Product Description

With the Philips DVDR3400 DVD Recorder, it's easier than ever to digitally record and play back your favorite TV shows and home movies on DVD. Record to any blankDVD media, and play back your recording on multiple CD and DVD formats. The Smart Algo technology ensures that every recording you make is top-quality; the Progressive Scan playback gives you smooth, sharp digital video to match. VCR Plus compatibility makes it a snap to record your favorite shows, and the HDMI connection makes it a snap to connect the DVDR3400 to any home theater system. Enter VCR-Plus code numbers from your local TV listing to automatically record your favorite shows Dolby Digital audio HDMI connection carries HD video and digital multi-channel audio A/V versatility - Component, S-video and composite video for superior picture quality and versatility i.LINK input connects your camcorder directly to DVD recorder for playback or copying 1 S-video output; 1 Component video output; 1 Composite Video Outputs; 1 Digital coaxial output; 1 HDMI

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21771 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Philips
• Model: DVDR3400/37
• Dimensions: 1.70" h x 17.10" w x 12.70" l, 10.50 pounds

Features

• DVD Recorder, Divx 3.1, Mpeg 4
• Dual Media Fromat, DVD+ and DVD- formats, record and playback
• USB 2.0, play music or digtal picture files
• DVI, Component outputs
• Windows Media

Customer Reviews

DO NOT BUY
Don't waste your money like so many of us have. This DVD recorder is nothing but a waste of time and money. Charges should be brought up on phillips for selling such a worthless product. Criminals!!!!!

Clunky and poorly designed
I bought this recorder because it had VCR+ and boy do I regret it. when you set the recorder to record in the future, it asks you if you want the recording to continue and when it begins to record, If you are not there to answer OK, it does not record.

The remote is so insensitive you have to be 3 ft in front of the box to get any response which is incredibly slow. The ergonomics of the unit are devilishly frustrating, which lead me to believe that the unit is really some weird psychological experiment devised by Philips to drive American consumers crazy.

Typically disappointing DVD recorder...but not the worst
The other reviewers are mostly right. The remote control is pure junk. The poor little featherweight device has to be right in front of the player to work and even then you have to push the buttons multiple times for anything to happen. But even worse are the menus. They are, well, bizarre. I would really love to meet the people who designed them. I am a bit distrubed knowing that minds like this exist. I have a knack for figuring out how to operate electronic equipment without reading manuals or getting any assistance. But this machine stumped me. Nothing is intuitive. To get anything done you have to follow arrows of different sizes up and over and down and to the right and then back again and by the time you've accomplished what you wanted to do your vision is blurred and a headache is developing. That having been said, it is still not as bad as some. The Panasonic that an earlier reviewer recommended is, I found, much, much worse. Put it this way, I kept it. I've gone through about 5 different kinds of DVD recorders in the last month and this one stayed in the house. Once you figure out how to use it it does what you want it to better than most. (The best DVD recorder by far, although that is still not saying much, is the LG. Amazon does not seem to carry it so go to Best Buy or something.)