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Philips Hard Disk/DVD Recorder 160 GB (DVDR3576H/37) | 
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| Brand: Philips
Category: CE
List Price: $399.95
Buy Refurbished: $219.94
You Save: $180.01 (45%)
New (19) from $290.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11.3
Dimensions (in): 16.3 x 20.5 x 5.8
MPN: DVDR3576H/37
Model: DVDR3576H/37
UPC: 609585155206
EAN: 0609585155206
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Guarantee Ships same day.Refurbished by PHILIPS. 90 days Warranty.
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| Features:
| • | Include 2x AAA Batteries, Quick Start guide, Remote Control, User Manual, A/V Cable, RF antenna cable, and Warranty Leaflet | | • | 160GB Hard Drive records all your favorite TV programs | | • | Built-in SDTV Tuner for digital television reception | | • | Picture/Display - D/A converter 10 bit, 54 MHz and A/D converter 10-bit, 54 MHz | | • | Sound - D/A converter 24 bit, 192 kHz and A/D converter 24-bit, 192 kHz |
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Product Description
Benefit from the convenience of recording directly onto a 160GB hard disk with this DVD recorder. To keep something longer, simply record your selected programs onto a DVD to enjoy a lifetime of high quality videos. This DVD Recorder supports dual media recording, the ability to create recordings on DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW discs. Play virtually any media format you want - whether they are DivX, MP3s, WMA or JPEGs. Experience the unbeatable convenience of great playability, and the luxury of sharing media files on your TV or home theater system - in the comfort of your living room. Simply plug your device into the USB port on your Philips DVD system. Your digital music and photos will be played directly from the device. Now you can share your favorite moments with family and friends. 1080p HDMI upconversion delivers images that are crystal clear. HDMI makes a direct digital connection that can carry uncompressed digital HD video as well as digital multichannel audio, delivering perfect picture and sound quality, completely free from noise. Progressive Scan doubles the vertical resolution of the image, resulting in a noticeably sharper picture. At such a speed, your eye perceives a sharper picture with no line structure. Recording Modes - High Quality (HQ), Standard Play (SP), Standard Play Plus (SPP), Long Play (LP), Extended Play (EP), and Super Long Play (SLP) Recording enhancements - Auto Chapter Marking, Chapter Marker Insertion, Divide, Erase, Manual Chapter Marking, One Touch Record (OTR), Safe Record, and Selectable Index Pictures Playback Media - CD-R/CD-RW, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, DVD-Video, and Video CD/SVCD Compression formats - MPEG2, MPEG1, DivX 3.11, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, and DivX 6.0 Compression format - Dolby Digital, MP3, and WMA Dimensions - Width 16.53 x Depth 11.42 x Height 2.32 (420x290x59mm) Weight - 3.4 kg
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| Customer Reviews:
 Impressed so far! May 23, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I'm going to give some quick points as I've only had it a few days and am still learning/playing with it. For more detailed looks at this unit, just read the reviews of it's predecessor, the Philips DVDR3575H/37 1080p Upscaling DVDR with Built-In Tuner
Despite some misinformation, it does not have an HD tuner (from research, it appears no hard drive/DVDR machines do). It has a standard definition tuner, but due to a bit of trickery it downconverts HD signals to record etc in SD, but when it plays them back it upconverts the signal to something approaching HD (Not true HD, but getting close!). Pre-recorded DVDs that are upconverted look pretty darn good!
Got this unit hooked to a Sharp Aquos LC20D42U 20-inch LCD HDTV. I have DVRs in the house for comparison, but in my kitchen I have only a simple cable feed (Comcast). It's worth noting that on my Sharp HDTV I get 22 digital (video) channels, but through this Philips DVDR tuner I get 41-darn near twice the channels I get on my Sharp TV! (not counting the 30 or so digital music channels that both receive).
Go over to avsforum.com and search for DVDR3576H/37-the first two links will tell you all you need to know about this unit! I did a lot of research there, and sat on this purchase for a few days trying to decide whether or not to open the box or return it after I found it didn't have an HD tuner-finally decided to take the plunge and so far it's a pretty darn impressive little piece!
I'd probably give it 4 stars if it had some kind of channel guide (like Comcast DVR), but I understand units with TV Guide feature are "iffy".
PROS
Size-smaller than the VCR it's replacing
Picture quality (not HD but pretty darn impressive)
Nothing like TV Guide/Comcast cable guide to show what's on/tell you what you've recorded (although all your recordings appear as multiple windows/snapshots so you can probably tell what the recording is-if not, just scroll up/down/sideways to the multiple snapshots and the program starts playing immediately in it's small window-6 windows per page, multiple pages depending on how many recordings you have)
Passes HD signal through to TV with no apparent degradation (got the incoming cable going to the DVDR-VCR-HDTV)
160GB Hard Drive with many recording speed options!
Doesn't record in HD-could be viewed as a PRO, since recording in SD takes up much less hard drive space than if it recorded in HD (recordings upconverted on playback)
CONS
No TV sound button on the DVDR remote (a pain to reach for the TV control just to adjust the sound level)-a universal remote (lighted?) with at least rudimentary TV controls (or just a volume button!) would be nice.
Button labels pretty darn small! The old eyes ain't what they used to be-could have made the remote bigger with bigger print/buttons? Color-coded buttons might be nice (different color for hard drive functions etc).
No channel labeling! My Sharp TV doesn't have it either, but my Toshiba Regza TV does! With all the channels available now, it would be nice if you could label the channels (as on my Toshiba TV) instead of remembering channel 105.1 is ????
A dual tuner would be nice (would allow you to watch one channel while another is recording)
BTW...got it at Sam's Club for $[...]-apparently the regular price?!
can't get rid of empty track listing May 29, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
We have 2 of these units (this one and the 3575H) and we like them. The only problem we have w/ them is the inability to get rid of an empty track that is listed below any tracks you record onto a disc. For example, you record two programs onto the disc. When you finish and finalize, you have a third track listed that is empty and when clicked, nothing happens. This doesn't prevent you from doing anything or watching your other tracks but it looks unprofessional. I called Philips about it and they said they had heard of this but there wasn't any way of getting around it. Ironically, on our 3575H deck (before finalizing), we can record something on the empty track for the duration of time left on the disc and then delete that track and it gets rid of it but that requires a lot of wasted time recording (in real time) for the duration left on the disc. Our newer unit (this one) won't let us do this. ?? Otherwise, the deck has all the features one could want in a DVD recorder.
 The unit makes sense June 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Philips DVDR 3576h/37 may not be incredible but it works fine if you look on the net or in the newspapers for your programs. Recording is aided by the ability to set the unit to lower definitions which does not hurt normal tv viewing. This enables you to record more programs than you can possibly want. The down side is that you cannot name the programs without a lot of commotion so you have to know what day you recorded the program. And it can be a little hairy finding the program if you have a lot of recordings.
Other than that it has a steep learning curve depending on your experience with these devices-understanding how it works is needed and the manual does not help that way. Once again it is trial and error like so many things today.
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