The Edge
21st January 2003, 13:06
On The Inquirer website we can read (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7326) that according to a report on the Digital Spy forums, Philips DVD recorders are "riddled with bugs", with a wide range of current problems.
Digital Spy lists (http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/t/49204/ds.html) machines failing to read disks, switching off while recording, a problem with the timer, machines locking up, and a multitude of other claimed defects:
If anyone's considering buying a Philips DVD recorder they might want to wait a couple of months until the new models come out, because the company's current recorders seem to be riddled with bugs.
Faults are so widespread that on the pro DVD+R forum they're now running polls to try and chart the extent of the problem, and the results are simply shocking....
The problems are seemingly endless, including machines gradually refusing to read pre-recorded disks, switching off during recording, the timer not working, the machine locking up completely, white-outs during recordings from video, failure to finalise disks, blocky lines appearing in recordings and successfully recorded disks later refusing to be recognised.
I cannot say since I don't own a Philips DVD+R recorder but might be an interesting read for any Philips or future Philips owners out there.
Edge
Digital Spy lists (http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/t/49204/ds.html) machines failing to read disks, switching off while recording, a problem with the timer, machines locking up, and a multitude of other claimed defects:
If anyone's considering buying a Philips DVD recorder they might want to wait a couple of months until the new models come out, because the company's current recorders seem to be riddled with bugs.
Faults are so widespread that on the pro DVD+R forum they're now running polls to try and chart the extent of the problem, and the results are simply shocking....
The problems are seemingly endless, including machines gradually refusing to read pre-recorded disks, switching off during recording, the timer not working, the machine locking up completely, white-outs during recordings from video, failure to finalise disks, blocky lines appearing in recordings and successfully recorded disks later refusing to be recognised.
I cannot say since I don't own a Philips DVD+R recorder but might be an interesting read for any Philips or future Philips owners out there.
Edge