Philips DVDR 610

I've had a Philips DVDR 610 for about one year now. Unfortunately, digital technology has not prevailed over analogue if this attempt is anything to go by. It's slower, more fiddily to use, and is less reliable than any VCR I've previously had. The menu system is slow and unpolished, the interface of the machine is not as intuitive/consistent as it should be. And to round things off, it's not reliable. This is despite going through the trouble of upgrading the firmware recently. The system often works. It will record a few times onto quality branded DVD-RW disks, then every now and again I return to find that it only recorded roughly the first 10 ...  Read the complete review

10 Jan 2004 - Dixons announce they are to stop selling video recorders 11 Jan 2004 - After giving the news due consideration I officially begin to panic There is no doubt about it. The humble video recorder has begun to stride down the long and slippery path to obscurity. Of course it’s not going to disappear overnight but for someone like me with several bookcases groaning under the weight of all those videotapes it doesn’t hurt to start thinking about the future. The DVD format had been one of the major success stories in home entertainment and is recognised as the fastest growing home entertainment format ever. Recordable DVD’s were ...  Read the complete review