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I was interested in the comments made about the poor reliability of Phillips DVD recorders. I have a R880 which I am ditching in favour of a Sony GX3! >:(
I wonder why the Phillips machine was unreliable, is it due to poor design or Quality control or is the technology inherently unstable / fragile.
Would appreciate anyone`s thoughts regarding the reliability of Sony DVD recorders

hello steve,i`ve had my sony gx3 since it was released,picture is great,got it for £380,multi region aswell,plays rce discs aswell,make the right choice go for sony :D

IMHO, Philips mistake was to rush their product onto the market in order to capture a market lead. This meant that "Joe Public" was used as a test bed. Having said that I appear to be one of the lucky ones as my 890 hasn`t caused me any grief (yet).

JohnF

GW6UFO is QRT at the moment

Philips have been noted for unreliable products & bad after sales service for 30 years that I know off. One day they will realise & get back many of the people like me that won`t buy there products under any circumstance. In the meantime of the 2 you mention the Sony has to be far supierior but I can`t believe anybody needs a DVD recorder & the facilities more than me (I`m a fussy b*gger) & I still can`t see any reason in buying anything other than the Panasonic E50,,,,fantastic editing, fantastic picture, Record & watch at the same time & so much more, anything else is a waste of money unless you need a hard drive, if that is sothe Panasonic with hard drive is the only one to go for.

The 880/890 series had a problem with the laser assembly-or something like that.The latest issue of WV/HCC has a reply from Philips who acknowledge the fault and explain it much better than I can.
The latest range is much more reliable-but posts are just starting to appear(not that many yet)across the forums of these new models also having trouble.
Sony has a far better record in the reliability stakes,but their recorder is vastly overpriced.£380,against the Philips £199(Richer Sounds).Obviously saving £180 is nothing if the thing goes wrong,but thats a chance you take.The Sony offers basic +RW as well as the usual DVD-R/-RW.Unless you really are desperate for rewritable discs to play on other players,thats £180 too much.
As Paull said,Panasonic offer reliable machines at a low price point.Their single drawback is that their rewritable format is RAM.But if the +RW style compatibility does not matter then the Panny is a better bet than the Sony.