Philips DVDR3300H Dvd Recorder Reviews

Just what i needed

this unit is a little tricky to get used to but when you it really allows you to do anything you want, leave the freeview box plugged in and on the channel of your favourite programme, when you get in just rewind the six hours time slip and watch, easy no recording or getting times wrong to programme it missing the first few mins. Excellent dubbing straight from the time slip or fromm hdd for easy non advert watching or recording to dvd. Fantastic. My only complaint is the time slip would be excellent if it was two weeks long and came with a massive hard drive, it would be worth the extra money

Reviewed by the plumber on 9:28pm Sat 24th Apr 2010

Factor	Rating
Ease of Use	5/5
Durability	4/5
Style	3/5
Service & Support	3/5
Value for Money	5/5
Recommend	1/5
Overall	5/5

Time and date

I''ve had this machine for a year or so now and on the whole I think it is very good. You can''t, however, edit recordings on the hard drive which is an inconvenience. My main complaint is that it keeps on - and I mean keeps on - losing the time and date. This means that I frequently lose timer recordings. When I set the timer (mainly for things in the early hours of the morning) the time and date are definitely and absolutely correct but when I go to find my programme to watch it hasn''t recorded. Somewhere between setting the timer and the recording time it loses the date and time!!!! This is is maddening to say the least! To make things worse you have to unplug the machine to change the time, otherwise it won''t keep the change. I was told that by a Philips representative when I emailed them.

Pros	Cons
	Timer recording and loss of date and time

Reviewed by D Stanbury on 2:12pm Thu 28th Feb 2008

Factor	Rating
Ease of Use	3/5
Durability	4/5
Style	4/5
Service & Support	3/5
Value for Money	4/5
Recommend	1/5
Overall	3/5

A good reliable machine

Admitedly at first the concept of this machine is strange but once you understand it it all makes sense. My main intention when buying this machine was to use it as a HDD recorder and in this role it excels. It has a modern design and I like the big blue and red lights ;-) I rarely burn to DVD but usually record, watch it and then delete. It's reliable and does its job well. Worth the money in my opinion

Pros	Cons
Nice design performs well fast quiet	You need to read the documentation to fully understand the recording concept of this machine Only allows a maximum of 8 predefined recording slots

Reviewed by Ken on 4:01pm Tue 7th Mar 2006

Factor	Rating
Ease of Use	4/5
Durability	4/5
Style	5/5
Service & Support	3/5
Value for Money	4/5
Recommend	1/5
Overall	5/5

Weird concept philipsdvdr3300h

It does not record direct to DVD, the word dvd recorder should allow me to record, can''t transfer recorded items from a dvd to the hard disk?! called philips to find that you CANNOT record direct to dvd!! or transfer to hard disk from dvd!! if my hdd is full of progs i don't want to delete, what then, there is a prog on and I can''t record it!! i could transfer some progs to dvd rw disks then recopy them back to the hdd, but hang on I can't, because the unit won't allow it! pointless. i am very bemused, very, sigh! if you use the recorder at night close your curtains! the BLUE light on the front which is a power on/timeshift light is so bright it's unbelievable, so bright it actually looks blurred, I was scared i'm directly below a flight path! Don't buy it!!! end of!!

Pros	Cons
quiet unit. the timeshift that allows you to rewind and then record progs you''ve missed, not all machines can do that.	no merge function(merge two progs/scenes together) not able to record direct to dvd not able to re transfer progs from dvd to hdd You thought xenon bulbs were bright, you''ve not seen this unit switched on!

Reviewed by jut on 3:26am Fri 17th Feb 2006

Factor	Rating
Ease of Use	5/5
Durability	1/5
Style	5/5
Service & Support	2/5
Value for Money	1/5
Recommend	0/5
Overall	2/5