Philips DVD-R3480

Philips DVD-R3480
alaScore 76

118 reviews

May, 2013

  • No negative mentions yet

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) the Philips DVD-R3480 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 76/100 = Good quality.

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Philips DVDR3480 review

 

We check out the Philips DVDR3480 DVD recorder.

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Amazon review summary for the Philips DVD-R3480

 

alaTest has collected and analysed 25 user reviews of the Philips DVD-R3480 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.5/5 for other Digital Video Recorders (DVR) on Amazon.co.uk.

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56% of reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

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when will i learn, philips prods suck

 

when will i learn, philips prods suck

was working excellent, had for almost a year and only recently had more bother with the dvd recorder. Not recognizing discs (I only use the best, never cheap discs!) I had previously recorded on and viewed back. So I went to tape a 30 min programme and...

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Not happy with this at all

 

Not happy with this at all

My recorder has been in the repair shop twice. It still doesn't recognise some blank dvds....and they are all different makes. One day it works, next day same disc has error disc report, or no disc !! Very frustrating machine. Even bought philips own...

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Does its everyday job

 

Does its everyday job

This one is more reliable than the two ones I owned before from other brands. Well, after 5 months the drawer would not open, but was repaired and since then has no problems, though since the beginning the opening mechanism sounds horrible. Media...

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dvd recorder

 

dvd recorder

bought this for my mum who wanted one that was easy to use, i showed her once how it works and she picked it up straight, it looks good, doesn't do anything fancy which is ok for her she wanted something to play dvds and record programmes on, does what...

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PROBLEMS

 

PROBLEMS

I am still having problems trying to get this to work , maybe its coz my 50" tv as too many scart sockets and i maybe i just cant find the rite one that works >

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Not great

 

Not great

This works ok, fairly easy to use and record onto. It plays a lot of DivX's and you can download software updates from the philips website. The only downside as a played is that it is slightly slow and tends to be a little noisy but other than that...

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Not all it's cracked up to be

 

Not all it's cracked up to be

A nice size unit which is easy to record. But picture quality through Scart not geat and keep getting an ERR message when trying to eject a disc.

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This product is AWESOME!

 

This product is AWESOME!

I have decided to write a review for this product for 2 reasons:_ 1. The reviews already written helped me decide to buuy it 2. I thin the product needs to be put into context in light of some of the negative reviews. In a nutshell, I have had 8-9 DV...

Product Specifications

Configuration

BD Live: No
DLNA certified: No
DVB-C: No
DVB-S: No
DVB-T: No
Electronic Program Guide (EPG): No
HDTV: No
IPTV (Internet Protocol Television): No
Progressive Scan: Yes
Show View: No

Connectivity

DVI Interface: No
Ethernet: No
Firewire IEEE-1394 Interface: Yes
HDMI: No
Type of Memory Stick Interface : No
Type of SD Card Interface : No
USB Interface: Yes
W-LAN Connection: No
WiFi Connectivity: No

General Features

1080p Upscaling: No
3D: No
DVD Player / Recorder:DVD Recorder
Integrated VCR: No
Static / Portable:Static
Table / Portable:Table

Playback

Blu-ray Playback: No
DivX Playback: Yes
DVD Audio Playback: No
DVD-R Playback: Yes
DVD-RAM Playback: No
DVD-RW Playback: Yes
DVD+R Playback: Yes
DVD+RW Playback: Yes
HD-DVD Playback: No
PC Streaming: No
Super Audio CD Playback: No
Super Video CD / Video CD Playback: Yes

Recording

Blu-ray Recording: No
Double Layer Recording: Yes
DVD-R Recording: Yes
DVD-RAM Recording: No
DVD-RW Recording: Yes
DVD+R Recording: Yes
DVD+RW Recording: Yes
HD-DVD Recording: No
MP3 Encoding: No
MPEG4 Recording: No

Sound

DTS Decoder: No
Real Dolby: No
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