Problems with Philips DVDR 520H

[DVD_Ben]

Hi,

I've bought a Philips DVD recorder with the specification 520H (which includes a hard disk drive). While copying from VHS to the hard disk I've encountered following problems and I would like to know if it is a problem of this type of recorder or did I just have had bad luck and got a bad one.
So here what had happened:
1. My first try was a copy from VHS to hard disk. I recorded in M2 quality (second best quality allowing for 2h on a 4.7 GByte DVD). After recording, i cut off scenes. While the recorded file itself was in good shape the on following transfer from hard disk to DVD+R (Philips, too) was a mess. Pixelation and sound perturbances appeared when playing the recorded DVD on the same DVD player. It was hardly playable on another DVD player.
2. A second attempt was made using best quality (1h for 4.7GB), recording again on hard disk. After having edited the file (cutting off scenes), the file was not playable from hard disk, playing at one point a scene like as if a shellack disk had a scratch (jumping always to the beginning of a scene). No attempt to transfer the file to DVD was made.
3. The recorder crashed on several occasions meaning that while in the browser oder editing mode, any commands given by remote control or directly on the player hat no effect. The player hat to be turned off and on again.
4. When cutting scenes, the scenes are actually cut at the position just before the position at which I commanded to cut.
I would like to know if any of you have encountered similar problems on this recorder? What to do about the cutting procedure? Is there any possibility to improve this?

I'll be gratefull for any information you can give me.

DVD_Ben

[DVD_Ben]

Mh, after having exchanged the player by on of the same type I encounter the same problem that the recorder falls into coma while editing. I think I'll bring it back to the shop and try to get my money back.
I'm tented to buy that Sharp (DVDHR 300f with hard disk) recorder I spoke of in another thread but it seems that it cannot be set to codefree. Anyone who could tell me if there's a hack for this recorder or could advice me a recorder with similar functions (but less flaws than the Philips) but with the possibility to get it codefree?

Thanx a lot!

dvd ben