Page 1 of Reliability of 2nd Generation Phillips Recorders

The 880 and 890 first generation series from Phillips has taken a lot of flak in these forums over reliability. What`s the score with the next generation RV70 and RV80?

Well so far there appears to be not many dead machines.In about 6 months we can say so for sure

That sounds very good and promising....I wunder if Philips have finaly took notice, mind you, they probley had no chocie with a warehouse full of returned DVDR880/890!! LOL

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Regards, John72.

This is prercisely what these forums are for. Very interested in the experience of what actual owners of 70 and 80 machines have been. So far I`ve gone the -R route and very happy with the results but I have a lingering suspicion that +R is actually superior. Thus I would love to think that Phillips had sorted themselves out.

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I have a lingering suspicion that +R is actually superior

Which bit is superior?........the quality of picture of recorded playback?

Surely we`re not talking about the compatability issue of DVD players(again)?

Pete :/

Snafu-let those suspicions linger no longer.I had a Philips for over a year and have had a Panasonic for a few months now so I feel I can compare.The only reason you may ever want to risk buying into the Philips format is if you ever want your rewritable discs to play on other players.If thats not a requirement-stay put with DVD-R

on that note, i am thinking of getting a +rw machine for that very reason and looked at the mico but as it`s so damned ugly (sorry i know that may upset some) i decided against it, so my question is, which +r/rw machine would you recomend thats as near to the mico in price as poss. it should also be mentioned that whilst at the manchester computer fair the guy that runs p&b said they were hoping to get a multi format descktop machine (+r/rw/-r/rw) before xmas and that it would be cheaper than the mico !!! tho imho i`ll believe it when i see it :D

thanks in advance

Have a look in Dixons.

They sell a Grundig DVDRW recorder for £199.

Has anyone successfully managed to get Philips to swap their old 880/890 for a newer model?

I saw that yesterday and it comes with 10 discs (not sure what ones though). Anybody here got one of these models, I`d like some feedback on how they perform. I have recently got a Phillips DVDR70 but can return it up to the end of January so am keen for an idea of any models currently available for around the same price.