Philips DVD-R75 exposure bug?

[guy24s]

Hi,

I've had problems with VHS to DVD transferrs on the Philips DVD-R70 recorder, bright colours became over-exposed (blue sky became totally white, and details in bright colours couldn't be seen in the recordings).
This only happened on VHS to DVD recordings, i never noticed it on TV recordings.

Now I'm wondering if any of you who are familiar with this bug, have tried the Philips DVD-R75 recorder, and could tell me if this bug is present on that model as well, or if Philips have taken care of the problem?

[hech54]

My Philips DVDR985 does NOT do any of the things you describe.....if it helps any.

[donpedro]

Somebody was complaining recently about similar issue and later on discovered that it was issue with TV connetion. Different input had different level of brightness.

[PhilipL]

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[luvvbuzz]

i have a philips dvdr70 and have made many vhs to dvd recordings. i cant say i have had this problem with any of my recordings, i use a sony 6 head vhs recorder to play on and a good quality scart lead. all my recordings have come out exellent quality.

[FulciLives]

I admittingly know little about the Philips stand alone DVD recorders but I know most of the other brands (such as PANASONIC) have two different INPUT LEVELS based on the input. Basically PAL and Japanese NTSC use one type of level input and all other forms of NTSC (including USA and Canadian) use the other level of input.

So perhaps you have the input set up wrong.

Also I know the Panasonic models have 2 levels of output (on the composite and S-video outputs) and 3 levels of output if using the component output. So again it helps to check all that.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[guy24s]

Thanks for the advices and suggestions!

[Michael59]

Hi Guy,

I wanted to say that I noticed exactly the same problem with my new DVDR70 dvd recorder....
(see my recent post).
Did you already find or heard about some solution ?

I would appreciate very much your reply !

Thanks in advance,
Michael

Hi,

I've had problems with VHS to DVD transferrs on the Philips DVD-R70 recorder, bright colours became over-exposed (blue sky became totally white, and details in bright colours couldn't be seen in the recordings).
This only happened on VHS to DVD recordings, i never noticed it on TV recordings.

Now I'm wondering if any of you who are familiar with this bug, have tried the Philips DVD-R75 recorder, and could tell me if this bug is present on that model as well, or if Philips have taken care of the problem?

[nezza_42]

Not sure if it is relevant, or helps, but....

I had a similar issue with my DVDR75, but only using SCART connection. It's fine when I hook the video up to the front composite input.

I have been informed that it is due to my VCR not outputting S-Video or RGB via the scart. The SCART input on the DVDR75 (DVDR70 would be the same I believe) doesn't work well with composite, apparantly?

Nezza

[Michael59]

Thanks for your comments but, I usually use the front Input and have tried also the other Scart inputs... they behave all the same when applying a composite Video (CVBS) signal.

Not sure if it is relevant, or helps, but....

I had a similar issue with my DVDR75, but only using SCART connection. It's fine when I hook the video up to the front composite input.

I have been informed that it is due to my VCR not outputting S-Video or RGB via the scart. The SCART input on the DVDR75 (DVDR70 would be the same I believe) doesn't work well with composite, apparantly?

Nezza

[luvvbuzz]

how come you use the front input? on my dvdr70 i connect my vcr to the scart socket at the back (scart socket in back of vcr goes into scart socket 2 of the dvdr70) with no problem.