Philips 160GB Hard Disk and DVD Recorder

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I applaud Philips for being one of the first to bring a product of this type to the market at an affordable price. The interface and functions are notably primitive, the hard drive recording control is no way up to par on what can be done with the boxes you can rent from the cable and satellite companies, at least from my experience, but it will get the job done. I bought one for my parents and they are relatively happy but I am hesitating to buy a second. I really like the recording features but it seems if I wait a little longer much better ones will come out. I'd much rather own the panasonic DVD recorders but I'm afraid these are also not mature enough yet, lots of problems with my last and I had to return it. Anyway, so far so good... the Philips unit does work, it just doesn't make you feel very warm and fuzzy, more like a caveman with a remote control instead of a club.

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This is a reconditioned product, but you can't find them in the US in new condition. One channel doesn't come through the cable well enough to record, but everything else works well. The first one I pruchased did not work at all, but the return went smoothly. I would consider another of these hard drive recorders if they became available. I would prefer new, but would try the reconditioned again.

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how can i start to discribe my satisfaction, with this product .they are too meny .first one i love is that i can conect a flash card with hundreds of songs and play them in it with my stereo or throught the tv sound. second. i can pause live tv any time i want with the push, of button. third i can play dvx movies and dvds with incredible picture quality as well i can connect a flash card with pictures and whatch them on my television .forth i can use the hard drive to record my survillance camera for up to seven straight days if i want to.and the timer is very easy to set up to record my favorites programs. the clock works fine for me it sets itself if you get the PBS station, with antena only. with cable it didnot work for me. it also has a button in the remote to direct record from the dvd to hard drive or viceversa of course as longest the dvd is not copy right protected. all your personal videos can be copy to the hard drive and from the hard drive to a blank dvd. the menu is very easy to navigate also it gives information about the program that you are whatching by pressing info in the remote and if you are whatching a dvd movie the info button give you more options such as sound modes, close caption modes , 3 levels of zoom, chapters, repeat modes, ok there is only one down side, but it doesnot realy bother me, that much that it does not have, a DTS decoder built in it. but the dolby prologic is very good when conected with the optical digital outputto my surround sound receiver . it also has a digital and analog tuner. i would highly recomend this product because it has so meny aplications to use it for . i got this product now for about a month and i just loved

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The unit works as advertised. I do not use all the features, but it has a lot of them. I could tell it was a refurb (as advertised), but in no way does it effect the functionality. I am pleased with my purchased. I have not had it long enough to know if will last, but for the price ti was worth a shot.

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After looking around at several different places and finding the Philips DVDR3576H/37 hard to find and when found, very expensive, I was happy to see Overstock.com carrying a refurbished unit for ~$220. After a month it works perfectly. The hard drive recording feature is fantastic. I was also surprised to see the excellenct reception of over the air airwaves. Having become used to analog broadcasts, this is like having cable but without the bill! A wonderful unit for the person who needs to record PBS shows.

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