Philips DVDR3300H DVD Recorder with 80GB HDD ** £218.64 ** Delievered

arb007

Features : (From Philips Website)

Watch what you want - when you want
Record up to 130 hours of TV on the 80GB hard disc
Pause Live TV pauses and resumes live TV as it suits you
Instant Replay: relive a live TV moment
FlexTime: watch the beginning while you record the end

Recording made easy
i.Link enables perfect digital camcorder copies
VIDEO uses a single code to program the timer
VPS/PDC records the program exactly when it starts
DualMedia records on DVD+R/+RW, DVD+R DL and DVD-R/-RW discs

Plays it all
Movies: DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, (S)VCD
Photos: Picture CD (JPEG)
Music: CD, CD-R/RW and MP3-CD

Catalouge Price

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> £249.00
10% Discount for First Orders or Use D5RB to get 10% over £75 for existing customers

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> makes it £224.10
4% Cash Back as Rpoints between Oct-Dec

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> makes it £215.14
Add Standard Delivery (£3.50)

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> makes it £218.64 Delivered

I have checked and cheapest I could find was £275-£280, so I believe it is good bagain. Reviews are also not bad for this machine

Direct Link is;
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Silly_Chip

Can you record a playing dvd onto the hard drive? i.e. If I bought someone a dvd for Xmas, can I play it and record it onto the HD?

Thanks.

arb007

I believe that you can only record that DVD if you use another dvd player like you will record inputs from camera etc. There is no functionality in this dvd recorder to record DVD to HD directly (using its own dvd player).

I hope that answers your question

Silly_Chip

Thanks arb007. I read a write up which states that the dvdr can only record directly from the hard drive i.e. you can't record onto dvd directly from TV.......please correct me if I'm mistaken.

arb007

Yes, you are right
You can only record onto the HDD, but can copy required contents from HDD to DVD disk later on. You cannot record directly to DVD disk from TV

But it can record (from HD) on DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD +R Dual Layer dvds

Mine was dispatched yesterday, so I am looking forward to get it soon. I am tempted to see it working after reading good reviews on it

Silly_Chip

I'm tempted by the Samsung 2 in 1 Combination 80Gb Hard Drive & Progressive Scan DVD Recorder £272.28 which will allow me to record from the dvd to the hard drive (though the QVC advert does say that most pre-recorded discs will be protected).

http://www.qvcuk.com/ukhtml/frames/ClasFrameUK21.html

Sun

Samsung 2 in 1 Combination recorder does not support DVD+RW or DVD+R

arb007

Also Samsung 2 in 1 Combination ... records upto 40 hours on 80GB HDD, where as Philips can record upto 103 hours on the same size. OK the quality for longest recording may not be very good, but at least you have space to record something if required.

rizla01

As well as the above there is no scart socket on the back of the Samsung.

Se here



Isn't this a problem or am I missing something?

Horlock

Silly_Chip wrote:

I'm tempted by the Samsung 2 in 1 Combination 80Gb Hard Drive & Progressive Scan DVD Recorder £272.28 which will allow me to record from the dvd to the hard drive (though the QVC advert does say that most pre-recorded discs will be protected).

http://www.qvcuk.com/ukhtml/frames/ClasFrameUK21.html

If you're going to do that I would definately recommend spending the extra £28 and buying the dvdhr725 from richer sounds. Also samsung. 160GB hard disk. HDMI output and also 2 scarts plus all the rest of the features. Can record direct to dvd. And so much more I haven't even read my manual yet. My only complaint is it seems a bit slow at responding to pressing buttons. Got mine for slightly more about 3 months ago.

Hope this helps