on the Phillips, but on any other DVD player, the chapters are every five minutes and not the ones programmed.