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I also experience the same problem when I tried playing a regular DVD. In regards to the recording onto a disc that was another set of issues.
This DVD player is supposed to be able to play a variety of recording formats; however, this was not the case. I also tried playing a mini disc which I used on my camcorder only to encounter the same problem over and over.
Initially I thought it was a good idea to purchase a refurbish DVD player.I've always enjoyed the Phillips brand of products and I thought it would be a good idea to purchase this DVD player. I did not find this function to be very user friendly, it was very complicated and it did not work.
It also had the technology and the functionally I was looking for.There were several issues with this DVD player, first it took a very long time to read and play a regular CD which happened to a store bought music CD. Of the two CD I tried to play one finally played and the other didn't.
If I was to rate this product, I would have to give it a 1 out of 10 and the 1 being the worst.
They refuse to do anything the least bit helpful, claiming it's "Not their policy". Their products are absolutely TERRIBLE, and their customer service and policies are even WORSE. All they tell you to do is spend YOUR money to ship back THEIR faulty products. PLEASE reconsider buying anything by Philips. And God help you if you try to call their customer service center. Or if you DO make that fatal mistake, do yourself a favor and return the product to the store, get your cash back, and buy something reliable like a Sony or Panasonic. Not their policy to satisfy their customers.
Apparently not, because I am FAR from satisfied. If you're thinking about buying a Philips, THINK AGAIN. The last one I had broke after just SIX WEEKS. I can relate to the other customers and their reviews. I am currently on my THIRD DVD-recorder because they just keep breaking down without warning. Trust me---you'll be glad you did.
Now it became erratic: sometimes it's possible to FF sometimes it's not (even on other DVD players), which is frustrating.When the EDIT menu is poped-up I cannot FF or FRW because the remote buttons to do that are the same to navigate the menu system. I own a Widescreen digital camera (Panasonic PV-GS59) but I've found no way to record on my DVDR3355 in widescreen using the front CVBS inputs (I did not tried the other inputs nor the MiniDV input - firewire - because I did not own a DV cable yet - and yes, I made sure the camera was outputing int 16:9 before you ask :-) ).Many operations are DAMN TOO SLOW. This device is really a recording one and do not replace your (old) top-notch DVD player / Home Theater system.If it was not for the menu and firmware I would rate it 4 out of 5, which means that a future firmware upgrade could make me this happy. Ejecting a DVD can take up to 30 seconds. Boot up can take this or much longer (up to 1 min).
Today, with the menu and firmware issues I will rate it 2.5 out of 10. There was a similar issue that a firmware upgrade was meant to resolve: Before the upgrade all finalized DVD-R could not be FF on the device but would be perfect on another player. This is such a simple software issue to resolve that I can't believe philips did not make it into a firmware upgrade yet.I can't change the video aspect unless there is no disc on tray or tray is open. He lost unique, very important recordings (the 2006 world cup final for instance) that took 2 hours recording because the UPDATE of the disk failed after the STOP was pressed. If I operate too fast the remote, the device sometimes seems to freeze for up to 1 min (one time even requiring me to click the power button on the device because the remote wasn't responding).I think the firmware of this unit and it's menu system to be pretty much in beta stage and still too much stupid. If I tried to Eject just after powering on, the device seems to freeze. Overall I liked the unit because I really wasn't expecting too much from it, but I was TOO MUCH disapointed by the firmware and Menu/Operation.
I also thought that this device would be full of new features because it was such a modern concept, but instead it was a rather primitive DVD player compared to more "ancient" pure DVD players. I was very satisfied with my previous philips players and found them simple to use, but this DVDR3355 usage is cumbersome. My own device do not have this problems tough.There seems to be impossible to RECORD in 16:9 aspect (widescreen). The following are my issues with the DVDR3355:Sometimes a recording on DVD-R media did not allow Fast Foward or Rewind. His device also did not seems to be able to record successfully on DVR-RW media from philips (and perhaps any other brand). It's a pain trying to find the index picture if you've missed it because you can't go back without exiting the Edit menu, which brings another issue:Exiting the EDIT menu always makes the device to UPDATE the disk, regardless if you did any actual edit or not. I can't accept that an expensive device like this one does not let me change the display aspect "on the fly" like any (unexpensive) other DVD player around (including DVD players from philips)My brother owns another DVDR3355.
Since I did never own any other DVD recorder to date (not counting PC based ones) I can't be sure if there is a DVD recorder that is better than this unit today.
It does play both -R and +R discs perfectly, and easily records to anything but DVD-RAM. If you've been experiencing playback problems, then the issue is most likely with the write on the disc itself. I don't see what the problem is. On the downside, and like most every set-top DVD recorder, the recorded discs probably won't play in other machines without reauthoring. And, the remote control is lacking features commonly found on others. I've had this model for a few months now and have had no unexpected problems. But, overall this is a fantastic recorder for the price.
When I got it back it wouldn't even read the disc. It did the same after 20 recordings and I took it to be serviced for a second time. I had to yell at them to get a replacement and I got the 3355 model today. I made the fatal error to buy a philips recorder last year. recordings so I took it back. It did exactly the same thing that user Brad Smith described and YES it is a really frustrating experience. it started screwing up after 7 (). Avoid Philips products or at least their DVD recorders.
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