Thanks Jeremy
I must say I would be tempted to get it for $450 (nice deal). I also
quite liked the styling of the Phillips. I have heard that the Pioneer
and Panasonic are very good. Although i think the Panasonic looks a bit
retro !
I will do a bit more research I think. But the phillips actually sounds
fine to me. I take it from you comments that it can play Divx / AVIs,
just not when recording to the HDD ?
Rob Martin
Software Engineer
phone +64 03 377 0495
fax +64 03 377 0496
web www.chreos.com
Wild Software Ltd
Jeremy Coulter wrote:
Well.......I had a philips 725 something or other, and it was an earlish HD
recorder. Got it from Smiths Chity when they oppend the Bushin store. Was
$1199 and on that day they were $699 on special....so couldn’t let the go !!
Since it was my first experience of a HD recorder and I didn’t bother
comparing it with others, I actually didn’t mind it.
But I agree, the menus were very slow ! But we used it EVERY day for
recording and playing DVD's for the kids etc. And we certanly got out $699
worth in 18months.
I was a bit hesitent at going beack to another Philips I must admit. I did
notice that Smiths City had Philips recorders for $499 but hey are older
ones, and they will have the slow menus too.
>From everything I have read, every one raves about the Pioneer ones, and
they are on special at smiths City at the moment, and NEARLY go one, but the
one I ended up getting was another Philips and the first thing I did was get
the guy in the shop to set it up so I could check out the menus etc.
It performed a LOT better than the last one. The only real complain so far
is the buttons on the remote a bit small and I cant palx a DivX encoded avi
hen is recording to the HD.
The other reason I got the Philips one was because it was $699, and then it
was on special for $599 at Farmers, then they had 20% off and since it was
the only unit of the philips they had in stock at the store, and the store
is not having an electronics section soon, I got even more of a
discount....got it for $450 !!
But, if I had $599...I would got o Smiths City and get the Pioneer.
Jeremy
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Hi Jeremy
Not answering your question sorry but ...
I am looking at DVD / HDD recorders and notice that the phillips 160GB
machine is about $200 less than all other brands ($499 at bond and bond
- all others about $699). I have a mate who has a phillips DVD (only)
recorder and hates it, says its really slow to do anything with. How did
you find yours ?
Rob Martin
Software Engineer
phone +64 03 377 0495
fax +64 03 377 0496
web www.chreos.com
Wild Software Ltd
Jeremy Coulter wrote:
Hi All.
Well, after the HD AND DVD drive bothing getting frizzed at the same
time on my Philips DVD recorder unit ( it did last 18mths with very
heavy usge) I got another unit the other day.
One of the things it does is when you go to set the program you want
to record is bring up a g-code screen first, which makes sense to me
as I use them out of he TV guide..its just easier.
BUT if i want to record something off Sky, I have to manually enter
the time etc. I got to thinking, there must be a way to generate a
G-Code code by entering in a date and time and I guess maybe a channel.
But after searching the web, I only seem to find dead links. Anyone
seen any code or even an app. that wil do this?
Thanks, Jeremy
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