Typical price: £380
What is it: A DVD and hard drive recorder
What we think: Philips's feature-rich video recorder is good, but is slightly lagging behind the times
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 13 January 2005
Tags: Philips Consumer Electronics, Philips HDRW720, satellite, picture quality, outputs
We like:
Excellent recording quality; pauses and rewinds live video; great connectivity options; cable box control via included IR blaster
We don't like:
Can't record directly to DVD; nonintuitive menus
You might also need:
Cables; blank DVD media
CNET UK judgement:
Saddled with a crippled electronic programming guide and hard-to-browse menus, Philips's new DVR-DVD recorder is more trouble than it's worth
Full review:
On paper, Philips's new DVR-DVD recorder looks like the ideal combination. Boasting an 80GB hard drive, the HDRW720 pauses and rewinds live video and archives your shows to DVD+R/+RW. Unfortunately, the deck comes saddled with some crippling limitations, including needlessly arcane onscreen menus, and the inability to record directly to DVD. Continue Reading...
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