November 8th, 2010
Philips DVDR70 Multi Region Capable DVD Recorder
Plummeting prices have meant DVD recorders are now starting to become a practical replacement for the humble VCR. Philips’ DVDR70 is a perfect example, giving amazing picture quality, up to six hours of recording on one disc and the ability to re-record as often as you like, using reusable DVD+RW media as well as slightly cheaper, single-use, DVD+R discs. Installation is quick and easy, with a single-sheet Quick Install Guide provided in the box so you don’t even have to open the manual. The D
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Review by whatlep for Philips DVDR70 Multi Region Capable DVD Recorder
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Don’t doubt it – with products of this quality the VCR is dead. The DVDR70 and its stablemates have finally brought high-quality DVD recording from TV or VCR to a consumer level price with acceptable ease of use. DVDs can be created to last from anything between 1 and 6 hours in total. Individual recordings can be manipulated in similar manner, so a DVD may contain mixed levels of quality recording. In truth, at anything more than 2.5 hours per DVD, quality starts to suffer perceptibly. Simple recordings from the TV are OK at 4 hours per DVD if a recording is planned to be junked immediately after veiwing. The 6 hour mode is like LP (long play) on a VCR – use only if you really must.Copying from other DVDs or VCRs is straightforward once the on-screen menus have been mastered and provided that recordings are kept to 2 or 2.5 hours per DVD. The downside is that you rapidly realise how poor VCR quality is by comparison to DVDs!The recorder is reasonably slim, though significantly larger than most VCRs or DVD players. The same doesn’t go for the instruction manual which is a monster and not really thought through from a consumer’s viewpoint. All the commands are there, but not in a particularly easily-followed manner. The writers really should have included a basic “how DVD recordings compare to VCR ones” to clarify the way tracks and chapters are used and how to perform simple tasks such as recording over unused parts of a recording. The latter is much too complex to work out either intuitively or from the manual. Once figured out, it’s easy, but the omission of a ‘how to’ section, written from a naive user’s viewpoint is symptomatic of the manual.Similarly, the recorder has no fast forward or rewind buttons, instead relying on fixed 4x/8x and 32x speeds accessed by keeping the forward/back chapter buttons pressed. This is a real pain when trying to reach a particular point in a recording.However, despite these few negatives, this remains a superb machine and the price is an absolute steal. Give yourself some time to cope with the manual and ergonomics and you’ll never, ever want to use a VCR again.Strongly recommended.
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Bought the DVDR70 DVD recorder a couple of days ago, and within 10 minutes of switching it on, I was ready to record from my TV.
The interface is easily learnt, and very useful, allowing selection of functions such as erase disc, naming programmes, and playing/recording of programmes. One slight gripe, concerning the terminology in the manual, concerning connection of scart cables for VCR to DVDR recording. I had to make notes to help me remember/decipher what to do. Apart from that, for the price this recorder is superb value. I recorded at mainly 2hr & 2.5hr levels, and I found the quality very, very good.Recording at 6hr level from tv is also quite good, but to me it is the quality and durabilty of the DVDR system, as a whole, that will preserve my VHS video collection for posterity!Great value for money, great bit of kit. Go and buy, you won’t be disappointed.
Review by J. Reeves for Philips DVDR70 Multi Region Capable DVD Recorder
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I’ve had mine for about a week now, it was originally purchased so the VHS machine could finally be thrown in the bin (analouge gear just doesn’t cut it for consumer electronics imho.)Steup: Nothing too complicated – a scart cable was connection from the sky box to the DVD-R’s AUX2 input and then the TV’s AUX input was connected to the DVD-R’s main scart socket. The manual was not very helpful at this stage telling me that I had to connect UHF ariel leads which, it turns out, were completly un-nessisary (at least in my setup)Usage: Everything works fine, the On Screen Dispay is great and the menu is easy to pick up and use – data regarding the DVD placed in the drive is displayed showing the time remaining on the disc and giving you options for renaming, deletion or protection of your recordings. The “Scene Cut” tool works well and allows you to “chapter” your recordings, great for splitting up programs that you recorded in one sweep or killing advert breaks.There are various different recording modes, but I have found the 2x mode the most viable, this gives you 2:30 hours recording time per DVD – the lower settings, although useful, provide “sub-dvd” quality recordings – which, imho, kinda defeats the whole point of owning a DVD-R :)The timer functions work great and programming the my skybox for automatic channel changing was nice and painless as well.DVD-RW’s are the most versitile format for this machine allowing you to record again and again – much like with a VHS videotape, except the quality never drops.My only reservations are that the manul is so incredibly poor, you don’t get a SCART cable with the machine (so make sure you buy an extra one if you don’t have a spare lying around) and that you can’t take advantage of Panasonic’s “Time-Slip” technology which allows you to record and playback from a DVD-RAM at the same time.These aside tho, I would highly reccomend this product, and yes, the VCR is in the bin.
Review by R. Moody for Philips DVDR70 Multi Region Capable DVD Recorder
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My wife bought this product back in May for £169 from a well-known supermarket store and I have to say, I’m impressed. The quality of recording on the 3 highest quality settings (M1, M2, M2x) is excellent especially when recording programmes via a digital satellite receiver. M3 mode is also very good and the equivalent of S-VHS quality. M4 is better than standard VHS and M6 is the same as standard VHS quality which is fine if you just want to record 6 hours of programmes on one disc and don’t want to keep them after viewing. The index picture menu is a breeze to use with channel, time, duration, quality setting and date stamps shown against each recording and you also have the option to title them via a rather long-winded lettering system. It has to be said though that the system menu is pants and the use of unclear symbols for some functions doesn’t help either. Fortunately, once set up, you hardly ever need to go into the the system menu as the remote control has a button for almost every function anyway. My one complaint about the remote control is that combining the disc search and skip to next title/chapter button wasn’t a great idea – I have accidently skipped to the next recording (press once) instead of fast forwarding (press and hold down) many times which is frustrating. Useful functions worth a mention are safe record (press and hold down the record button) which prevents overwriting other recordings and OTR (one touch recording) which allows you to increase the recording time by 30 minute increments at each press of the record button. If you have sky digital, you can also set up the recorder to be controlled by the satellite receiver so that it records the programmes in the sky personal planner instead.The recorder has been used most days since we bought it and although we are quite careful in the handling and storage of the discs anyway, so far we haven’t had any disc errors with the Maxell and Memorex DVD+RWs we use. This was our first DVD product and because the Philips recorder has performed admirably so far, we are now well and truly converted to the DVD revolution and it’s benefits over video. Good stuff.
Review by JSR for Philips DVDR70 Multi Region Capable DVD Recorder
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I bought the DVDR70 from Amazon just before Christmas 2003 (a year ago). It’s work fine since day one. I record on it at least once a day, frequently moreso, and it’s never failed.I was making the change from VHS to DVDR and I wanted something uncomplicated but with the advantages of DVD recording. This is what the DVDR70 gave me. If you’re used to putting in a video tape and hitting “record”, then you’ll be able to use the DVDR70. Just put in a DVD+RW and hit “record”. That’s all there is to it.There are other extra features like trimming up your recordings and chapter-hiding (useful for stopping commercial breaks from showing during playback). Once recorded, you end up with a nice little thumbnail menu screen with text space for your own titles and thumbnail pictures of the titles which you can change if you wish.At the current price, the DVDR70 is too good to miss. I’ll be buying “Philips” next time…