Philips 160GB Hard Disk/DVD Recorder with 1080p Upconversion

Works well! Saves me $$$ I record to the hadr drive and if I dont want to keep it I delete it.Saves me money on blank dvd's just to record somthing I want to watch once. I can also use it to record my property security camera review it in fast forward mode and save it if I need to. Good video quality!

I read every review on this site and amazon before buying. The only problem I encountered was dark picture which was easily corrected by changing tv settings. As far as shortcomings this thing is no TIVO but with a little patience and the manual handy it will cover the basic functions. I love it and have ordered a 2nd unit. It performs well enough I am disconnecting my Directv on June 12 and going OTA, a $75 dollar a month savings! The cost of both units will easily be offset in less than 1 year. If you are a techno geek and need the best of the best and only HI-DEF this is NOT the unit for you.

I got this product to receive digital broadcast TV and to get the benefits of DVR. It does both fairly well. I already had a Panasonic digital receiver with a VHS player/recorder and DVD reader/writer and (and as the Panasonic does) I expected the Phillips receiver would also pick up the analog signals while they last. Among the weaker stations, the analog signals will actually produce a picture with sound whereas the digital signals do neither. The Phillips remote is also laid out much less intuitively, and the record/pause feature isn't saved as a recoverable file in the same way that a scheduled recording is. Once you stop the record/pause function - everything you recorded is no longer recoverable, but while it's recording you can start watching from the first or as it records or skip forward and backward. Since it's about the only DVR I've found made for the US market, I have to say that it's worth what you have to pay for it and Wal-Mart is always one of the best places to buy anything.

This particular recorder meets all my needs in a recorder. I'm quite happy with its features.

So far, I've not encountered any problem with it.

I plan to purchase another one in the near future.

this unit worked great for 2 weeks and then the clock kept reseting to October 2038 and so it failed to record from the timer. This happened twice now and the old VCR next to it keeps perfect time connected to same cable and backup power.

Price was right, it was very easy to use, very similiar to a vcr's setup. It had no lag like my old Toshiba did. However the pivture on my HDTV was horrible. No matter what settings I changed on the recorder or the TV it actually made it hard to watch a TV show. It also did not have a guide for what was coming on or what was going to be on.

Overall I found it lacking and I was highly disappointed. It would probably be best used with an analog tv.

I ended up spending the extra money and bought a Tivo and luckily that did live up to my expectations.

This is one of the few DVR recorders that also has the DVD player/recorder built in. So far, I am very happy with this machine. Set up was very easy. It allows you to customize your preferences. Records to DVR or DVD and is very versatile and easy to use. I love it for recording movies, editing the commercials out very quickly, and burning the movie to a DVD to keep in my personal collection. The only thing I am not fond of is that it is rather loud, emitting a low droning sound when it is on, but not enough to be annoying when you are watching a program, and the functions make it well worth it.

I bougth this HDD 1 day and was ready to return the next. When it worked Day #1 I was able to set up programming, watch recorded shows, enjoyed the crisp digital tv channels. I almost was ready to recommend it to coworkers. Then suddenly on Day #2 with no warning it stopped working, all of sudden couldn't open the dvd tray, couldn't access any recorded shows, and the systems seemed to run/make noise with a mind of its own. Didn't respond to any remote or manual control instructions. It is possible I got a bad unit, but why go through the hassel.

I am very pleased with this recorder. I have just used the hard drive recording so far, haven't recorded anything to DVD. I went away for a week, and recorded all my favorite programs to the hard drive. It's just amazing, I didn't have to worry about having enough media for recording while I was gone. The picture quality is excellent on my standard TV. The installation was easy, just replaced my DVD player. I would recommend this item to anyone who wants to record TV without having to buy tapes or blank DVDs.