Does Philips DVDR3400 USB Work The Same As Philips DVP5960?

[michel weisnor]

Has anyone tried using DVDR3400's USB 2.0 input with a harddrive or flash drive to play divx or mpegs?

[Bodyslide]

From the Manual on page 72 it states this:

http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/d/dvdr3400_37/dvdr3400_37_dfu_eng.pdf

Connectivity
Front Connections:
i.LINK DV in (IEEE 1394 4-pin)
CVBS In (CAM 1)
S-Video Y/C In (CAM 2)
Audio left/right In
USB 1.1

So the same playback as the 5960 should be expected.

Good Luck

[Phoboz]

As mentioned before, it is USB1.1. However, it does work with some hard drive encloures. I have even used it to watch Xvid movies with AC3 (sounds great) but:
- Divx/Xvid of HD resolution won't work (not even from DVDs)
- Given the low USB1.1 bandwidth, some scenes will "clog" the pipeline and things will stumble during them. Annoying but no showstopper so far.
- Make sure to update the firmware.

This things is a bit clunky but I am extremely pleased with its recording quality even at slow speeds (and on Dual Layer Memorex +R).

My only real frustration -- and this applies to all PVR recorders -- is not being able to capture DolbyD/AC3 from the Motorola DCT-6214.