Excellent media for DVD recording
I bought my first DVD recorder (the renowned Philips DVDR880) from Amazon and 5 Imation DVD+RW disks. Although the recorder came with a free Philips re-writable DVD, I decided to test record the Imation media first. The results were superb - playback of recorded programmes via Sky are first rate in terms of clarity and colour definition; no artefacts at all. Feel safe in buying Imation DVD+RW disks. They are cheaper than Philips own brand and you wont go back to old-style video tapes again. Guaranteed.
Philips DVDR890 DVD Recorder
The DVDR890 represents the mid-range recorder from Philips. It is one up from the DVDR880 but only seems to have the addition of the EP+ recording mode which will allow 6 hours from a standard 4.7Gb DVD disk, instead of the maximum of 4.
The DVDR890 uses the DVD+R and DVD+RW formats for recording...
Thankfully I only bought a pack of 6 of these disks, and 4 are now in the bin after burn failures. The other 2 were sucessful, but dont operate as they should. Do yourself a huge favour and leave TDK disks well alone. It makes me mad that I am forced to give this product even 1 star !! I should h..
I have had this player for only 24 hours and am very pleased. Picture quality is no problem, even at M6 for home recording/watching purposes. Very extensive instruction manual and, yes it is needed! Recorded DVDs will play on our Sony and Cyberhome DVD players. The GuidePlus system is very extensive..
Ive been thinking of getting one of these for months - I have some experience of recording TV programs on my PC and creating DVDs from them but that can get very time consuming. This machine is really easy to use, the manual is a bit confusing , but after an hour or so I got the hang of things. Im p..
Excellent media for DVD recording
The DVDR890 represents the mid-range recorder from Philips. It is one up from the DVDR880 but only seems to have the addition of the EP+ recording mode which will allow 6 hours from a standard 4.7Gb DVD disk, instead of the maximum of 4.
Thankfully I only bought a pack of 6 of these disks, and 4 are now in the bin after burn failures. The other 2 were sucessful, but dont operate as they should.
I have had this player for only 24 hours and am very pleased. Picture quality is no problem, even at M6 for home recording/watching purposes. Very extensive instruction manual and, yes it is needed! Recorded DVDs will play on our Sony and Cyberhome DVD players. The GuidePlus system is very extensive.. 
Ive been thinking of getting one of these for months - I have some experience of recording TV programs on my PC and creating DVDs from them but that can get very time consuming. This machine is really easy to use, the manual is a bit confusing , but after an hour or so I got the hang of things. Im p.. 
Expensive and not that great.