Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Sep 27 '03
Pros: Recording Feature and Quality, Stylish Design, Easy Operation
Cons: Price, Poor Remote
Summary: Philips announces the DVDR80! Your home DVD recorder! The Philips DVDR80 DVD recorder is the next generation DVD recorder manufactured by Philips. Philips produced the older DVDR985 and it is a decent machine but if you're looking for newer technol ...
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Jul 08 '05
Pros: Guideplus; several recording modes; plays CDs and MP3s
Cons: Missed programme endings and occasional freezes
Summary: It's been two years since I've used my VCR. In fact, the last time I moved, I didn't even bother to get it out of the box. That's because I've moved on to the Phillips DVDR-80 DVD recorder. Setup The enclosed diagram takes the stress out of ...
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Dec 14 '04
Pros: Excellent capabilities
Cons: Lackluster remote, difficult to learn
Summary: I purchased the Philips DVDR80 model from Circuit City a few months ago.(Price $379.00) Now it retails for about $300, and online places like Amazon sell it for $304.(Usually free shipping is offered.) So what does your hard earned $300 buy you? A good ...
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Apr 24 '04
Pros: Lengthy feature set
Broad disk format support
Cons: Won't work with large-screen, 16:9 TVs, painful for satellite subscribers
Summary: I was so optimistic about the DVDR80 that I bought it on-line, and now have to deal with the pain of returning it on-line. However, I find that I'm putting it in a situation that it just can't handle. I have a Samsung HCL5515W 55" rear-screen ...
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Apr 11 '04
Pros: DVD Plus system. Design. Long recording. Recording quality.
Cons: Quality of manufacture. Learning curve. Changing input devices. +R waste.
Summary: The design is excellent. The features and control are great. It makes good quality recordings for a home DVD recorder. But mine has already been in the shop and I don't expect it to last. I bought this DVD recorder because of the features. 1) The ...
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Jan 24 '04
Pros: Looks sharp, filled with features, produces great results GUIDEplus is great for cable users.
Cons: Retail price is still too high for a Philips.
Summary: I should preface my review by saying that I got my machine on e-bay for an absolute bargain, and that probably has had a positive effect on my evaluation. However, I will try to be as objective as possible. The DVDR80 looks just like the DVDR75, but ...
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Nov 23 '03
Pros: see review
Cons: see review
Summary: Problems I have had with the Philips DVDR80/17 1. Build in Guide Plus does not recognize all my cable channels. There are six channels that I cannot record through the Guide Plus system. Guide Plus web site refers me to Philips and Philips refers ...
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Aug 21 '03
Pros: 1394;
Quieter (no cooling fan)
Cons: Poor TV reception;
Digital artifacts;
Immature software;
Poor controls
Summary: I was excited opening the box. Then I plugged in the cable and saw the TV picture quality was just ...
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Jun 24 '03
Pros: Fantastic flexibility and quality reproductions
Cons: Hard to find, costly
Summary: Having the ability to make back up copies has always been important to me. I started out dubbing my ...
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Jul 28 '07
Pros: Freedom to record what I wanted. Easy to edit out commercials.
Cons: Problems using DVD+RW disks, laser assembly failure, firmware update req'd.
Summary: I purchased my DVDR80 in 2004. I had lots of problems initially but worked them out. The user manual was difficult to understand. After I got the firmware update Philips offered, I was able to use the unit until last month until I started getting the
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Jun 27 '06
Pros: DVD recording quality was good for 14 months
Cons: Very poor quality. Poor Customer Service. Lousy Owners Manual.
Summary: I purchased a DVDR80 DVD Recorder and it worked OK for 14 months. It suddenly started pausing during DVD playback. After calling the Customer Service Center, they convinced me that I needed a firmware update which they would not send me for free, but I
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Jun 06 '05
Pros: Records and plays back its own RW discs fine. Looks cool.
Cons: Wont play DVD movies you buy from the shop.
Summary: Reads and plays the discs that it records, but it wont play pre-recorded ones you get from the shops! It freezes halfway through every disc we try and play - i think its a memory buffer problem. So all in all a useless
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Mar 31 '05
Pros: Makes great quality DVDs, many different recording speeds, DV input, able to select index pictures
Cons: Broke down right after warranty expired
Summary: I've had a Philips DVDR80 for over year. For the first 12 months it worked great. Made great copies of VHS tapes and excellent home videos from my camcorder (via the firewire port). The finalized DVD+Rs work great in my old DVD player too. However,
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Feb 09 '05
Pros: Easy to use when it works.
Cons: Won't last more than 12 months with very little use.
Summary: We purchased this product brand new in the fall of 2003 for $600. It worked wonderfully using the iLink cable from our camcorder to DVD's and we were able to share our movies with family members. Loved the machine - until the day the warranty ran out.
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Nov 17 '04
Pros: It had a power cable, a remote with no batteries.
Cons: Everything except a major disappointment, I rate phillips as an innovator and should do better.
Summary: I will never know, the Disc tray never opened and it went back to the store on day one. It looked ok but it would have been an expensive ornament with flashing red
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