Record all your favorite movies, music & TV programs. Play any media format you want - DivX, MP3s, WMA or JPEGs. Unbeatable convenience of great playability, and the luxury of sharing media files on your TV or home theater system at home.
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Bring video to life, 1080p HDMI upconverts to high definition for sharper images with progressive scan component video for optimized image quality.
i.Link carries all audio and video signals via a single cable digitally, with no loss in picture and sound quality. With i.Link digital video input, you can copy your home videos in their original digital picture quality.
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Included Accessories: 2 x AAA Batteries, Quick start guide, Remote Control, User Manual, A/V Cable, RF antenna cable.
Product Description Benefit from the convenience of recording directly onto a 160GB hard disk with this DVD recorder. To keep something longer, simply record your selected programs onto a DVD to enjoy a lifetime of high quality videos. This DVD Recorder supports dual media recording, the ability to create recordings on DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW discs. Play virtually any media format you want - whether they are DivX, MP3s, WMA or JPEGs. Experience the unbeatable convenience of great playability, and the luxury of sharing media files on your TV or home theater system - in the comfort of your living room. Simply plug your device into the USB port on your Philips DVD system. Your digital music and photos will be played directly from the device. Now you can share your favorite moments with family and friends. 1080p HDMI upconversion delivers images that are crystal clear. HDMI makes a direct digital connection that can carry uncompressed digital HD video as well as digital multichannel audio, delivering perfect picture and sound quality, completely free from noise. Progressive Scan doubles the vertical resolution of the image, resulting in a noticeably sharper picture. At such a speed, your eye perceives a sharper picture with no line structure. Recording Modes - High Quality (HQ), Standard Play (SP), Standard Play Plus (SPP), Long Play (LP), Extended Play (EP), and Super Long Play (SLP) Recording enhancements - Auto Chapter Marking, Chapter Marker Insertion, Divide, Erase, Manual Chapter Marking, One Touch Record (OTR), Safe Record, and Selectable Index Pictures Playback Media - CD-R/CD-RW, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, DVD-Video, and Video CD/SVCD Compression formats - MPEG2, MPEG1, DivX 3.11, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, and DivX 6.0 Compression format - Dolby Digital, MP3, and WMA Dimensions - Width 16.53 x Depth 11.42 x Height 2.32 (420x290x59mm) Weight - 3.4 kg
Exceeded expectationsNovember 16, 2008 This does just about everything I could ask for. My main interest was in recording and playback from the hard drive. In the HQ mode, fed into a 32 inch HD set via an HDMI cable, the picture quality is close to HD. Programming is fairly easy, better than my old VCR. The only issues are that the buttons on the remote are small and not very well laid out. After a month of use I still have to hunt to find them. And for some reason, when you turn the unit on, you have to turn the TV set off, and back on again to get the DVR to show up on the screen. Sometimes this happens, sometimes it doesn't. I'm not sure if there's some un apparent trigger event causing this or if it's just a bug. It's more expensive than a DVD recorder with a programmable tuner but it's nice not to have to keep track of a bunch of separate disks.
Replace your VCRNovember 14, 2008 This unit is a fantastic replacement for your old VCR. A must for over the air recordings as the new digital channels can be recorded.
Great Hard Drive....so, so tunerNovember 14, 2008 I have owned this product for about a month. The 160GB Hard drive is fantastic! Set it & let it go. No old school VHS tapes to deal with or wonder if there is enough tape to catch all of a show. The menu clearly shows how much recording time is available on the hard drive, based on recording quality. I keep mine set to HQ & so far I have not found a need to fill up the 30+ hours this setting provides. This works great as a poor man's Tivo.(no monthly fees!!)
The upconverting DVD player works well. I have yet to try the DVD recording functions.
The one quibble I have with this unit is the tuner. As mentioned above I wanted a poor mans Tivo, something with a built in digital tuner to record over the air digital TV. This serves that purpose.
Be very clear that is a SDTV tuner...which means not a true full HiDef tuner as in an HDTV. It does receive the digital OTA stations here in DFW without a problem (have a Philips amplified antenna & reception is great 20+ miles from the broadcasting towers).) The quality of the tuner is what I am not pleased with. It is very clearly a SD tuner. The contrast between the HDTV tuner in my Samsung LCD & the SDTV tuner in this unit is pronounced. The SDTV tuner has a softer, less focused picture. I dont understand why Philips went with a SDTV tuner versus a full HDTV tuner in this unit. A full HDTV tuner would kick this bad boy up to 5 stars in my book.
A couple other reviews mention that the unit will turn itself on & off sometimes. Mine does, twice a day. At Noon & Midnight. I speculate that this is an auto-update function for the EPG & time settings.
A few reviews have mentioned noise. Yes, this unit is definitely louder that a standard DVD player & certainly louder than the hard drive in a personal computer. However I do not find it bothersome or distracting.
Overall I am pleased with this purchase. I just wish the tuner was true HD.
Philips DVDR3576H DVD Recorder with 160 GB Hard disc and built in tunerNovember 11, 2008 I am one of the few who still is recording TV programs but not on cable, satellite or other. Just good old fashioned free TV over the airwaves. Since all broadcasts will be digital in Feb of 09, I needed a new Digital video recorder with a digital tuner built in. I also wanted to be able to record, TIVO style, hours of programs without having to worry about a DVD filling up after 8 hours. This is the only recorder that I found that did not require a monthly or annual fee for a service for programming the recorder such as Tivo or Dishnet. After I figured out how to hook it up, not too difficult, i found that it works well. It plays DVDs and it records programs in digital format to a harddrive. It does not record in hi def, but i knew that going in and am quite satisfied with the recording quality. You can transfer programs from the hard drive to DVD if you want and do some editing. I have only had mine for a month, so I havent worked with all the features, but for recording programs and playing them back at my convenience, it works better than the previous DVR recorder i owned. When you want to find the recorded program, you can choose from a list by dated recorded or you can actually watch a small video of the recorded program as an icon and I can actually Identify my programs on sight. I bought it refurbished which has a 30 day warranty, but i gambled to save about $100.00. I may find out that was a poor choice when it has to be repaired but most electronics are only warranted for a year and I like my chances for it to go at least a year since it is refurbished. It is the same size as my previous DVR and it looks brand new. In fact I see no tell tale signs that it is refurbished.
First DVRNovember 11, 2008 The Philips DVDR3576H DVD Recorder with 160GB Hard Disc and Built-In Tuner is my first DVR or for that matter my first DVD recorder. The instructions/manual were a bit daunting at first but after a call to Philips things got moving. The upconverting is really nice. Recommended 4 stars
