Philips DVDR3355/37 DVD Recorder with 6 Hour Digital Video Recording

Philips DVDR3355/37 DVD Recorder with 6 Hour Digital Video Recording Review

Philips DVDR3355/37 DVD Recorder with 6 Hour Digital Video Recording Feature

• DVD+RW
• Dual Layer Recording
• 5.1 channel audio
• Disc Manager
• Guide Plus+ TV Guide

Enjoy all your favorite DVD movies in flicker-free presentation and record your favorite TV programs to disc--via the built-in NTSC TV tuner--with the Philips DVDR3355/37 DVD Recorder. Philips makes it easy to create recordings and helps eliminate any confusion over disc format with dual-media support, enabling you to use DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW discs to record up to six hours of MPEG2 compressed video on a single-sided disc. For playback, it's compatible with VCD, SVCD, CD-R/RW, MP3-CD, and MP3-DVD disc formats and the EG2, MPEG1, Divx (3.11/4/5/6.x), and MPEG4 compression formats. It also supports simultaneous playback of JPEG pictures and MP3 music, enabling you to run a photo slideshow with music playing in the background.

For setting up timed recordings, the DVDR3355/37 uses the VCR Plus+ system. All you need to do to program your video recorder is to enter the "Pluscode"--a single code of up to nine digits (but usually less)--that is printed next to each TV program in most TV guides. This unit also includes a Firewire port (also known as i.LINK and IEEE 1394) on the front, enabling you to easily connect your digital video camcorder and download video and audio directly to disc in their original digital quality.

Recording and disc editing features include chapter marker, insertion, divide, erase, manual chapter marking, one-touch record, and selectable index pictures. Other features include a 20-event, 1-month programmable recording, daily/weekly repeat recording, Dolby Digital encoding, and tri-lingual menu display (English, French, Spanish). It offers the following video and audio connections:

• Composite AV (RCA) In: 2 (1 front)
• Composite AV (RCA) Out: 1
• S-Video In: 2 (1 front)
• S-Video Out: 1
• Component Video Out (Y PB PR): 1
• RF In: 1
• Coaxial digital audio Out: 1
• Firewire: 1

What's in the Box
DVD player/recorder, remote control (with batteries), AV cable, RF cable, printed operating instructions DVD Recorder, up to 8 hour record, DVD+RW, Divx, Dual layer recording