Page 1 of Philips DVDR-880 not reading disks?

For the last few days I`ve been very close to buying a Philips DVDR-880 DVD recorder.

However, checking out the dvdplusrw.org forums I`ve seen horror stories about machines breaking down. The most common problem appears to be machines gradually refusing to play pre-recorded store-bought DVDs and DVD+R media.

Has anyone here had difficulties with their Philips machine, or can they reassure me? I`m very keen to get a DVD recorder but don`t want to be stuck with ongoing problems.

(BTW, there haven`t been many comments on the recording quality here. In the best, HQ mode, how well does the picture compare to the original broadcast from Sky Digital via RGB?)

Cheers,

Desk

This item was edited on Thursday, 21st November 2002, 20:05

I have hadt my DVDR player for two months having no problems (touch wood)
Also manged to fine good quailty DVD+r disc at very good prices.
Check these links http://www.digitalpromo.co.uk/
http://www.dvdplusrw.org/
upgraded the firware so now records up to six hours

I have the DVDR880 by PHILIPS - Great machine, works fine up to date. Just touching on one of the replies... How do you update the firmware? And alos, will this update effect my "multi-region" which I programmed onto the machine (via remote control)?

Thanks