Recordable DVD Dossier

Philips DVDR 1000

Now it’s the turn of the co-inventor of the Audio CD to launch onto the Home Cinema market with their very first DVD recorder - a model destined for use in the living room, based on DVD+RW technology.

Exit stage left your old VHS… leaving the space for this revolutionary machine, capable of stocking up to four hours in high definition with a capacity of 4.7 GB.
Philips are thus yet again figuring as precursors in the field by launching the first Home DVD Recorder onto the European market. This comes even before the launch of the PC model that will be launched at the end of the year.

The DVR-1000 looks like a big DVD-Video machine, with a little more weight (9kg). The interfacing is very complete, capable of responding to any possible kind of constraint, and also allowing it to carry any kind of audio/video signal. There are no less than two scart plugs – both RGB, two composite outputs and or S-Video.
For the transfer of analogue audio signals there are two pairs of RCA plugs capable of managing stereo input and output as well as two digital audio outputs (coaxial and optical). Moreover, one shouldn’t forget the fact that the system is completed by sockets on the front panel allowing stereo audio input, as well as composite, S-Video and DV standard Input. Philips also offer a UHF/VHF tuner which is useful for the recording of programmes on land-based channels as well as via satellite or cable. A question mark still hangs over whether the DVDR 1000 will be able to play DVD’s recorded on other machines, or whether other machines will be able to play DVD’s recorded on this one, because the technology used is specific to Philips. It’s a foretaste of the future … 4 hours’ recording on a 12 cm disc disposing of a capacity of 4.7 GB. In addition, four levels of recording quality are proposed:- Extended Play or Long Play are the two menus available – but in LP mode, the image loses in quality with the appearance of jpeg mosaics. In Standard Play – High Quality, the image is excellent. Similar in any case to that of a DVD-Video. Retaining the interactivity of a DVD, it will be possible to index tracks and select them on your screen. This indexation requires a fixation mode that means you have to wait a good ten seconds after the end of each recording. The interactivity doesn’t stop there, because it’s possible to independently erase sequences… it suffices to mark an "in" and "out" point and to confirm the erasing. Be reassured as well, functions such as Showview etc. are also proposed… ...

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