Please take this information with a little caution, not everyone is having problems but if you are one of the "lucky" ones then........

Digital Spy lists http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/t/49204/ds.html machines failing to read disks, switching off while recording, a problem with the timer, machines locking up, and a multitude of other claimed defects:

If anyone's considering buying a Philips DVD recorder they might want to wait a couple of months until the new models come out, because the company's current recorders seem to be riddled with bugs.

Faults are so widespread that on the pro DVD+R forum they're now running polls to try and chart the extent of the problem, and the results are simply shocking....

The problems are seemingly endless, including machines gradually refusing to read pre-recorded disks, switching off during recording, the timer not working, the machine locking up completely, white-outs during recordings from video, failure to finalise disks, blocky lines appearing in recordings and successfully recorded disks later refusing to be recognised.

I have to say I'm surprised there's not more widespread coverage of the problems with these Philips recorders, in home cinema magazines or mainstream media such as TV shows like Watchdog.

It's also frustrating that these Philips standalone recorders are seemingly selling very well yet have a monopoly on DVD+R, so if you want to adopt this increasingly popular format you've currently no choice but to buy a machine that has a good chance of being riddled with problems and bugs..