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bobbyg · 06-04-2008, 22:25

Thanks for your input.

I spent several hours today playing about with it, including reading the manual from cover to cover just in case I had missed something!

I tried recording from my cable box with nothing else attached - the same problem happened on playback. I then removed the cable scart and recorded terrestial tv from the RF and the same thing happened.

My first DVDR was a Daewoo and I took that back as the fan was so noisy you literally couldn't hear the TV over it! I then have had 3 of these Philips DVDR 3570H and every one of them has had the exact same picture freezing problem which is annoying cos every other aspect of it is really good!

There is either a known problem with these or there is something that is just not compatible with my set up. However this was is going back now as well and I will just get a cash refund.

My problem is what do I get as a replacement. Not surprisingly, my number one priority needs to be that I can return it if it doesn't work! Every model that I have seen, and then subsequently done a web search on it, seems to have problems! I will get £155 back for mine, am tempted to get a Panasonic as other Panasonic eqpt I have seems to be good but even some of them seem to get poor reviews! There are some good deals on the net from the likes of bigpockets, but I am not so keen on their refund policy (pay your own postage) etc.

Any suggestions, criteria being
min 80GB HDD
ilive input for DV cameras
record to DVD+RW
I don't have HD TV just now so not bothered about HDMI but I guess it may make sense to plan for the future and get one with HDMI?

Any suggestions?

06-04-2008, 22:25	#3
bobbyg cf.member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3	Re: Philips DVDR 3570H - Recordings Sticking Thanks for your input. I spent several hours today playing about with it, including reading the manual from cover to cover just in case I had missed something! I tried recording from my cable box with nothing else attached - the same problem happened on playback. I then removed the cable scart and recorded terrestial tv from the RF and the same thing happened. My first DVDR was a Daewoo and I took that back as the fan was so noisy you literally couldn't hear the TV over it! I then have had 3 of these Philips DVDR 3570H and every one of them has had the exact same picture freezing problem which is annoying cos every other aspect of it is really good! There is either a known problem with these or there is something that is just not compatible with my set up. However this was is going back now as well and I will just get a cash refund. My problem is what do I get as a replacement. Not surprisingly, my number one priority needs to be that I can return it if it doesn't work! Every model that I have seen, and then subsequently done a web search on it, seems to have problems! I will get £155 back for mine, am tempted to get a Panasonic as other Panasonic eqpt I have seems to be good but even some of them seem to get poor reviews! There are some good deals on the net from the likes of bigpockets, but I am not so keen on their refund policy (pay your own postage) etc. Any suggestions, criteria being min 80GB HDD ilive input for DV cameras record to DVD+RW I don't have HD TV just now so not bothered about HDMI but I guess it may make sense to plan for the future and get one with HDMI? Any suggestions?