Phillips Recorders Not For Everyone.
Oct 05 '00
STOP, WAIT! Read this before you buy...
I bought a Phillips unit from Best Buy maybe 1-1/2 years ago. At the time I only had a WebTV, and wanted to copy demo CDs of my band. My first warning was when the guy at Best Buy said that a lot of these were being returned because they were breaking down. Passion overtook me and I laid down $400 anyway.
-First, the Blank CDRs were $3-$4 each (these have gotten cheaper recently), as the computer CDRs are around $1 or even much less. This was a big blow, as I planed on cc-ing 100s of CDs! Really my fault for not doing my homework...
-The ease of operation is little tricky - you have to follow very specific instructions to record, and the risk factor of ruining a $3 blank disc is high for a reckless, fat-fingered idiot like myself.
-Not reliable - Often you have to power down the unit because it crashes like a computer. Also the CDs sometimes end up skipping a lot or not working on all CD players - not what you want for demos.
Chances are, if you're reading this, you have a computer. And if you have a computer, chances are it already has a CD burner (or you can add one for the fraction of the price of a Phillips unit). Editing on a computer is much easier on a Windows screen, than a tiny LCD display, the CDs are cheaper, and you can dump MP3 downloads right onto CD.
I did have an older model, and I'm sure they might have worked some of the bugs out by now, but my advice is to pass unless you don't have a computer and really need the ability to copy CD's.
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